Careers In Engineering

1. Careers In Engineering Professor of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering Mylo Hellickson, Ph.D.

2. Quiz • Name one thing engineers do • How much might an engineer get paid per hour? • What subjects should you take in high school to prepare you to study engineering in college?

3. What Do You Want In a Career? • Help society & people • Develop new & innovative ways to solve problems • Watch your design go from an idea to reality • Challenging work • Good income • Opportunity to travel

4. Difference Between an Engineer, Engineering Technologist & a Technician • Engineers • Solving tomorrow’s problems today by applying science to the design and manufacture of a product • Requires a 4 year degree • Engineering Technologist • Develops the process to make the engineers product – focus on application • Requires a 4 year degree • Technician • Install, repair or maintain the product designed by the engineer and produced by the engineering technologist • Requires a 2 year degree

5. Aerospace Agricultural Architectural Biomedical Ceramic Chemical Civil Computer Electrical Environmental Fire Protection Industrial Manufacturing Mechanical Metallurgy/Materials Mineral/Mining Nuclear Ocean Software Textile Transportation Engineering Disciplines

6. Mechanical Engineering • Design a machine to do a job • Ag. Equipment • Machinery • Robotics

7. Mechanical Engineering • Heating • Ventilation • Air Conditioning • Air Quality

8. Civil Engineering Dam Design Structural Engineering

9. Civil Engineering • Surveying • Structural • Environmental • Geotechnical • Transportation Homeland Security

10. Civil Engineering Transportation Engineering Surveying

11. Electrical Engineering A Microelectromechanical Chemical Sensor Array Wind Energy

12. Electrical Engineering Communications Fiber Optics High-Voltage Substation

13. Agricultural Engineering • Ensure proper nutrients delivered to crops • Design Agriculture equipment • Develop environmentally friendly waste disposal methods • Design water management and irrigation systems • Design agricultural processing plants (ethanol, soybean, etc.)

15. Computer Science • All aspects of computer systems • Design • Construction • Networking • Operation • Use computers to improve how we do things and manage information

17. Math • Math teaching • Engineering math • Actuarial Science • Mathematical Biology • Applied math • Statistics • Pure math

19. Physics • Traditional engineering positions • Laboratories • Computer industries • Oil exploration • Nuclear power • Space/astronomy • Electronics

21. Engineering, Technology & Management • Construction Management • Supervise and manage the construction of engineering works • Operations Management • Supervise and manage the development of industrial and manufacturing processes

23. Job Opportunities • 100% Job placement • We cannot graduate enough engineering students to meet current demand • Types of work • Design • Education • Management/ownership • Sales • Field or plant work

24. Employers • IBM • Daktronics • Major engineering design firms • Federal, state and municipal government • Rockwell Collins • Jon Deere/Caterpillar/Case New Holland • Mayo clinic

26. What about salary? Occupation Hourly Annual Computer Software Engineer $ 43.35 $ 90,170 Construction Manager $ 44.85 $93,290 Mathematicians $ 45.16 $93,920 Electrical Engineer $ 41.47 $86,250 Mechanical Engineer $38.74 $80,580 Physicist $53.49 $111,250 Civil or Environmental Engineer $39.03 $81,180 2009 National Occupational Wage Estimates Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/oes/)

28. LicensureProfessional Engineer or PE • Engineering degree from an accredited four year institution • Pass the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam • 4 years experience under a PE • Pass the Professional Engineering (PE) exam

29. Engineering

30. College Projects Concrete Canoe Baja Buggy Human Powered Vehicle

31. Subjects to Study in High School • 4 years of high school math through trigonometry, pre-calculus or calculus • 4 years of laboratory science • 4 years of English • 3 years of social science • 2 years foreign language (same course) • 1 year fine arts • ½ Computer Science

32. How Do You Get Scholarships? • Take four years of math, science and English in high school • In Brookings those students avg. ACT 23.9 • Prepare and take the ACT • Class standing • Extracurriculars • Find out what special scholarships you might qualify for

33. How Do You Get Scholarships? • Jackrabbit guarantee • $1,000 per year guaranteed • South Dakota Opportunities Scholarship • Apply for local and national scholarships • Scouts, Church, corporations, etc. • Scholarships in your community • ROTC/National Guard • Tech Fellows • SD Opportunities Scholarship

34. Scholarships • ACT score • GPA • Class standing/class size • Activities • 0 to >$10,000+ per year

35. Summary • Research your career choice • Take advantage of activities to learn more about that choice • Position yourself to compete for scholarships • Prepare for college level work • Advanced placement • Visit Universities

36. Questions?