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Where are the Engineering Jobs?
Aerospace
Engineering Aerospace Engineers are responsible for designing, analyzing,
modeling, simulating, and testing aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, missiles,
rockets and other objects that fly through the air. Therefore Aerospace
engineering also extends to many other applications of objects moving within
gases or liquids, for example golf balls, high-speed trains or tall buildings
in the wind. Aerospace engineers are typically specialists in fields with fancy
names such as aerodynamics, propulsion, navigation, flight testing, and more.
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Biomedical
Engineering Biomedical Engineers develop technologies related to health
care and the human body. This exciting field integrates physical, chemical,
mathematical, computational sciences and engineering principles to study
biology, medicine, behavior and health. Medical diagnostic machines, medical
instruments, artificial organs, joint replacement parts, and prosthetic devices
are typical examples of what Biomedical Engineers build. This is a fast growing
field and rapid advances in these areas will probably continue throughout your
lifetime.
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Building
& Civil Engineering Building and Civil Engineers have been around for
a long time. Traditionally, they are responsible for altering geography to suit
human needs. In modern times, civil engineering is a broad field of engineering
that deals with the planning, construction and maintenance of fixed structures,
or public works, as they are related to the earth, water, or civilization and
their processes. Most Building and Civil engineers today deal with roads,
structures, water supply, sewer, flood control, or traffic.
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Chemical
and Process Engineering Everything around us is made up of chemicals and
chemical changes can be used to produce all kinds of useful products. Chemical
and Process Engineers use their knowledge of chemistry to discover and
manufacture better plastics, paints, fuels, fibers, medicines, fertilizers,
semiconductors, paper and all other kinds of chemicals, by carrying out
chemical reactions and purifications. The processes involved can comprise
physical, chemical, or biological changes in the raw material as it becomes a
product. These engineers are also responsible for controlling a sequence of
individual processes or conversions to efficiently convert a raw material to a
finished product.
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Electrical, Electronics & Computer
Engineering Simply put, electrical engineering is the application of the
laws of physics governing electricity, magnetism, and light to develop products
and services for the benefit of humankind. Electrical engineering is a broad
field that encompasses many subfields.
In Electronics Engineering, engineers
design and test electrical networks (more commonly known as circuits) that take
advantage of the electromagnetic properties of electrical components such as
resistors, capacitors, inductors, transistors, diodes and semiconductors to
achieve the desired functionality. They are responsible for almost every gadget
and tool that runs on electricity around you
Computer engineering is the analysis,
design, and construction of computer hardware. This field encompasses a variety
of topics that relate to computation, like abstract analysis of algorithms,
formal grammars, and subjects such as programming languages, programme design,
software and computer hardware.
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Environmental Engineering Environmental Engineers
work in industries to make sure pollutants are removed from various streams
released to the air and water. They also work to make sure that solid waste is
properly disposed to prevent ground water contamination. Environmental
engineers are ultimately responsible for developing and designing equipment and
systems to create a cleaner environment.
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Logistics and Industrial Engineering Logistics and
Industrial Engineering is the application of engineering methods and the
principles of scientific management to the design, improvement, and
installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information equipment
and energy. Basically this type of engineer designs methods, not machinery.
Jobs include plant layout, analysis and planning of workers’ jobs,
economical handling of raw materials, their flow through the production
process, and the efficient control of the inventory of finished products.
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Marine and
Maritime Engineering Marine and Maritime Engineers operate and maintain
ocean vehicles, marine propulsion systems, and marine structures such as
harbors, docks, and offshore drilling platforms. They also design and build
these complicated systems. The merchant and military fleets of the world, that
are the lifeblood of overseas trade, would not move without them. The field is
closely related to mechanical engineering, although the modern engineer
requires knowledge (and hands on experience) with electrical, electronic,
pneumatic, hydraulic and even nuclear technology.
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Materials Engineering Materials Engineers solve
problems by relying on their creative and technological skills. These engineers
make useful products in many forms from common as well as exotic materials.
Every day we use a multitude of these products. Each time we talk on the phone,
use a computer, or heat food in a microwave oven, we are using products made
possible by the inventions and designs of engineers working with ceramics and
other materials.
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Mechantronics,
Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Mechanical engineering is
perhaps the broadest of all the engineering disciplines in its range of
activities and functions. It is the application of physical principles to the
creation of useful devices, objects and machines. Mechanical engineers use
principles such as heat, force, and the conservation of mass and energy to
analyze static and dynamic physical systems, in contributing to the design of
almost everything around us. For example automobiles, aircraft, and other
vehicles, heating and cooling systems, household appliances, industrial
equipment and machinery.
Manufacturing means making things.
Manufacturing engineers direct and coordinate the processes for making things -
from the beginning to the end. As businesses try to make products better and at
less cost, they turn to manufacturing engineers to find out how. These
engineers work with all aspects of manufacturing from production control to
materials handling to automation. The assembly line is the domain of the
manufacturing engineer.
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