Careers in Engineering

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CareersinEngineering

• Designing the Future
• University of Illinois
• at Chicago

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What Do Engineers Do?

• Look around you. Most everything you
  see was designed, created or developed by an
  engineer.
• In practice, engineers calculate performance of
  systems and components they design and create
  the products of our future.
• In research, engineers develop and create the
  tools used for predictions and designs.

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Zero GravityUIC Students inNASA Airplane
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Scientist, Engineer, Technician

• SCIENTIST
• A theoretician or experimenter. A formulator of
  basic ideas and tools for predicting nature.
• ENGINEER
• An innovator/creator of new products, systems,
  procedures or processes. Usually closer to
  applications than scientists. Designer of the
  world around us and developer of the
  computational tools with which to do it.
• TECHNICIAN/TECHNOLOGIST
• An implementor of the systems or solutions
  designed by engineers.

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The CAVEDevelopment Lab at UIC
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Major Engineering B.S. Programs

• BIOLOGICAL
• CHEMICAL
• CIVIL
• COMPUTER
• ELECTRICAL
• INDUSTRIAL
• MECHANICAL

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Specialty Engineering Disciplines

• Aeronautical
• Agricultural
• Automotive
• Ceramic
• Control
• Engineering Management
• Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental
• Geological
• Manufacturing
• Marine
• Metallurgical
• Mining
• Nuclear
• Ocean
• Operations
• Petroleum
• Quality

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What Kinds of Work Do Engineers Do?

• INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION IN
• Management and Administration
• Research and Development
• Design, Creation and Invention
• Production and Operations
• Construction and Installation
• Consulting
• Sales
• Higher Education

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Laser Instrumentationin UIC Research Lab
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Comparing Salaries

• Engineering 43,000
• Health Professions 39,000
• Business 33,000
• Sciences 32,000
• Education 25,000
• Communications 25,000
• Salaries are based on 1998 survey of National
  Association Colleges Employers (NACE).
  
• High 40s - 2001

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Is Engineering for You?

• A Simple Algorithm
• IF YOU
• Are adept at mathematics,
• Find science interesting,
• Are curious about how things work,
• Then Engineering is a career worthy of your
  consideration.

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Comparing Signal Types
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Perpetual Motion Machine
Electric Generator
Electric Motor
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High School Preparation

• MATHEMATICS - 3½ to 4 years
• At least through college algebra trigonometry
• Calculus AP recommended
• SCIENCE - 3 years lab science
• One year chemistry physics
• One year biology for Bioengineering
• ENGLISH - 4 years
• SOCIAL SCIENCE - 3 years
• OTHER - 2 years chosen by interest
• Art
• Music
• Foreign language
• Computers

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Typical Engineering Curriculum

• MATHEMATICS - 2 years, calculus
• differential equations
• ENGLISH - 1 year, Composition
• CHEMISTRY - ½ to 1 years
• PHYSICS - 1½ years
• BASIC ENGINEERING COURSES - (number of courses
  varies)
• Statics Dynamics of Ridged Bodies
• Strength of Materials
• Computer Programming Languages
• Engineering Graphics
• Thermodynamics
• Electrical Circuit Analysis
• Engineering Economy
• COURSES IN MAJOR AREA
• 2 years of courses

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Selecting a College Engineering Program

• Quality of the program
• Quality of the faculty
• Tuition Costs
• Facilities
• Campus environment
• Faculty research
• Undergraduate access to laboratory experiences
• ABET accreditation
• Employment/placement of
• Graduates
• Co-ops
• Summer Interns

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Financing a College Education

• NEED BASED FINANCIAL AID (UIC Office of
  Financial Aid)
• Scholarships - no repayment
• Loans - low interest rate
• MERIT BASED SCHOLARSHIPS
• National competitions, various
• UIC Honors College, 20,000
• UIC College of Engineering, various
• Deans Scholarship, 4,000
• Guaranteed Professional Program Admissions
  (GPPA), graduate school admission and
  assistantship (tuition monthly stipend)
• WORK/STUDY PROGRAMS (UIC College of
  Engineering)
• Co-op
• Summer Intern

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EngineeringDesigning the World Around Us