Semiconductors

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What Is Engineering ?
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What is Engineering?
Spend 5 min to come up with your definition in
one sentence
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What Is Engineering?

• The practical application of science to commerce
  or industry
• The Engineers' Council for Professional
  Development defines Engineering as "The creative
  application of scientific principles to design or
  develop structures, machines, apparatus, etc.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering
• Analysis or design work requiring extensive
  preparation and experience in the use of
  mathematics, chemistry, physics, and the
  engineering sciences
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• The application of physical, mathematical, and
  mechanical principles to practical purposes
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• The profession that involves the complex
  analysis, design, and development of solutions to
  technical problems
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Well Known Engineers

• Roberto C. Goizueta - former chairman and chief
  executive of Coca-Cola, Co. Chemical engineering
  degree from Yale University
• Lee Iacocca - former chairman and CEO of Chrysler
  Corp., Iacocca graduated from Lehigh University,
  Bethlehem, Pa., and a master's degree in
  engineering from Princeton University in 1946
• John F. Welch Jr. former chairman and CEO of
  General Electric engineering undergraduate
  degree at the University of Massachusetts and
  Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University
  of Illinois
• Philip Condit - CEO, the Boeing Co.,
  mechanical/aeronautical engineering
• James Morgan - CEO, Applied Materials, mechanical
  engineer
• Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. - former CEO of Pfizer Inc.
  an electrical engineer

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Well Known Engineers

• Andrew Grove - co-founder of Intel, and a
  chemical engineer
• William Hewlett and David Packard - co-founders
  of Hewlett-Packard
• Bill Joy - co-founder of Sun Microsystems.
  B.S.E.E. in electrical engineering from the
  University of Michigan, graduate school at
  UCBerkeley
• Steve Wozniak - co-founded Apple Computer Inc. in
  1976 with the Apple I computer
• Ray Dolby - audio system innovator and founder of
  Dolby Laboratories
• Henry Ford revolutionized the auto industry and
  what he is most remembered forthe continuous
  moving assembly line
• Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist has BS and
  MS degrees from Case Western Reserve University,
  electrical engineering/computer science
• Sergei Brin and Larry Page, founders of Google,
  met at Stanford University while earning graduate
  degrees in computer science

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Well Known Engineers

• Scott Adams - cartoonist and creator of "Dilbert"
  
• Rowan Atkinson (Actor/Comedian) actor in the TV
  series Blackadder and Mr. Bean Manchester and
  Oxford University, EE
• Alexander Calder (Artist) - mechanical
  engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology,
  Hoboken, NJ
• Frank Capra (Film director) - chemical
  engineering, directed films such as It Happened
  One Night, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It's
  a Wonderful Life
• Roger Corman (Film Director) - directed the
  original version of Little Shop of Horrors,
  industrial engineering degree from Stanford
  University
• Alfred Hitchcock (Film Director), engineer at
  Saint Ignatius College
• Herbie Hancock (Jazz Musician) studied EE at
  Grinell College
• Hedy Lamarr (Actress) - this famous actress is
  credited with several sophisticated inventions,
  among them a unique anti-jamming device for use
  against Nazi radar
• Bill Nye (TV Personality) - the "Science Guy"
  mechanical engineering degree from Cornell
  University
• Jimmy Carter, President

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How Long Is The Rim Circumference?
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Degrees Offered At ASU

• Construction (Managers)
• Electrical
• Industrial
• Materials Science
• Mechanical

• Aerospace
• Bioengineering (Biomedical)
• Chemical
• Civil
• Computer

The data and statistics on the following slides
are from the 2008 Occupational Outlook Handbook
by the U.S. Department of Labor. Most of data
reflect labor statistics from 2006/7.
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Aerospace Engineers

• Design, develop, and test aircraft, spacecraft,
  and missiles
• Supervise manufacture of these products
• Develop new technologies for use in aviation,
  defense systems, and space exploration

• Jobs
• 2006 90,000
• 2016 99,000
• Salaries (2007)
• BS 53,000
• MS 62,000
• PhD 74,000

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Biomedical Engineers

• Develop devices and procedures to solve medical
  and health-related problems
• Design devices for various medical procedures,
  such as lasers for corrective eye surgery
• Develop imaging systems such as ultrasound and
  devices for automating insulin injections

• Jobs
• 2006 14,000
• 2016 17,000
• Salaries (2007)
• BS 51,000
• MS 59,000
• PhD

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Chemical Engineers

• Solve problems involving production or use of
  chemicals
• Builds a bridge between science and manufacturing
• Knowledge and duties overlap many fields
  chemistry, physics, mathematics, and mechanical
  and electrical engineering

• Jobs
• 2006 30,000
• 2016 33,000
• Salaries (2007)
• BS 59,000
• MS 69,000
• PhD 74,000

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Civil Engineers

• Design and supervise construction of roads,
  buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and
  water supply and sewage systems
• One of the oldest engineering disciplines

• Jobs
• 2006 256,000
• 2016 303,000
• Salaries (2007)
• BS 49,000
• MS 49,000
• PhD 62,000

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Computer Hardware Engineers

• Jobs
• 2006 79,000
• 2016 82,000
• Salaries (2007)
• BS 56,000
• MS 60,000
• PhD 92,000

• Research, design, develop, and test computer
  hardware
• Supervise computer hardware manufacture and
  installation

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Electrical/Electronic Engineers

• Design, develop, test, and supervise the
  manufacture of electrical and electronic
  equipment
• Specialize in different areas power generation,
  transmission, and distribution communications
  industrial control communication integrated
  circuits

• Jobs
• 2006 582,000
• 2016 612,000
• Salaries (2007)
• BS 55,000
• MS 66,000
• PhD 76,000

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Industrial Engineers

• Determine the most effective ways for an
  organization to use basic factors of
  productionpeople, machines, materials,
  information, and energyto make a product or
  provide a service
• The bridge between management goals and
  operational performance

• Jobs
• 2006 201,000
• 2016 242,000
• Salaries (2007)
• BS 55,000
• MS 65,000
• PhD 77,000

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Materials Engineers

• Involved in extraction, development, processing,
  and testing of materials to create a diversity of
  products from computer chips to television
  screens to golf clubs and snow skis

• Jobs
• 2006 22,000
• 2016 22,000
• Salaries (2007)
• BS 56,000
• MS
• PhD

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Mechanical Engineers

• Research, develop, design, manufacture, and test
  tools, engines, machines, and other mechanical
  devices
• Work in many industries, and their work varies by
  industry and function
• One of the broadest engineering disciplines

• Jobs
• 2006 226,000
• 2016 235,000
• Salaries (2007)
• BS 54,000
• MS 63,000
• PhD 73,000

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BS Starting Salaries 2007
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Engineering Salaries
SOURCES U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF
LABOR STATISTICS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
COLLEGES AND EMPLOYERS IEEE-USA.
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Electrical Engineering Salaries
SOURCES U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF
LABOR STATISTICS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
COLLEGES AND EMPLOYERS IEEE-USA.
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Salaries
Starting median salary
Mid-career median salary
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Globalization

• Low prices for products, but people in other
  countries compete for your job
• Millions of smart, hard-working students are
  graduating from colleges around the world
• Almost none of these has English as their first
  language, yet they speak it fluently
• Young people have to learn the meaning of the
  word compete
• Its tough out there and its only get to get
  tougher
• Develop skills and talents to make you globally
  competitive
• You will have to know more and work harder and
  keep learning

M. Goldsmith, Advice for young people, Business
Week, Aug. 2008
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Student Clubs Engineering Professional Societies

• IEEE
• Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers
• ASME
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• SAE
• Society of Automotive Engineers

• AIChE
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• ASCE
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• BMES
• Biomedical Engineering Society
• SME
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers

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Student Clubs, continued

• NSBE
• National Society of Black Engineers
• SWE
• Society of Women Engineers
• AIAA
• American Institute of Aeronautics and
  Astronautics

• NSPE
• National Society of Professional Engineers
• ASEE
• American Society for Engineering Education
• IIE
• Institute of Industrial Engineers

www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/mu/clubs