#engineering quotes

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Brains are very squeezy. Have any of you touched a brain? Well, they’re very squeezy.

Dynamics Professor discussing material properties

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Chemical engineers are *not* chemists. They don't have the right instincts. Maaaaybe they can do a little math but throw 'em in a lab to actually conduct a procedure and they're instantly as lost as a goose. It's always a bad sign when there's an engineer in your lab.

Disgruntled analytical chemistry professor

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“If a student wants to take an exam, who am I to stop them?”

Department Graduate Chair after being asked if a master’s student could take the Ph.D. qualifying exam

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If a student wants to take an exam, who am I to stop them?

Department Graduate Chair after being asked if a master’s student could take the Ph.D. qualifying exam.

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Well make an easy exercise *pauses, looks at the board* No, why make it easy? We won’t make it easy.

Engineering professor

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Let’s erase everything that has to do with the past *erases the results of the previous question*.

Engineering professor

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Too many numbers, too many confusion

Polymers professor on laminate mechanics

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Now we have two paths, one of which approximates the traditional way of doing things, and one which…doesn’t.

Orbital Mechanics Professor