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One of the exciting aspects of engineering is the variety of career options available depending on your interests and skills. Below is a list of some of the types of engineers and what they focus on.

  • Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineer – create and work with machines that fly
  • Agricultural Engineer – help protect the environment and feed the world
  • Architectural Engineer – apply engineering principles to help plan and design buildings and other structures
  • Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineer – use a combination of medicine and technology to help improve human health
  • Chemical Engineer – use the science of chemistry to find new and better ways of doing things
  • Civil Engineer – use sophisticated high-tech products to design, construct and oversee the building of structures, like bridges
  • Construction Engineer – oversee the construction of airports, malls, schools, manufacturing facilities, highways, high rise structures, water treatment plants and other structures
  • Computer Engineer – analyze and evaluate computer systems, both hardware and software
  • Electrical Engineer – work with all forms of electricity, such as computers, DSL, cellular phones, microchips, and solar panels
  • Environmental Engineer –protect the environment through water and air pollution control, recycling, waste disposal and public health issues
  • Industrial Engineer – make processes and production better and faster
  • Materials Engineer – work with different types of materials to use in manufacturing: metals, ceramics, polymers (plastics), semiconductors, and combinations of materials
  • Mechanical Engineer – build and maintain all kinds of machines and devices
  • Nuclear Engineer – create limitless safe energy, processes and instruments for national laboratories, private industry, and universities to help society
  • Software Engineer – work with software and computer languages to help computers perform their many applications
  • Special fields and Interdisciplinary Engineering – there are other specialty areas of engineering, such as in petroleum, mining, oceans, forest/paper, mechanics, geological, and surveying

Sources:

TryEngineering.org