auto engineering school

[Just another 240]

Wsupz all,

i currently graduated from apex tech school(something like lincoln tech) but i want to further up my studies in auto engineering becasue i dont just want to be a tech and fix car for the rest of my life, dont get me wrong i'm not saying any wrong with that, but i just like schooling and further my studies.

Anyways i looked around and found like 2 school that have something to do with auto enginnering, can ya name me some auto enginnering school around ya so i can look it up?(it can be anywhere in the U.S.) Thankz

[Zydeco]

Sorry I can't help you for that kind of schooling, I can tell you where to got to cooking school though.

[UnderPressure]

look at SAE.org its the society of automotive engineers. cool huh? anyways i know MIT has an automotive engineering degree and it has everythin from combustion to dynos. hope that helps. peace

[Just another 240]

cooking school? u went to cooking school or something? lolz

anywayz, input please ppl...

[Just another 240]

underPressure, cool thankz man.

i been to the sae.org, but i dont' think it stated schools...but i'll check again, thankz

[MasterMan]

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[Just another 240]

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[Zydeco]

http://www.napacommunityed.org/cookingschool/ yea i go here. damn good school

[DAEDALUS]

Hmmm...any chance there's a new student there named Joan Record? She's a friend of mine who I haven't seen in about a year. Last I heard she was enrolled in a cooking school in Napa Valley. What are the odds?

[Zydeco]

yea i know her, she in my class. thats totaly crazy

[Just another 240]

people people, auto school please! not cooking school...

[dennis]

you should look into the school UTI. Im going there in september. http://www.uticorp.com

dennis

[EZcheese15]

http://amet.mnsu.edu/

Minnesota State University. That's where I went, and the degree I have. I highly recommend it. Look over the required classes. It's the ONLY accredited automotive engineering technology B.S. in the country.

[DAEDALUS]

What part of automotive work do you want to get into? There are so many aspects to it. If you want to go into design you might want to go into a art/design school. If you're more technically inclined, consider going into mechanical engineering. An automotive engineering degree might open a few more doors in that industry, but a mechnical engineering degree opens more doors in multiple industries in case you ever want to try another line of work.-]sTm[-HeavyHips, I'd like to get in touch with Joan. I'll email you.

[Zydeco]

sure my e-mails is [email protected]

[Just another 240]

What part of automotive work do you want to get into? There are so many aspects to it. If you want to go into design you might want to go into a art/design school. If you're more technically inclined, consider going into mechanical engineering. An automotive engineering degree might open a few more doors in that industry, but a mechnical engineering degree opens more doors in multiple industries in case you ever want to try another line of work.-]sTm[-HeavyHips, I'd like to get in touch with Joan. I'll email you.

thanks all for the inputs, i'm into more technical stuff..like reading graphs, using laptop to tune cars, using computer technology, stuff like that...i'm trying to find a school that'll teach u those stuff, thankz

[EZcheese15]

thanks all for the inputs, i'm into more technical stuff..like reading graphs, using laptop to tune cars, using computer technology, stuff like that...i'm trying to find a school that'll teach u those stuff, thankz

Like I said, MSU has a great program. I would seriously check it out. I loved the program...learned stuff I would have never learned without it.

[Just another 240]

Like I said, MSU has a great program. I would seriously check it out. I loved the program...learned stuff I would have never learned without it.

yea thanks Torry, i checked into the link you provided. It seem nice. Can you just name me a couple of stuff that you had learned in that school so i get an idea what they actually teach. Thanks

And you had the automotive enginnering degree not the manufacturer enginerring one right? So what you do know? you working for some company or you just chilling now?

[EZcheese15]

yea thanks Torry, i checked into the link you provided. It seem nice. Can you just name me a couple of stuff that you had learned in that school so i get an idea what they actually teach. Thanks

And you had the automotive enginnering degree not the manufacturer enginerring one right? So what you do know? you working for some company or you just chilling now?

Yeah, I've got the AET. But if you get an AET, then you automatically get an MET minor. It's pretty in-depth degree. I got mine in 3 1/2 years, but I was taking like 20 credits/semester. Usually takes 4 1/2-5 years to complete from scratch.

I'll tell you my favorite classes...My favorite was probably automotive thermodynamics. In that class, we learned stuff like calculating BMEP, VE, BTU's for certain fuels, etc. Really interesting stuff. Learn all about A/F ratios, lambdas, etc.

Other cool class was Automotive Research and Design. That's where we leanred about things like datalogging, flowbenches, and cam profiles, engine dyno, etc.

Composites...learned all about fiberglass, carbon, and kevlar. Doing wet layups, vacuum bagging, etc. That was fun making stuff.

The chassis class was cool. Basically get to learn to use the dyno. Measure HP, torque conversions, learn about how different types of chassis dynos work (inertia, water-brake, eddy current, etc). Also get to learn all about emission testing, IM240's, FTP's, etc.

Other stuff was cool too, like the computers class, you get to learn all about OBDII, and some OBDI stuff (only on a couple manufactures, do to all the different systems). I think we only did OBDI on like Ford and Chyrsler, but nevertheless, it was cool.

The coolest thing about the program, is no car manufacturer donates a ton of stuff, and it's not prejiduce against any one manufacturer. Some of other students might be, but the program isn't My favorite teacher, who retired this past fall, was a prime example of being open to anything. He would go from talking about porting Ford heads for stock car racing to talking about carbon brake rotors on F1 cars, all in the same hour. Very diverse.

Anyway...if you got any more questions about it, feel free to ask!

[Just another 240]

cool thanks,

so did u learn how to read turbo graphs etc graphs, and learn like what compoent would work best on what setup on the car, and use computer technology to tune cars?

or are the stuff that i just mention are things that i just have to learn by myself (or from other people) while expanding my experience?

but anyways your school is in minnesota, and i'm in nyc~ damn that's far..lolz

[EZcheese15]

cool thanks,

so did u learn how to read turbo graphs etc graphs, and learn like what compoent would work best on what setup on the car, and use computer technology to tune cars?

or are the stuff that i just mention are things that i just have to learn by myself (or from other people) while expanding my experience?

but anyways your school is in minnesota, and i'm in nyc~ damn that's far..lolz

That stuff I pretty much had to learn on my own. But if you talk to some of the professors outside of class, you'd be amazed and the stuff they know but just don't have time to talk about in class (reading turbocharger compressor maps isn't exactly considered "important" to your average automotive guy)

A lot of the stuff though, you can take what you learn in class, and apply it to what you learn outside, so you know what you are reading on the internet is true, or BS.

And as far as being in MN....I'm from atlanta. I moved to MN for 3 1/2 years simply for that program.

As for what I'm doing now, I'm currently back home (living with mom), but I'm moving to Iowa next week to open Afterdark with Daunt.

[Just another 240]

OoOo icic , cool man thanks for your input and your link to the school. I'm currently just looking around for school to see which best suits me, i ain't going into college until another 1/2 a year or a year yet. I'm lookin at a school that my friend currently attending for auto engineering in ny http://www.farmingdale.edu/maybe if you have time you can take a look at it and compare your school and this school just by the site and see which sounds better, cause i really don't know which is better.

[EZcheese15]

OoOo icic , cool man thanks for your input and your link to the school. I'm currently just looking around for school to see which best suits me, i ain't going into college until another 1/2 a year or a year yet. I'm lookin at a school that my friend currently attending for auto engineering in ny http://www.farmingdale.edu/maybe if you have time you can take a look at it and compare your school and this school just by the site and see which sounds better, cause i really don't know which is better.

I just looked at that site...it depends what you want to really go for.

Farmingdale looks like it is geared towards corporate management in the automotive industry. Not a lot of math required. Looks pretty much like a business degree with automotive specialty.

MSU is more like a mechanical engineering degree, with focus on automotive systems. (although, less math intensive than ME). If you want to know technical stuff, go to MSU. If you want to go into corporate management for a big company, go to Farmingdale. Think of MSU as a glorified mechanics program. Like you get to do all the mechanics stuff, but also learn the theory behind it all. Farmingdale looks like it teaches you the concepts of automotive stuff, with emphasis on running an automotive business.

[neurovish]

hmmm cooking school...I should really look into that

torry, how long would that degree take if you already have all the pre-engineering stuff and gen-ed, only thing needed were the core degree courses?

[Just another 240]

aite cool thanks torry, i'll have to decide later on when the time comes. Thanks

[EZcheese15]

hmmm cooking school...I should really look into that

torry, how long would that degree take if you already have all the pre-engineering stuff and gen-ed, only thing needed were the core degree courses?

2 1/2-3 years

[Just another 240]

you can do that? don't you have to start from bottom's up? like from class 1 to the end?

cuase i have gen-ed and stuff too, i graduated from apex...so what this mean now?

[EZcheese15]

you can do that? don't you have to start from bottom's up? like from class 1 to the end?

cuase i have gen-ed and stuff too, i graduated from apex...so what this mean now?

Well yeah, if you got gen-eds and stuff done, then it won't take as long. It's just like any 4 year B.S. degree. If you have schooling somewhere else, you can get out of a lot of stuff.

[Just another 240]

oo ic ic, i got a certificate from apex as a technician, i have 2 A/C license, an all-data specialist license, and working on my nyc inspector licnese soon.

with all these i still would need to attend most of the classes right? dont' get me wrong i'm not trying to take away classes, i like school/class, so i'm trying NOT to miss classes. But if it something i really don't need then i dotn' want to waste my time on them, you know what i mean?

[EZcheese15]

oo ic ic, i got a certificate from apex as a technician, i have 2 A/C license, an all-data specialist license, and working on my nyc inspector licnese soon.

with all these i still would need to attend most of the classes right? dont' get me wrong i'm not trying to take away classes, i like school/class, so i'm trying NOT to miss classes. But if it something i really don't need then i dotn' want to waste my time on them, you know what i mean?

You are going to more than likely have to take all the course-classes. The only thing that is typically skipped, is things like C++, chemistry, calc, physics, and maybe CAD.

One thing the program does not cover at all, is A/C and heating stuff. Everything else on a car is pretty much covered.