Did I choose the wrong major?

[Wheatmaster]

I am going to start my sophomore year in Mechanical Engineering this year. Over these past two years, I've discovered i want to go into the HVAC field when i graduate (or more in general building environmental systems and technology, i.e. keeping rooms cool/warm). I thought ME would provide me a path to enter this field and my advisor even told me that you can get into it through ME. But when i was packing today i found my undergraduate academic catalog and ended up reading about Architectural Engineering. They specficially split their major into 3 fields, one being building enivronmental systems. So did i choose the wrong major? maybe my advisor isn't that sure about ME going into building enivronmental systems? argh i'm so confused now. I don't want to waste more time and money.

 

[DaShen]

ME is in big demand right now BTW. 🙂

Don't know if it will be by the time you graduate, but probably even better then. ME is infinitely expandable for most ENG jobs, too.

 

[NatePo717]

FYI Mechanical Engineers can do just about ANYTHING. For cooling and heating stuff MechE is the way to go. I'm 4th year ME and we have done a little bit of everything. This year I get to work on concentration type stuff so if I wanted to I could get into environmental or aerospace or automotive etc etc.

 

[cavingjan]

HVAC is the major reason why ME get their PE license. Often there is more than one way to get to the end goal.

 

[Wheatmaster]

Originally posted by: NatePo717
FYI Mechanical Engineers can do just about ANYTHING. For cooling and heating stuff MechE is the way to go. I'm 4th year ME and we have done a little bit of everything. This year I get to work on concentration type stuff so if I wanted to I could get into environmental or aerospace or automotive etc etc.

hmm that is a sigh of relief. I was getting worried i went down the wrong path 🙁

 

[habib89]

nope, you're on the right path, just keep going, and there should be some hvac and probably refridgeration courses as well that you may find interesting

 

[drsafety]

you will be fine with mechE just take some hvac courses

 

[Wheatmaster]

Originally posted by: drsafety
you will be fine with mechE just take some hvac courses

i took a look at what HVAC courses are available, i only saw one: "HVAC Design"

 

[slsmnaz]

I used to call on engineers in the plumbing/HVAC field and most were ME.

 

[CollectiveUnconscious]

My father graduated with a BS in ME and went straight to work designing HVAC systems. He's been in the field for 30 years now.