Questions tagged [engineering]
On standards or conventions specific to engineering as an academic discipline, and programs that lead to a degree in this field
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Engineering internships as a mathematics undergraduate
I'm a second-year mathematics (pure and applied mathematics) undergraduate. In a few months time, I'll be embarking on the summer internship programme. I'm really interested in engineering (...
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Referencing style for Publications in German CV (Lebenslauf)
What is the Referencing Style ("Referenzierungsstil") for Publications ("Publikationen") in German CV ("Lebenslauf")?
Should I use APA or IEEE referencing style for the ...
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Cold emailing professors as a potential doctoral student 2024 [duplicate]
I graduated with a B.Sc in Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. I am planning to apply for Ph.D. programs for the spring/fall 2024 intake. My research ...
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Is it Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) or MEng given the Swedish "civilingenjör"?
The Swedish "civilingenjör" is translated to "master of science in engineering"; in my case, it's "master of science in computer science and engineering." There isn't a ...
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Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics Double Major [closed]
I am entering University this next semester as a mechanical engineering student, but I need advice about potentially getting a second major (most likely in mathematics).
Here are the main points ...
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With a software engineering bachelor's (BE), how can I work on finding a cure for cancer?
I am in my last year of studies for a bachelor's degree in software engineering and I am currently considering different options for my career path. I don't have any background in medicine, but I ...
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Shifting to Applied Math from Civil Engineering
I recently Graduated. My major was Civil Engineering. I want to apply for an Applied math Ph.D. My undergraduate thesis was on continuum mechanics that use heavy tensor machinery. Would any applied ...
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What are desirable traits for a PhD advisor? [closed]
What is your advice on how to select a graduate advisor? What are the
must have,
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"run, disaster ahead"?
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Would an internship at a private company in India make me competitive for post-docs in the US?
I am on the verge (4-5 months) of completing my PhD in micro-scale heat transfer engineering in India. My long-term goal is to get a post-doc in the US or Europe and remain in academia long term.
I ...
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Correct National Board Certificate for Software Engineering Instructor? [closed]
I am a public high school teacher in Washington State, USA. I have a CTE Teaching Certificate, and teach Software Engineering, Office Applications such as MS Excel, and occasionally IT Fundamentals. ...
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Is being a 'corresponding author' helpful to get research grants and apply to positions in academia?
I am a PhD student in the USA in the field of Aerospace Engineering.
My supervisor had mentioned that he will be the sole 'corresponding author' in all journal publications. Consequently, I am not the ...
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Partially funded MS at a top 3 vs Funded PhD at a top 20
My ultimate goal is to get a PhD and get into academia. I have two options in front me:
1 year MS at a university (whose department ranked #3 in world). The tuition is funded but there's no stipend ...
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Research papers/articles comprehension
I am new in the PhD field (hydroinformatics). I have a question: How can I understand a research paper thoroughly? I am perplexed about how the authors got the results. How can they calculate it? How ...
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Should I give up on academia after failing my qualifying exams?
I failed two of my PhD qualifying exams (STEM) and will be mastering out from the program. I do not want to give excuse for myself but I feel like a lot of it comes from my bad relationship with my ...
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How useful is a third language for a Engineering scientific/academic career?
I am a PhD candidate in Teleinformatics Engineering and, during my academic career, I was required to learn English in order to write articles, communicate with partners around the world, read books, ...
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How important are grades in engineering graduate school
People generally agree that grades don't matter in graduate school because they are reflective of your understanding of other people's work. What matters is the work you did and your research.
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How might a lecturer go about inspiring women to consider a career in physics/engineering?
I saw a job advertisement recently with this line:
We are looking for candidates [for this teaching position] who are able to inspire women undergraduate students to seriously consider careers in ...
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What is the best way to teach interdisciplinary engineering topic?
After hours or even days contemplating about how engineering fields could be distinguished each others, especially on interdisciplinary topics, I am questioning about what the best way that could be ...
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Is graduate school still an option for me? [duplicate]
I am a senior in Electrical Engineering. I always wanted to go to graduate school to at least get a Masters but I am now starting to doubt that it is even an option for me. GPA of 3.4ish with a major ...
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Can I join Master's in CS in Oxford, Mit, University of Edinburgh or similar colleges as a ECE student from India? [closed]
I looked into the colleges given above and under requirements it says that electrical engineers would be eligible for CS degrees.
I'm going to study ECE as my undergraduate course. Would that also be ...
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Is writing IT how-to articles relevant experience for engineering CV?
I am a mechanical engineering PhD student doing computational research. I recently had an assistantship which consisted of helping the university IT office install engineering software on our Linux ...
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As a Computer Engineering / Computer science major, i am quite anxious and embarrassed of my mathematical aptitude
Respected Academics, i hope you can help shed some light and hopefully provide some guidance.
To start off, i want to clarify that i love computers since a very early age. I used to game from a very ...
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Being a peer reviewer: does it positively affect the chance of getting a Ph.D. admission?
Does anyone know how being a journal peer reviewer affects the chance of getting a Ph.D. admission? Note that I majored in mechanical engineering.
I've published a few papers in some prestigious ...
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working as lab Engineer in Germany
I got employed as a lab engineer In a university of applied sciences in germany. I originally come from Egypt. I'm very highly qualified and hold a PhD from the United States , in addition to years in ...
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Why did only a few professors reply to my Ph.D. positions inquiry? [duplicate]
I am doing a M.S. degree in a mechanical engineering program. In the previous three weeks I sent a letter inquiring for an opportunity to over 20 professors whose lab's website clearly showed Ph.D. ...
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Presenting at a conference with no results
I am an undergraduate engineering student, I recently submitted an abstract for an upcoming conference in about a week. However, I have not produced any results yet and have not gone far in my ...
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TVöD rank for an engineer in Germany
I am a French citizen currently employed by an Institute part of the Helmholtz association. I had been looking forward to starting this position for a while and was a bit in a rush when signing my ...
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Thoughts on graduate school application consultant?
I plan to apply to graduate programs to get a master's degree. My undergraduate GPA isn't impressive (3.067, can I round that to 3.1 on my résumé?). I completed a certificate program in geographic ...
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Pursuing a UK PhD with a Greek BSc + research experience [duplicate]
I am beginning my final semester of my 4-year undergraduate program, studying Informatics (Computer Science) in Greece, and I expect to graduate this September. I would like to pursue a PhD in the ...
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How big of a deal for seeking a PhD is it, if one is not allowed to disclose details of his master thesis?
My masters program is in physics. I already have quite some research experience, but almost exclusively in the R&D department of two well known companies. Therefore neither my bachelor thesis nor ...
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How to express my unwillingness to contribute to military projects
I recently enrolled in a Master's program in electrical engineering at a public research university in the midwestern United States. I am currently focusing on power distribution and transmission, as ...
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What happened to Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (TAM) departments in the United States?
I’ve read about and personally heard of discussions among senior faculty about Theoretical and Applied Mechanics departments no longer existing today in the United States. Some of those professors ...
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how to insert a GitHub linked data for my experimental results in a research paper?
I have wondered about the policy of insert a GitHub link in my technical note to make the all benchmarks results available. Is there any license required ? or a specific format?
example:
https://rana-...
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Do US PhD programs prefer applicants without a Master's degree?
The question is essentially in the title. Do PhD programs in the United States prefer it if an applicant does not have a master's degree beforehand? This question is particular to engineering, as I ...
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Department of Engineering does this my research plan for MSc falls? [closed]
I have written to so many professors to be my supervisor for fall 2022 in a research plan that involves design and construction of a power converter for a new charging system for Multirotor Unmanned ...
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What is a Good Alternative to the Word "Novel" in Engineering Publications?
When writing papers for engineering conferences and journals, it is important to highlight how one's work is novel/new.
I often find myself repeating the word "novel" is sentences such as:
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I noticed my thesis model is valid only for a specific case, and I've already submitted my thesis, what should I do? [closed]
I accidentally used settings that are not so common (for example, putting a real model of a system in space), and did the whole analysis on that setting. The analysis itself is correct on that model, ...
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Should I ask my class instructors for letters of recommendations for a fellowship?
I am a first-year graduate student in mechanical engineering. For most of the fellowships I want to apply, such as the NSF fellowship for graduate students, they all require 3 letters of ...
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How can I proceed towards research in Machine Learning while I am working as a software developer?
I currently work as a software developer and I am curious about machine learning research.
Does it work if I can spend some extra time to read papers/collaborate towards ML research, or is a Master's ...
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Mathematics GRE for graduate engineering admissions [duplicate]
I would like to apply for a Ph.D. in engineering in the US. My area of interest (control systems/dynamics) is closely related to (applied) mathematics. Would a reasonable but not outstanding result (e....
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Graduate admissions: applying to the same programs twice
A few years ago I applied to several engineering graduate schools in the US. I received some offers and interview invitations, but I was not able to attend due to work-related and personal reasons. I ...
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Which software is used to write scientific textbooks, especially in engineering?
Which software do learned professionals use - LaTeX or Google Docs or Word or any other software to write their books (especially engineering level scientific textbooks)?
Points to consider:
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Why do some textbooks lack the 'references section' completely?
I have come across this Engineering Mathematics book Higher Engineering Mathematics by B. S. Grewal and wanted to go into details of a sub-topic not keenly mentioned in any other related books. ...
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Are independent PhD students evaluated differently than PhD students in research groups?
I've just finished the fourth year of my engineering PhD in the US and am anticipating graduating next year. In that time, I've essentially been conducting research independently, through no fault of ...
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Finishing up an honours project dissertation, discovered an engineering law that means the majority of the designed system isn't needed, what do I do?
I created a concept offshore pumped storage hydro system using the open sea, pipelines and concrete vessels to simulate the upper/lower reservoirs and conduit of an onshore scheme, where the natural ...
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Doing a PhD in data science / machine learning after a PhD in civil engineering [duplicate]
I am about to finish my Ph.D. in civil engineering, I would finish it by the age of 28.
I don't like my field that much and was pushed to pursue it from the beginning (at that time, was very confused ...
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Tenure track position after campus interview on Apr 19 [closed]
I had a campus interview on Apr 19, and there are other two candidates were interviewed after me in the same week. I sent out a thank you note to the search committee after I finished the interview. I ...
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Paper is lying in findings
Basically, in this IEEE paper, the writer states an equation that he has developed and consequently plots a graph to validate such an equation. The equation is a model of a wireless system.
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Is it worth publishing a paper rephrasing what past papers did with a different mathematical framework?
I work industry (I'm an engineer with a decent background in math) and for work I often read through papers and I attend conferences to keep up with the state of the art.
I've noticed there're few ...
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Working in industry before pursuing a PhD in a different field
I am an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering and would like to pursue my graduate studies in computational Physics in UK/US. The two subjects only align with respect to the 'computational' ...
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