Attention engineers...What type are you and why?

[Adam Y.]

I'm in my sophmore year at UMass Amherst, and it's ME all the way for me. However, we have a 'build your own major' thingee here, and I was thinking about incorperating some CS and EE and creating 'Robotics'. Better that 'Ultimate Frisbee Aerodynamics', although that guy went and made the aerobee.

Actually there all ready is a robotics major in Carnegie Mellon. Last I knew you didn't even have to be an engineer to get into the program.

In the US, it can be your trade only if you are certified. I don't think there is anything wrong with saying someone did engineering work even if they aren't certified.

What???? What type of certification are you talking about?? The only ceritification that I know of is the PE but you don't actually need it to work as an engineer. The proffesional engineeirng license from what I can tell gives you more responisibility.