• Question: if you had to do a different type of engineering what would you do?

    Asked by Elsie O`C to Mike, Conor, Beth on 11 Mar 2021.
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      Beth Macaulay answered on 11 Mar 2021:

      I think if I had to do something else, I would be a doctor or a biomedical scientist. The most important part of my job to me is that I’m working on a medical device that would improve healthcare for people, and so I would want to work in a similar area if I could, even if that meant not doing engineering. But if I HAD to do a different kind of engineering, I would probably like to do mechanical or aeronautical engineering.

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      anon answered on 16 Mar 2021:

      I love civil engineering, so I wouldn’t change!
      But if I absolutely had to change, I think I would say mechanical engineering.
      Lots of different engineering degree courses have common subjects. When studying civil engineering, I studied the same subjects as mechanical engineers for a few years in university!

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    Alessandra commented on :

    Given my recent passion in recycling and carbon-free, I would have liked to be an environmental engineer and work to guarantee a better future for my children. I think I would have also liked to be a biomedical engineer or a neuroscientists. Modeling and understanding how the brain works and how to replicate this in an artificial agent is cool but we are so far from the miracle of life and nature. I think I would have liked to discover the fascinating making of the brain and cells and DNA and use it to make the world a better place.