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College Planning: Financial Engineering

12/28/2015

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Financial engineering is a multidisciplinary field involving financial theory, the methods of engineering, the tools of mathematics and the practice of programming.[1] Quant (Qualitative Analyst)  is a broad term that covers any person who uses math for practical purposes, including financial engineers. ​

The top schools offering the major are[5]: 
  1. Columbia University, Financial Engineering
  2. University of California - Berkeley, Financial Engineering
  3. Cornell University, Financial Engineering
  4. New York University, Financial Mathematics
  5. Carnegie Mellon University, Computational Finance
  6. University of Chicago,  Financial Mathematics
  7. University of Illinois, Financial Engineering
  8.  Johns Hopkins University, Financial Engineering
  9. Georgia Institute of Technology, Quantitative & Computational Finance
  10. Stanford University, Computational and Mathematical Engineering
Reference 
  1. Financial Engineering at Wikipidia
  2. Coursera,  Self-Paced Class -Financial Engineering and Risk Management, Part I,  Part II,  by Columbia University
  3. Coursera, Economics of Money and Banking, Part I, Part II, by Columbia University
  4. Coursera, Financial Markets by Yale University
  5. TFE Times,  2016 Master of Financial Engineering Program Rankings 
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College Planning: Mechanical Engineering

12/28/2015

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 Mechanical Engineering (ME) involves designing and manufacturing everything from small individual parts and devices (e.g., microscale sensors and inkjet printer nozzles) to large systems (e.g., spacecraft and machine tools). [1]

The role of a mechanical engineer is to take a product from an idea to the marketplace. In order to accomplish this, a broad range of skills are needed including mathematics, physics, material science, thermal and mechanics, and manufacturing.  the frontier of research includes Robotics, 
Micro Electro-mechanical Systems (MEMS), Mechatronics, Nanotechnology, Biomechanics, Acoustical engineering and etc. The industry includes health, environment, energy, security and electrical engineering. 

The top  university offering ME are [4]:  
  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  2. Georgia Institute of Technology
  3. University of California -Berkeley
  4. Standford
  5. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
  6. Purdue University--West Lafayette
  7. University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
  8. Cornell University
  9. California Institute of Technology
  10. University of Texas
  11. Carnegie Mellon University
  12. Princeton 
To complete undergraduate, an example course list can be found at MIT - Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (Course 2- A).

Let's look at some ME projects[3]:
  • MIT - Harvesting Fresh Water from Fog (video)
  • MIT - Engineering Fluids at the Nanoscale (video)
  • MIT - Introduction to Robotics at MIT (video)
Reference 
  1. What is Mechanical Engineering? by Columbia Engineering 
  2. Mechanical Engineering at Wikipedia
  3. MIT- MECHE VIDEO LIBRARY
  4. Mechanical Rankings by US News​ 
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