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Software Engineering

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What’s this career all about?

Software Engineers are the brains behind the computer screen. They apply the principles of computer science to develop software for operating systems, code the computer to perform a specific function, or design, construct, test, and maintain a computer applications software to meet the receiver’s expectations.

What kind of courses do Software Engineers study in school?

  • Computer Security
  • Informatics
  • Systems Design
  • Algorithms

What are some cool projects that Software Engineers get to work on?

  • Create the artificial intelligence that controls video figures like those in The Sims.
  • Develop software for the GPS
  • Write software that controls the habits of robots
  • Coreboot, the campaign for a free BIOS

What are qualities of a Software Engineer?

  • Analytical Aptitude
  • Good mathematical ability
  • Logical
  • Sympathetic to end-users

How do Software Engineers contribute to making the world a better place?

Without computer software engineers, we wouldn’t have any software for computers! We wouldn’t have Microsoft, Apple, Google, YouTube, any of it! These engineers create everything that we have on our computers, phones, tablets; without them, we wouldn’t have any of these. These engineers make the world a better place by creating software for computers to make our lives easier. Imagine how much harder it would be to, say, write a research paper, without the use of the internet and Microsoft Word!

Mechanical Engineering

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What’s this career all about?

A Mechanical Engineer is someone who applies physics and mathematics to design, develop, build, and test mechanical systems. Mechanical Engineers can create machines such as the sophisticated computer-controlled robot to human devices such as hip implants.

What kind of courses do Mechanical Engineers study in school?

  • Manufacturing and Design
  • Mechatronics and Systems
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Thermal Dynamics
  • Circuits, Electronics & Experimentation

What are some cool projects that Mechanical Engineers get to work on?

  • Designing and building an airplane engine
  • Designing cool toys for kids
  • Designing and manufacturing fossil fuel-free cars that are equally efficient motor vehicles

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What are qualities of a Mechanical Engineer?

    • Spatial Perception
    • Analytical
    • Good communication skills
    • Realistic
  • Creative

How do Mechanical Engineers contribute to making the world a better place?

Mechanical Engineers have touched almost everything that we experience in our daily lives — from refrigerators to cars to medicine — they have devised the systems needed in this technologically dependent culture.

Mechanical engineers are problem solvers that take their knowledge of math and science and create solutions to improve our lives and make the world a better place. When you think of a mechanical engineer, usually cars come to mind but they also have a huge part in the medical industry as they make human devices such as prosthetic hands that allow a person to type and write.

Materials Engineering

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What’s this career all about?

Materials engineers work with the properties of matter to create solutions to real world problems. Their work makes products and systems more effective and efficient. Material engineers also work at discovering why certain materials failed at their job.

What kind of courses do Materials Engineers study in school?

  • Materials manufacturing and performance
  • Minerals and metals extraction
  • Nanotechnology
  • Robot Manipulators: Kinematics, Dynamics, Control
  • Materials Processing for Sustainable Development

What are some cool projects that Materials Engineers get to work on?

  • Create hip bone replacements out of titanium alloy
  • Do research on sea mussel glue used to make adhesives
  • Create artificial skin grafts that help burn victims heal faster
  • Creating nano-sized polymers to help repair shattered bones
  • Design materials for making wind turbine blades

What are qualities of a Materials Engineer?

  • Communication skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Creativity
  • Analytical skills

How do Materials Engineers contribute to making the world a better place?

Materials Engineers diagnose the cause of failures in structures and try to solve the problem.

Materials Engineers create and improve the materials in many of our everyday lives. They help to provide material for the technology we use every day. They are working on ways to develop new material to store information on computer discs. They help solve many of our environmental problems by figuring out how to make more efficient, less expensive solar cells. They also help people by providing biocompatible material to create limb prosthetics. They create the material to help solve many different problems.

Environmental Engineering

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What’s this career all about?

Environmental Engineering is the integration of engineering and problem solving to improve the natural environment and to protect our natural resources. They help provide healthy water, air, and land for all organisms.

environmental engineer standing over a small creek

What kind of courses do Environmental Engineers study in school?

  • Agricultural engineering
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Air Pollution Control

What are some cool projects that Environmental Engineers get to work on?

  • Measuring the amount of pollution that goes into our air each day
  • Design methods to accurately measure acid rain, car emissions, ozone depletion
  • Invent better ways to recycle paper, plastic, and glass
  • Study Green Buildings for quality living

What are qualities of an Environmental Engineer?

  • Curious
  • Love the Outdoors
  • Able to work well in groups
  • Creativity/Innovation Skills
  • Active Learning-understanding the need to learn more information as the future progresses

How do Environmental Engineers contribute to making the world a better place?

Environmental Engineers contribute to making our world a better place by improving our natural environment in creative ways. They develop and pursue ideas that are made to improve our everyday life. They weigh different options for many engineering projects and speak up with an alternative idea if they believe that the project will have a negative effect on the environment. Environmental Engineers keep animals, eco-systems and fresh resources in mind when trying to improve our everyday life.

Electrical Engineering

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What’s this career all about?

Electrical engineering involves the design, construction, and operation of different electrical and electronic systems.

Electrical engineers work with electricity in many different ways to create some of the coolest and most essential technology. Working both on the macro and micro level, their work could include electronics, communications systems, power grids, medical imagery, as well as many other fascinating topics.

What kind of courses do Electrical Engineers study in school?

  • Biomedical Signals Analysis
  • Digital System Design Automation
  • Applied Mathematical Methods
  • Electronics, Circuits and Systems

What are some cool projects that Electrical Engineers get to work on?

  • Creating innovative computers like Google Glass
  • Improve satellite communications systems that bring people around the world closer together
  • Developing artificial retinas for the blind
  • Coming up with better MRI scanners that would allow doctors to see a patient’s body even more clearly

What are qualities of a Electrical Engineer?

  • Creativity
  • Curious about knowing HOW AND WHY things work the way they do
  • Good math skills
  • Analytical aptitude
  • Passionate about learning

How do Electrical Engineers contribute to making the world a better place?

Electrical engineers have provided us with technology. Without them, we would be living in the 1800s, with no phones, no lighting, no computers, and no electricity. They have made it easier to connect with people, including those living far away, and it has given us more time with lights. Lights have allowed people to work, eat, and live after the sun goes down.

Computer Engineering

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What’s this career all about?

Computer engineering combines electrical engineering with computer science.

A Computer Engineer is someone who designs, develops and tests computer software (the programs and apps that run on a device) and hardware (the device itself) as well as things that are run by computers (ex. robots or medical machinery). They work on making designed computer systems faster and easier to use and fix mistakes (“bugs”) that cause problems within the computer system.

What kind of courses do Computer Engineers study in school?

  • Biocomputation – organizing, analyzing and retrieving data concerning biological systems (i.e. gene sequencing)
  • Introduction to Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Technologies/li>
  • Computer Security
  • Real-Time Computer Control
  • Robot Modeling and Control

What are some cool projects that Computer Engineers get to work on?

  • Developing and designing the GPS navigation system
  • Designing smartphone interfaces
  • Designing a game console
  • Designing and making a medical scanner that can help doctors see and diagnose the state of a patient’s organs
  • Designing super thin laptops and tablets without sacrificing any of a typical laptop’s abilities

What are qualities of a Computer Engineer?

  • Being Logical:
  • Being a quick learner
  • Problem Solver:
  • Being creative
  • Excellent Mathematical Ability

How do Computer Engineers contribute to making the world a better place?

Computer engineers contribute to the world by designing and developing technology that improves living conditions, health and productivity. Without computer engineers, we wouldn’t have smartphones, video games or medical technology (to name a few).