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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!

Nuclear Engineering

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What’s this career all about?

A nuclear engineer researches and develops new applications for nuclear energy and radiation. These new applications include spacecraft, ships, agricultural equipment, and certain medical technology (e.g. the cyclotron, which provides high energy beams to treat cancerous tumours).

What kind of courses do Nuclear Engineers study in school?

  • Principles of Fusion Energy
  • Nuclear Plant Design and Simulation
  • Nuclear Fuel Cycles
  • Nuclear Medicine

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

  • Overseeing construction on nuclear power plants
  • Designing an X-Ray/MRI machine
  • Designing new ways of harnessing nuclear fusion power (a renewable energy source).

What are qualities of a Nuclear Engineer?

  • Resourceful
  • Inquisitive
  • Creative
  • Excellent critical thinking skills

How do Nuclear Engineers contribute to making the world a better place?
Nuclear engineers contribute to making the world a better place in many ways. First of all, they develop new ways of harnessing nuclear power and try to reduce the effects on the environment. This is really helpful to our society. They also work to keep us safe from the potentially harmful effects of radiation. Finally, they develop new technology that can help us, such as diagnostic imaging or cancer-fighting radiation.

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.

Industrial Engineering

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What’s this career all about?

Industrial engineers, sometimes known as the efficiency people, work to make sure industries and organizations are operating at maximum efficiency and safety.

Industrial engineers are experts at organization. Their job is to make sure that a company/organization runs efficiently and effectively. They do this by ensuring that people, machines, resources and information work to the best of their abilities.

What kind of courses do Industrial Engineers study in school?

  • Human Factors Integration
  • Industrial Engineering Technology
  • Engineering Psychology and Human Performance
  • Organizational Design and Logistics

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

  • Figuring out a way to reduce wait time in lines at a theme park
  • Determining the fastest way to transport goods from one location to another
  • Developing the most efficient way to demolish a building
  • Designing how to make customer service more effective for an electronics company
  • Making sure a hospital room runs like clockwork

What are qualities of an Industrial Engineer?

  • Good problem solving skills
  • Motivation to succeed
  • Organizational skills
  • Attention to Detail

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

Industrial engineers make the world a better place by making it run more smoothly. They use their great organizing and people skills to figure the best method for just about everything from how a hospital is run to how a bridge is constructed. They definatly make all our lives easier.

Industrial engineers keep systems in our everyday life running smoothly and efficiently. They also use their insight to make the world a safer place. Without them our simple, everyday tasks would require much more work.

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.