..Interesting. Maybe it's just my skewed perspective, but chemical engineering seems to be a popular choice these days, and from what you have said it makes sense now. A friend of mine has two kids that are interested in that field, and I have heard of several other kids who have gotten into chemical engineering.
Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:jochemd@;oli.tudelft.nl] > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 9:47 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: My big week, Friday at last :) > > > Quoting Timothy Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Just wondering, why chemical engineering? Figured you would be a > > computer science type. > > I always wented to do some engineering study. But I couldn't decide > which one, so I first choose which university I wanted to attend and > then looked around which study was the broadest to postpone a > choice a > bit more. And chemical engineering pretty much is one of the broadest > studies possible. > I mean, if I wanted I could do my final thesis in the Process Control > group and be researching computerized control systems that run on one > of those big Honeywells. They actually have a bunch of > computer science > students doing that as well. Or write some simulation program for a > nuclear reactor at the nuclear chemistry group :) > > But I have pretty much come to the conclusion that it is all the same > anyway. Find the problem, analyse it, find a solution, implement the > solution. That I have received some formal training in how to read a > flowchart of an oil refinery makes reading that easier, but also the > reading of a flowchart of a computer program. And, to be honest, I am > not impressed by most of the computer science students here. > > So I am now working on the development of new silicone > formulations for > medical applications. And I like it. The medical side puts some > perspective on what is really important. > > Jochem > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
