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Title: Hi! I'm Jena
Post by: starlights on May 22, 2015, 09:28:11 AM
Hi! My name is Jena, I am 19 years old, I am going for my degree in Mechanical Engineering, and am planing to get a job in the automotive industry to develop new fuel efficient cars or electric car.  I recently gotten my letter from my gender therapist to start hrt, which I am very excited for. I just wanted to thank you for letting me be apart of such a great community.  :)
Title: Re: Hi! I'm Jena
Post by: cindy16 on May 22, 2015, 09:44:43 AM
Hi Jena,

Welcome to Susan's!

It's really nice to have you with us here, and congratulations on getting your HRT letter.
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Title: Re: Hi! I'm Jena
Post by: SophiaW on May 22, 2015, 01:18:21 PM
Welcome to Susan's, Jena, and good luck with the hrt and future changes.

;D
Title: Re: Hi! I'm Jena
Post by: sam1234 on May 22, 2015, 02:11:50 PM
Hi Jena. I'm glad you found us. You certainly picked a challenging field to study!

sam1234
Title: Re: Hi! I'm Jena
Post by: wanessa.delisola on May 22, 2015, 02:14:12 PM
Welcome to Susans!  ;)
Title: Re: Hi! I'm Jena
Post by: V M on May 22, 2015, 03:15:06 PM
Hi Jena  :icon_wave:

Welcome to Susan's  :)  Glad to have you here, join on in the fun

Hugs

V M
Title: Re: Hi! I'm Jena
Post by: katrinaw on May 22, 2015, 04:36:05 PM
Hi Jena

Welcome to Susan's

Good luck with your degree course and yay for your ticket to get on the E road.

Look forward to seeing you about the forums

L Katy  :-*
Title: Re: Hi! I'm Jena
Post by: Rachel on May 22, 2015, 06:40:47 PM
Welcome to Susan's Place.

I'm a BSME with a PE. I was a member of AES in college and had initially wanted to go the automobile engineering route. However, during a co-op I found something that really was a right fit. Good luck in your career and transition.
Title: Re: Hi! I'm Jena
Post by: antonia on May 23, 2015, 12:05:34 AM
If you truly are set on the automotive industry you should know that the pay is substantially less than most engineering jobs and you will experience a fair bit of stress. Start learning NURBS modeling ASAP and get good at it, decide which sub speciality you want to work on (note some might require a degree in physics (fluid dynamics) or aerodynamics, also I highly recommend you study joining technologies (MIT used to have an excellent online course)). Automotive engineering is mostly about hybrid material science, joining materials together and making sure they can take the cycle count required to stay together until they are out of warranty while making sure you use as little of the raw material as possible and avoid any expensive manufacturing procedures.



Quote from: starlights on May 22, 2015, 09:28:11 AM
Hi! My name is Jena, I am 19 years old, I am going for my degree in Mechanical Engineering, and am planing to get a job in the automotive industry to develop new fuel efficient cars or electric car.  I recently gotten my letter from my gender therapist to start hrt, which I am very excited for. I just wanted to thank you for letting me be apart of such a great community.  :)
Title: Re: Hi! I'm Jena
Post by: Mariah on May 23, 2015, 05:44:12 AM
Hi Jena, Welcome to Susan's. Congrats on the letter to start HRT. I look forward to seeing you around the site. Good luck and Hugs
Mariah