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Posted by Ken Patton.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #65, The Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 6/1/99 4:15 PM MST


In Reply to: if we're pretending, that's news to me. posted by Daniel on 5/31/99 9:44 PM MST:




Hey Daniel-

I think what Joe is saying (and I agree with him on this) is that the target audience is the large majority of uninspired-about-science-and-technology students out there - the ones who have no clue what you are up to during the winter. Those are the people whose minds have to change in order for us the change the culture.

As to what it takes to be an engineer.... you *do* need a degree, so technically (and what the hey, we're being technical), six weeks won't do it. Certainly you can get a feel for what engineering is all about, but you don't have the skills that are learned in an undergraduate engineering curriculum...yet. )

As to the need for a PhD, you do not HAVE to have a Phd, but the experience and depth of knowledge developed help in many areas. Nearly all of the engineers in the department I work in have masters degrees, and ~10% have PhD's. Talk to your engineer teammates, get their perspective on this.

Ken