Research Paper!! Please Help!!!

[student2222]

I'm a highchool senior taking an engineering class to become an automobile engineer and I am writing a research paper on mechanical engineering, but an interview is required. If you are an mechanical engineer in any kind of fields, could you please answer these questions for my project? It'll be a GREAT help!!
1. What engineering field are you in?
2. Where do you work?
3. How did you get that job?
4. What kind of hours do you work?
5. How do you spend most of your work hours? (i.e. on a computer, etc.)
6. What is the best college for mechanical engineering?
7. What is special about your field of engineering?
8. Do you enjoy your work?
9. What kind of projects have you worked in?
10. Do you recommend students to become a mechanical engineer?
11. When or how did you want to become an engineer?
12. What is your favorite thing about your job?
13. Would you ever leave your field of engineering? Switch to anotherfield?
14. Have you traveled through your job?
15. Anything you don’t like about your job?
16. Thank you so much for your cooperation! It was a great help!!

[ktl]

Enjoy your life as a mechanical engineer!
1. Consulting in Development and calculations, Automotive and Optical industry.
2. I work in Oslo, Norway, Northern Europe (outside the union)
3. Applied for it -got it.
4. 37.5 the week rarely extra hours.
5. Mostly computer/CAD/FEM, Brain storming meetings a few times a week.
6. No idea! (Your own workshop!)
7. Large variation span - tough requirements - interface against other engineering fields (electronics, cybernetics etc)
8. Yes!
9. Dvelopment projects, improvement, test and analysis, quality assurance.
10.Yes, but you need the nature of an engineer wich can't be learned...(You don't become an engineer - you are one)
11. All my life...graduated in 1991.
12. I do what I like to do, using the best tools availale, having plenty of time off and I even get well paid.
13. Might go for electronics...no plans at the moment
14. Yes, but not to much (traveling through work is overpraised you know)
15. Not too many girls around - Engineers are kind of dull or at least supposed to be...
16. Good luck with your research

[mike@af]

1. What engineering field are you in? Car design/CAD Draftsman
2. Where do you work? My own company, fifty-five design
3. How did you get that job? I've had 4+ years is drafting classes, been recognized with several awards as premier draftsmen, etc. Basically experience, then started my own company.
4. What kind of hours do you work? Depends, 4-8+ a day pending on the deadline and the complexity of the project
5. How do you spend most of your work hours? (i.e. on a computer, etc.) Computer usually
6. What is the best college for mechanical engineering? In my opinion, Georgia Tech, however Im hoping to attend Art Center College of Design for my degree in Transportation Design.
7. What is special about your field of engineering? Its Unique, and I love hot rods.
8. Do you enjoy your work? Hell yeah! (I bet you dont hear that to often)
9. What kind of projects have you worked in? Model design, hot rod design, mechanical engineering, product design. To many things to list so I just listed the "fields"
10. Do you recommend students to become a mechanical engineer? Yep, great job, pays well if you know what your doing
11. When or how did you want to become an engineer? I've always had the "knack for building things.
12. What is your favorite thing about your job? I do what I love, designing cars
13. Would you ever leave your field of engineering? Switch to anotherfield? Not really, I design the cars, then fabricate them.
14. Have you traveled through your job? Does from my house, to my shop count?
15. Anything you don’t like about your job? Yea, I have to work around my school schedule.