Engineering Career Pathways

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Engineering Career Pathways
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Engineering and Engineering Technology -Two
Different Career Paths-
Manufacturing
Test and Evaluation
Development
Routine Design
Complex Design
Production
Operation, Service, And Maintenance
Complex Analysis
Four Year College Program
Two and Four Year College Program
Distribution and Sales
Research
Source American Society for Mechanical Engineers
More Mathematical
Less Mathematical
(Both in college and on the job)
(Both in college and on the job)
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Research

• Discover Truths
• Find Uses

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Analysis Design

• Anticipate Problems
• Prevent Dissatisfaction
• Adaptation of Ideas
• Cost Consideration
• Time Consideration

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Development

• Employ Principles
• Producing a Working Process or Assembly
• Utilization
• Patents

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Manufacturing

• Coordinate People, Materials, Equipment
• Establish Assembly Line

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Test and Evaluation

• Secure Evidence
• Draw Conclusion
• Apply to Specifications

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Production

• Application of Drawings and Models
• Estimating and Billing
• Scheduling
• Supervision

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Operation, Service and Maintenance

• Equipment Repair
• Expansion Planning
• Regulating Machinery
• Evaluation of Equipment and Needs
• Supervise Out-Sourcing

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Distribution and Sales

• Presentations of Products
• Logistics of Delivery
• Customer Service
• Generation of Product Needs

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Complex Analysis

• Mass Property Analysis
• Finite Element Analysis
• Kinematics
• Vibration Analysis

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Routine Design

• Anticipate Problems
• Prevent Dissatisfaction
• Adaptation of Ideas
• Cost Consideration
• Time Consideration

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Complex Design

• Invention and Innovation
• Mathematical Modeling
• Prototype Development
• Optimization and Redesign