Do these classes seem marketable
Do these classes seem marketable
(OP)
Hello all,
I am currently taking graduate level classes at the University of Florida and am asking your advice on the "marketability" of the skill set these classes are giving me. I have a deep interest in robotics and mechanatronics and scheduled these classes to comply with those interests. I'm very sorry if my request seems too quixotic or vague....
1)Computational linear algebra - standard linear algebra course with focus on computer science and engineering applications.
2) Diff EQ's for Engineers - essentially Diff EQ's 2, with explicit focus on application.
3)Integrated Product and Process Design 1 + 2 - basically is what it sounds like, many students can finish the course with patents.
4)Mechanical consulting practice - self explanatory
5)Advanced Kinematics / Dynamics of Machinery - creation of dynamic models and analysis of resulting forces.
6) Geometry of Mechanisms and Robotics - advanced mathematical theory as applied to robot design
In addition I would also like to ask if mechatronics is a viable field to enter in general. I know it is very new and quite limited so its popularity couldn't be that vast..
Thank you for reading
I am currently taking graduate level classes at the University of Florida and am asking your advice on the "marketability" of the skill set these classes are giving me. I have a deep interest in robotics and mechanatronics and scheduled these classes to comply with those interests. I'm very sorry if my request seems too quixotic or vague....
1)Computational linear algebra - standard linear algebra course with focus on computer science and engineering applications.
2) Diff EQ's for Engineers - essentially Diff EQ's 2, with explicit focus on application.
3)Integrated Product and Process Design 1 + 2 - basically is what it sounds like, many students can finish the course with patents.
4)Mechanical consulting practice - self explanatory
5)Advanced Kinematics / Dynamics of Machinery - creation of dynamic models and analysis of resulting forces.
6) Geometry of Mechanisms and Robotics - advanced mathematical theory as applied to robot design
In addition I would also like to ask if mechatronics is a viable field to enter in general. I know it is very new and quite limited so its popularity couldn't be that vast..
Thank you for reading





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Chris
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- Steve
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(1) & (2): math classes like this would be tools in your toolchest. You'll advance your discipline of thought and level of insight, but probably would not put them to actual use unless you got involved with deep research & development.
(3): may be useful for product R&D efforts
(4): they're teaching graduate courses in this now? Cool. May be useful if you have an entrepreneur mindset. But I wonder what academics would know about this.
(5) & (6): mathematics applied to the specific field of robotics & mechanisms. Certainly useful for deeper understanding. You will be forever branded as "robot nerd" because you may become one of the 37 people on the planet
Is any of this "marketable" ? Not much. THAT depends completely upon what you do with the knowledge and discipline of thought you gain, and how you market yourself to your next employer. AND the experience you gain from crashing things, smoking a few chips, burning up some motors, recovering from bad decisions, and staying up to all hours making things work.
TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
www.bluetechnik.com
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Don't limit your options by only looking for 'mechatronics' positions. There are many sorts of machinery that could be called mechatronics, if their behaviors changed after startup. Getting them _to_ startup, and making their behaviors desirable and stable, provides plenty of challenge.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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If you do what you enjoy and you are passionate about, you will learn more and you will have more chances on getting a job in an area that intereses you and, even better, you will like your job. Believe me, that makes a world of difference.
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Well, some of the most important principles I learned in class were developed by Faraday and Maxwell, and they've both been dead for more than a century. That was the whole point of what I was saying: learn the fundamentals and they will last a lifetime. Learn about today's fashion and you're learning about tomorrow's history.
I fully expect when my daughter has kids that they will study very similar principles to those that I studied. I suspect mechatronics will have either changed out of all recognition or will have disappeared into the abyss.
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"Throughout space there is energy. Is this energy static or kinetic! If static our hopes are in vain; if kinetic — and this we know it is, for certain — then it is a mere question of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheelwork of nature". – Nikola Tesla
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With apologies to any Trekkies.
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Obviously the fundamentals are esential and will not change (hence the name), but Contrapunctus is taking graduate level courses, I assume that he took care of fundamentals well before graduating (that is another discussion we can have if you want).
While there are items which will be always relevant, there are other that are not. I remember studying the logaritmic tables ages ago and I do not think many people will think they are esential now. I also remember a two hour class on some weird stuff called Quality Assurance which I never thought I would hear again and ... well, I have!
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- Steve
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ScottyUK nailed it more than once in this thread....read his posts again.
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Hopefully not anyone's mother.
Fe
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Semiconductor manufacturers and the like use lots of robots.
KENAT,
Have you reminded yourself of FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies recently, or taken a look at posting policies: http://eng-tips.com/market.cfm?
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
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We get these youg engineers that cannot see a part in 2D, let alone in 3D.