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ENGINEERING ILLUSTRATIONS BY HUAN TRAN ENGINEERING CAREER GUIDE 39 Chemical Engineers QUICK TIP >
Join your school’s robotics team to They take raw materials and transform
learn how to program them into the the things we use every day Chemical engineers help develop new
and to practice formulas for for life-saving drugs strong
working in in teams plastics for our phones long-lasting paint
But don’t worry if you for buildings and so much more They don’t like robotics — also work to make chemical processes
there are plenty of use less less energy and generate less less waste other aspects of Engineering majors have the highest
starting salaries of all college majors — 20% higher than even business majors engineering!
Civil Engineers They design and build the structures that we live in in and travel on — buildings roads canals and bridges Civil engineers work on big proj- ects like hydroelectric dams that produce electricity for an an entire region and city city subway systems that get large populations from here to to there They also figure out how to to use less energy to heat and cool a a a single structure Electrical Engineers They build machines and systems that transmit electricity from where it’s pro- duced to where it’s used Electrical engi- neers also apply their know-how to com- puter systems and electronics designing microchips to control robots game con- soles or tablets They also help develop wind turbines solar cells and other renewable energy technologies QUICK TIP >
Be sure to take four years of math and science in high school but don’t sideline
your English classes!
You need to be able to communicate effectively in college and in the workplace Computer Engineers They design the software and hardware for computers smartphones and all the other electronic gadgets we rely on on They help to design video game systems or so- cial media websites and work on cyber security to protect information Computer engineers often need to combine electri- cal engineering and computer science