ENGINEERING DESIGN
AT DCIT
ENGINEERING What is Engineering? Who Would Make a Good Engineer? What are the Major Types of Engineering? What types of Tools Do Engineers Use? Where can I learn about Engineering? What is the Employment Outlook? Where can I work as an Engineer?
Definition Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and
profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes.1
A career where people createthings for other people to use
1Wikipedia
WHO WOULD MAKE A GOOD ENGINEER
People who are able to take abstract ideas and turn them into concrete products
People who can think outside the box
People who are creative
People who are good problem solvers
People who are good listeners
Major Types of Engineering
ElectricalMechanicalCivilNuclearChemicalArchitectural
Tools that you will use:
Engineering Ruler Compass AutoCAD
Drawing Printer3-D printer
Where to Learn About Engineering
Classes At DCITEngineering Design 1Engineering Design 2Principles of EngineeringEngineering Design and Development
Associates Degree at a Technical CollegeFlorence-Darlington Tech
Bachelor’s or Post-graduate Degree at a UniversityUniversity of South CarolinaClemson
Employment OutlookOccupational Title Employment
2008Projected
Employment 2018
% Change
Lowest 10%
Earning
Highest 10%
Earning
Aerospace Engineer 71,600 79,100 10% $58,130 $134,570
Biomedical Engineer 16,000 27,600 72% $47,640 $121,970
Chemical Engineer 31,700 31,000 -2% $53,730 $130,240
Computer Engineer 74,700 77,500 4% $59,170 $148,590
Civil Engineer 278,400 345,900 24% $48,140 $115,630
Electrical/Electronics Engineer 301,500 304,600 1% $54,160 $127,865
Environmental Engineer 54,300 70,900 31% $45,310 $115,430
Industrial Engineer 214,800 245,300 14% $47,720 $107,270
Mechanical Engineer 238,700 253,100 6% $47,900 $114,740
Nuclear Engineer 16,900 18,800 11% $68,300 $136,880
Engineers 1,571,900 1,750,300 11% 49,270 $132,070
Where Are The Jobs? Nucor ESAB Progress Energy Aluminum Ladder Honda Otis Elevator Company GE BMW Lockheed Martin Military
Air Force Army Marines Navy
Westinghouse Electric Johnson Controls
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