Industry in CFD
I am here to seek an advice about the industry and my career path:
I just got my bachelor degree in Aerospace Engineering, and i am about to enter a masters degree, the thing is that my university offers mainly two "career" choices: mechanical or avionics (electrical). The first one has a LOT of structural engineering (also fem) and material science/production related courses, and only a few related to flow mechanics and heat transfer (CFD II, Propulsion, Compressible Aerodynamics, Heat Transfer). I absolutely hate material science (i had very bad experiences with professors and the programs are pretty boring to me), but i really love flow mechanics and i am pretty good at it. The last choice is the most impressive, and i find it interesting too, specially electronics and telecomunications (not so much control). But i have really no clue of about the electrical engineering industry and that reflects on my uncertainty about my future master thesis. Although, for what i know, those areas are growing fast and they are well paid. My problem is that i wanted to work in CFD, but not in simulation in fluent, CFX... you name it. I wanted to develop my own codes of simulation and numerical methods, but as far as i am aware i would need a Phd in Flow mechanics, and that isn't in my plans to do so. What i've heard is that a master graduate would work as an aerodynamicist using a series of methods, including simulations and EFD, recurring essencially to "try and error". I know there's a lot of scientific knowledge envolved, specially in computing a majorant of the errors... but i don't want to spend my life running simulations. What is your opinion? Other jobs? Please help me, as great engineer HAHA I dodged this decision to the last minute of the application deadline. |
Writing CFD code isn't easy but it does not mean that you need to have PhD in order to do it. I have never done a CFD course in my life. Closest thing that I have done is course on transport phenomenon (BSL book). I have only done CS101 course and we learned to code in pascal in it.
I am writing CFD solver, it is possible. |
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Would you explain you're job? You just apply models and then control the error with new numerical methods or you're a researcher? what is like the job market? |
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My job, I am not working. I write CFD code and trying to make product around it: www.dravvya.co.in (within a week I intend to put beta version up) |
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