Hi all,
First of all, I understand that engineering comparisons are not encouraged on cc, but please bear with me.
1) Aerospace. When briefing the topics covered in aerospace such as fluid dynamics I genuinely feel interested and want to learn more about them. I see that aerospace engineers have multiple job opportunities because they are so well versed (Also their pay isn’t too bad). As a high school sophomore, I can definitely see a career in designing aircraft. I plan to attend UT Austin and it is 8th in the country (9th in the world) for aerospace. Because aerospace engineers are well versed, I am sure that employment won’t be a problem if grades in college go well.
2) Computational Engineering: As far as my research on this topic goes, this discipline deals with applying math through technology to better understand/recreate engineering problems/principles. This greatly appeals to me because I enjoy mathematics a lot, especially when I could see its application and beauty when dealing with real world problems. UT Austin only started offering this undergrad last year, but it’s grad research department, ICES, or institute for computational engineering and sciences, is ranked #1 IN THE WORLD as of last year, and the undergrad is being taught by the ICES profs. Apparently, this is an upcoming field, so I feel that I will be viewed as a specialist or will have a lot of job opportunities available if I major in this (UT’s description of career possibilities goes from airplane trajectory to weather prediction to particle physics).
So if I go to aerospace, I feel that I am missing a chance to go to the #1 college in the world for computational engineering. If I go to computational engineering, I feel that I will miss the fun of aerospace (not to say that my current understanding of computational engineering isn’t fun).
How do I decide which one I want more? Both deal heavily with math/physics, which I enjoy a lot. Both are offered at my desired university. Both have good prospects for future employment.
After some other research, I see that it is possible to maybe undergrad in one and apply it to the other for grad school (plan is to get a PhD from
Cockrell school of engineering in UT).
Advice is greatly appreciated.
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