University of Washington

2014 AstroDawgs

CAREERS IN STEM

WHO ARE WE?

• University of Washington Engineering Students

EXPERIMENT

• Creating an experiment to test effects of vibrations on centrifugal particle size separation in a microgravity environment

• Why?

WHAT IS STEM?

• Science• Technology• Engineering• Math

SCIENCE

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Medicine

• Physics

TECHNOLOGY

• Computer Science

• $77,000 – 5.6 unemployment

• Information Technology

MATHEMATICS

• Applied Math

• $71,000 – 4.1% unemployment

• Cryptography

• Statistics

ENGINEERING

• Chemical Engineering

• $86,000 – 3.8% unemployment

• Bioengineering

• Civil Engineering

ENGINEERING• Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering

• $84,000 – 3.6% unemployment

• Electrical Engineering

• $86,000 – 5.0% unemployment

• Mechanical Engineering

• $81,000 – 3.8% unemployment

COLLEGE

• Why should you attend college?

• Learn

• Grow as a person

• Have Fun!

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STEM COMPANIES & ORGANIZATIONS

• NASA

• Google

• Microsoft

• Apple

• Boeing

BUT I’M NOT IN COLLEGE

• Clubs

• Research

• Internships

• Take charge of your future now

NASA

NASA AFFILIATED PROGRAMS

• Washington Aerospace Scholars• http://www.museumofflight.org/was

• NASA INSPIRE• http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/INSPIRE_Project.html

• FIRST Robotics• http://www.usfirst.org/

• Many more can be found online• http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/Students-rd.html

QUESTIONS?

HOW TO CONTACT US

• http://depts.washington.edu/zerog/

• zerog@uw.edu