What textbooks for engineering are standard for all undergraduate and graduate students (1 Viewer)

[[Blank]]

I plan to learn many things before I go into 'the real world', engineering is one of them.

 

[Drdusk]

I plan to learn many things before I go into 'the real world', engineering is one of them.

What do you mean? Shouldn’t you be focusing on high school over uni engineering rn..

 

[SylviaB]

lmao just focus on the hsc

I 100% guarantee you that reading some university engineering books now will have zero impact on anything

what WILL impact things is obviously getting into your course, but also being as good at maths as possible to make it easier to do university maths and the engineering courses that use that maths

same to a lesser extent for physics and chemistry (for some types of engineering) and written communication

 

[[Blank]]

What do you mean? Shouldn’t you be focusing on high school over uni engineering rn..

I only want the resources so I can start reading it right after the HSC.

 

[[Blank]]

lmao just focus on the hsc

I 100% guarantee you that reading some university engineering books now will have zero impact on anything

what WILL impact things is obviously getting into your course, but also being as good at maths as possible to make it easier to do university maths and the engineering courses that use that maths

same to a lesser extent for physics and chemistry (for some types of engineering) and written communication

I already got accepted into the school and course I wanted.

 

[dasfas]

You will need to have a strong foundation in 4U maths (especially mechanics), Physics (for more mechanics), some Chemistry (materials) and need to learn programming (literally every other class).

So 3/4 you should be doing now. Learn programming during the holidays.

But yeah, this is kinda silly. You need to chill after the HSC

 

[[Blank]]

You will need to have a strong foundation in 4U maths (especially mechanics), Physics (for more mechanics), some Chemistry (materials) and need to learn programming (literally every other class).

So 3/4 you should be doing now. Learn programming during the holidays.

But yeah, this is kinda silly. You need to chill after the HSC

I don't chill, but thanks for the support.

 

[dasfas]

I don't chill, but thanks for the support.

You should, uni is far far more than just academics. You will regret not chilling, I promise you that

 

[[Blank]]

You should, uni is far far more than just academics. You will regret not chilling, I promise you that

I know you mean good, but I like to suffer, lol!

 

[dasfas]

I know you mean good, but I like to suffer, lol!

Best of luck with your studies then haha

 

[[Blank]]

I wouldn't bother learning actual course content - you'll find that it won't really be of much use outside of one specific subject. If you really want to do something productive, learn soft skillls that could be used throughout your entire degree, as well as in your career. For uni, the two most important skills that come to mind are:
1. Matlab.
2. LaTeX

Outside of these, I would recommend learning other programming languages like Python.

Is Matlab like Maple 17?

 

[dasfas]

I wouldn't bother learning actual course content - you'll find that it won't really be of much use outside of one specific subject. If you really want to do something productive, learn soft skillls that could be used throughout your entire degree, as well as in your career. For uni, the two most important skills that come to mind are:
1. Matlab. There's a free open-source version called Octave: https://octave-online.net/
2. LaTeX

Outside of these, I would recommend learning other programming languages like Python.

Outside of programming, what would you say are the top 5 skills to learn for a mech engineer?

 

[idkkdi]

You should, uni is far far more than just academics. You will regret not chilling, I promise you that

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[cossine]

Just to add.

The skill set you need to develop will depend on the job you are going for. So learning MATLAB may not necessarily be useful.

 

[[Blank]]

Yes. There's an endless amount of mechanical engineering fields, each one having their own relevant skills. I'm just listing out skills that are likely to be useful based on what I've seen. My point is that it's better to learn Matlab than read a textbook in some obscure topic, as the former is more likely to be used and has a more employable and transferrable skillset compared to the latter.

I plan to do something 'along the lines of' aerospace engineering. Since you said previously that you yourself think that Matlab is industry standard, I'll dabble into that while doing other more commonly used programs like C++ and some C#.

 

[dasfas]

I plan to do something 'along the lines of' aerospace engineering. Since you said previously that you yourself think that Matlab is industry standard, I'll dabble into that while doing other more commonly used programs like C++ and some C#.

MATLAB is the industry standard for numerical calculations, but there is a slow shift in uni to python (mainly because MATLAB is expensive and python is free)

 

[[Blank]]

MATLAB is the industry standard for numerical calculations, but there is a slow in uni to python (mainly because MATLAB is expensive and python is free)

Why is python still being used instead of things from the video game industry? I would have thought that after everything that game devs have made, their programming languages would branch out more than things like Python?

 

[dasfas]

Why is python still being used instead of things from the video game industry? I would have thought that after everything that game devs have made, their programming languages would branch out more than things like Python?

Because python is accessible, easy to learn. Plus it has a lot of great libraries that support it. Sure C++ is faster, but it is much harder to code in.

 

[[Blank]]

Because python is accessible, easy to learn. Plus it has a lot of great libraries that support it. Sure C++ is faster, but it is much harder to code in.

So do you think I should learn that instead of numerical programming languages in the meantime while doing C++ and/or C# of course?
(Don't think about what I typical human can handle, I just want to know what's the most educationally efficant)

 

[dasfas]

So do you think I should learn that instead of numerical programming languages in the meantime while doing C++ and/or C# of course?
(Don't think about what I typical human can handle, I just want to know what's the most educationally efficant)

The best way programming imo is learn Python -> Java -> C in that order.

Don't try to learn programming by doing MATLAB or R. If you can handle the languages above, you can handle these - you just need to learn syntax which can be done quickly.