Become an Engineer

What is Engineering and What Do Engineers Do?

Engineering is all about the iterative process of designing a product to meet the user’s needs. The product and the user may be very different depending on the field.

• Biomedical engineers may design a device like a stint to go into a collapsed artery that would be easy to use for the surgeon and safe and long lasting for the patient. 
• Electrical engineers may design an electrical component of a phone, such as the touch screen, so that it works as customers want and fits in the phone along with the other parts, such as batteries, speakers, and camera. 
• Civil engineers might design plans for a bridge that a company wants to build that need to communicate to the contractors who will build it and be safe and beautiful for the people who look at and drive over the bridge each day.

In all of these cases, engineers are innovators creating solutions for products to better meet the needs and wishes of those who use their products.

Meet Engineers in the Field Take ENGR 49: Engineering Profession to meet actual engineers and hear about what they do at work, how they got to where they are now, and what they love about an engineer’s lifestyle.

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