Published May 29, 2009 10:27 PM. El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, better known as Malcolm X, was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb., on May 19, 1925. The names he held reflected both his personal journey and that of oppressed people for whom he gave his life.
If you want to do petroleum engineering, major in petroleum engineering. There is no need for a geology degree if you want to do engineering. Mechanical engineering is the jack of all trades, master of none discipline. It can be used for many fields, including petroleum engineering. If you don't want to major in petroleum engineering, chemical engineering is probably closer than mechanical for what you want to do.
Best Answer: I am a Manufacturing Engineer with a degree in Manufacturing Technology. I work with other Manufacturing Engineers with degrees in Mechanical Engineering, so there is a fair amount of overlap. In broad terms, mechanical engineers can become manufacturing engineers but the opposite is not as often true. Mechanical Engineering focuses more on design and theory, with a larger emphasis on mathematical analysis of those designs.