Engineering Students And The Formula Apocalypse

That moment when your brain short-circuits because there are just TOO MANY scientific "V" variables! Physics throws Voltage and Velocity at you, chemistry hits you with Volume and Valine, engineering sneaks in Viscosity, and biology slides in Volumetric flow rate. No wonder scientists look contemplative with pens in their mouths - they're trying to remember which "V" they're supposed to be using in their equations! Next time someone asks "what does V stand for?" just respond "yes." 😂

Engineers and scientists spending thousands of compute hours to simulate the fluid dynamics around a lobster that absolutely no one asked for is peak research energy. The colorful computational fluid dynamics visualization shows how air would flow around a lobster if it were... flying? Swimming through air? The absurdity lies in the hyper-specialized nature of this analysis—like someone defended a PhD thesis on "Crustacean Aeronautics" with a straight face. Next up: calculating the lift coefficient of a burrito.

The ultimate engineering hierarchy captured in one image! Mechanical engineers create a meme only they understand, and suddenly everyone else feels like medieval peasants trying to comprehend calculus. The "EE/CpE" in the title refers to Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering majors who are left scratching their heads at mechanical jokes about stress tensors, fluid dynamics, or that one bolt that somehow holds the entire machine together. Engineering disciplines are basically academic kingdoms with their own languages, and mechanical engineers just love reminding everyone they invented the wheel.

Engineer with a degree: "I want to design revolutionary infrastructure and solve complex problems." Railroad industry: "Here's a divine calling to maintain 200-year-old technology that hasn't fundamentally changed since the steam era." The career trajectory of engineering graduates is the greatest thermodynamic example of potential energy never converting to kinetic energy. Thirteen years of education just to apply the same solutions from 1950. The only innovation happening is finding new ways to pretend you're busy during mandatory safety meetings.

The engineering joke that separates the nerds from the normies! While most people know RPM as "revolutions per minute," the French have a delightful linguistic quirk where they call it "tours par minute" (TPM). Non-English speakers get it immediately, but everyone else is left staring blankly like Toothless the dragon. It's basically the STEM version of an inside joke that makes engineers snicker while the rest of us pretend to understand. Next time someone mentions RPM, just nod knowingly and mutter "ah, oui, les tours..."

Nothing says "sustainable energy" quite like accidentally creating a miniature sun on campus. Those engineering students spent months calculating the perfect solar panel angle, only to discover they accidentally built a giant magnifying glass. The irony of an eco-friendly project turning into a carbon-positive disaster is just *chef's kiss*. That stoic face perfectly captures the mental gymnastics of convincing yourself that spontaneous combustion was actually part of the design specifications all along.