What does it take to become a wind engineer?

Hello Mason, are you looking to build and maintain wind turbines for Electricity generation out on site or to work in a factory designing and manufacturing wind turbines?

Grant

First, "engineer" is often used to refer to anyone who is involved in engineering. There are a lot of extremely skillful people engineering all sorts of solutions, building things, solving problems, supporting machinery and electronics and computers who are engineers. So in that regard, you can be a wind engineer by working for a company that does wind turbines, etc.. And folks like this are extremely valuable.

Now, if you mean some sort of official title or degree in engineering related to wind power, I'd say you want to get your engineering degree, preferably at least a bachelors degree -- a BS. Since wind power is utlimately associated with providing electrical power, I'd say an electrical engineering background of some type would be essential. Not necessarily an electrical engineering degree, but at least some background. The other thing would be a mechanical engineering degree. These may be associate degrees, BTW.

So the bottom line is that becoming a "wind engineer" essentially requires that you get some experience working with wind power systems, and that can come from a host of sources. But it would be a good start to get a BS in mechanical engineering from an accredited school.

Not much of a surprise, huh? Good luck! (And have fun!)

I would recommend pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering which is focused in the energy area. Then you can specialize in wind energy later.