Anyone doing the mechanical engineering program at ODU? Considering going for a 2nd degree. Is it a good program? How's the faculty?

Thanks,
Brian

 

I have my BSME from VT, but most of the guys I work with got thiers from ODU. All but one of them transfered in out of the Navy Nuke program after they got out. It's not a bad program, and from what I can tell by the caliber of Engineers that work with me, It's ok. It's not MIT or Stanford, but once you get your first job as an Engineer no one cares where your degree came from.

 

I started a thread a while ago about the Engineering and Engineering Technology at ODU. I know it's not what you asked, but you may find some helpful tips in there...

https://www.vadriven.com/forums/757-14/difference-between-engineering-degree-engineering-technology-degree-%40-odu-260094/

 

Very vague question. But to answer – ODU’s BSME is a pretty straight forward program. The hardest class through the whole program are your maths (calc II specifically) The hardest part of all of it, is when a professor uses a TA to teach the course. If this happens, you’ll get Imihad Santajoshian who barely speaks English trying to explain fluids to you. What do you have a degree in now?

Don’t waste your time with MET. Five years ago, it would have been worth something, now? Not so much. A lot of companies won’t hire MET’s in place of BSME’s.

 

I have a BBA in operations mgmt/IT. I took Calc BC my freshman year to complete my math requirement and got a B+ if I remember correctly. It was taught by a fobby Chinese graduate student who told us his name was "Jack".... sure it was. Nobody could understand his English and his hand writing was atrocious.

If I could hit reset I'd have gone to VaTech or UVA and done engineering... I have no kids to support so I'm considering "hitting reset". Starting to research what's available to me in the Hampton Roads area.

 

My dad got his engineering degree at ODU... don't know what degree. I know a few people at ODU getting their engineering degree. I don't know if any are mechanical but I know it's a good program.

 

graduated from ODU with my BSME last spring.

I mean, you go to class, takes some tests, and if you studied enough, you get a degree. It's not rocket science.

Dynamic Systems and Controls makes calc 1 look like high school geometry though. Just something to look forward too.

 

I graduated from ODU with a BSME, Its a good program with lots of resources. Worth checking out. I found Thermo to be the hardest or most time consuming class.

 

i graduated with my BSMET in May from ODU, it wasn't bad, but the teachers that don't speak very much english at all, don't help the cause. They also have the Motorsports Minor, and Motorsports Grad Program also that ya need a MET or ME degree to take if your interested in that. I have the Motorsports Minor.

 

Like the second response above, I graduated from VT with a BSME and also work almost exclusively with ODU ME graduates. One thing I have learned is that ODU ME students definitely worked deeper into their technical coursework. I felt that VT focused more on the presentation/communication/professionalism side of engineering. Not saying VT lacked technical courses, however, I felt ODU MEs were required to take classes further into certain subjects (example: VT requires 1 thermo and mech design course each, ODU requries 2 of each). Whether or not VT stuffs 2 semesters in 1, I can't say exactly but a co-op I work with showed me some of the work he did in thermo and design and I can say that I was surprised as to how much material they've covered vs me. I also feel ODU's ME program moreso prepared their students for a very technically oriented future like grad school and/or research.

And whoever said the hardest classes in the program were the math, seriously? The engineering classes werent difficult vs calc 2? Crazy.

Then again, I didnt go to school there at all so I have no idea wtf I'm talking about.

Whatever you choose dude, good luck mang.

edit: Oh yeah, honestly, what school you get engineering degree from won't matter once you hook that job.