STEM Industry Jr. Chapters 2013 Information provided by: STEMcareer http://www.stemcareer.com/ SHPE Foundation
Overview • What is STEM? • STEM Careers • Who are STEM Careers for? • The Importance of STEM • Who and What do STEM Fields Value? • STEM Career Paths • Top STEM Industries and Disciplines • Gender Diversity • Benefits of Working in STEM SHPE Foundation
What is STEM? SHPE Foundation
What is STEM? • STEM stands for • Science • Technology • Engineering • Math SHPE Foundation
What is STEM? • Any field or career that: • Creates • Discovers or applies new knowledge Careers that will improve and make a difference everyday life SHPE Foundation
What is STEM? STEM is a way of thinking, doing, creating, organizing and helping! SHPE Foundation
STEM Careers SHPE Foundation
STEM Careers • Focus on: • Research for new information, methods and ways to better understand things • Working to effectively and efficiently solve problems • Requireyou to: • Innovate, create, and discover • Ask why and how about things that need to be built, invented and designed SHPE Foundation
STEM Careers • These careers are: • Cutting edge • Profitable • Beneficial • In demand We WANT you SHPE Foundation
Who are STEM Careers For? SHPE Foundation
STEM Careers are for: • People who are interested in: • Knowing • Finding out • Analyzing • Thinking • Exploring Investigative SHPE Foundation
STEM Careers are for: • People who are interested in: • Physical activities • Hands-on tasks • Practical solutions • Tool-oriented problem solving Realistic Hands On SHPE Foundation
Who and What do STEM Fields Value? SHPE Foundation
STEM Fields Value • STEM fields value people who are: • Interested in … • Creating and thinking outside the box • Organizing processing and record-keeping • Helping society and individuals • Leading, persuading, and selling SHPE Foundation
STEM Fields Value • If you are artistic, conventional, social, or enterprising You should consider a career in STEM! SHPE Foundation
The Importance of STEM SHPE Foundation
The Importance of STEM • Effect of STEM on U.S. Economy • Creating jobs • New technology • Medical advancements • Understanding the implications from past pollution • Green Movement SHPE Foundation
The Importance of STEM • Benefits from STEM today • Everyday outcomes of STEM • Cell phones, smart phones- Computer Engineering and High manufacturing • Video Games- Computer Engineering • Animated Movies- Computer Engineering and Mathematicians • Cars- Mechanical Engineering SHPE Foundation
Other areas influenced by STEM • Health Care • Construction and Mining • Libraries • Manufacturing • Social Sciences SHPE Foundation
STEM Career Paths SHPE Foundation
STEM by Career Paths • Science • Agricultural and food scientists • Biological scientists • Conservation scientists and foresters • Medical scientists • Atmospheric scientists • Chemists and materials scientists • Environmental scientists and specialists • Geoscientists and hydrologists • Physicists and astronomers SHPE Foundation
STEM by Career Paths • Technology • Computer network, systems, and database administrators • Computer scientists • Computer software engineers and computer programmers • Computer support specialists • Computer systems analysts SHPE Foundation
STEM by Career Paths • Engineering • Aerospace • Agricultural • Biomedical • Chemical • Civil • Electrical • Electronics • Environmental • Health and Safety • Industrial • Marine • Materials • Mechanical • Mining and Geological • Nuclear • Petroleum SHPE Foundation
STEM by Career Paths • Mathematics • Actuaries • Mathematicians • Operations research analysts • Statisticians SHPE Foundation
Top STEM Industries and Disciplines SHPE Foundation
Top STEM Industry Clusters SHPE Foundation
Top STEM Disciplines SHPE Foundation
Gender and Ethnic Diversity SHPE Foundation
Gender and Ethnic Diversity Gender and ethnic diversity are necessary and required to meet global STEM needs SHPE Foundation
Gender and Ethnic Diversity • Let’s take a look at a short video of Mechanical Engineer Katherine Bicer who discusses her role in the field http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We5Z4OpYXqo&feature=share&list=PL394A45E8C84E71F6 SHPE Foundation
Gender and Ethnic Diversity • Let’s take a look at one more video that spotlights young Hispanics working at NASA http://youtu.be/si6XAOTzVaU SHPE Foundation
Benefits of Working in STEM SHPE Foundation
What’s in it for you? • Earn good pay • Earn respect • Learn new things everyday • Create new technologies • Be valuable to society SHPE Foundation
For More Information • Discover Engineering • www.discoverengineering.org/ • Engineer Your Life • www.engineeryourlife.org/ SHPE Foundation
