Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Engineer Girl

http://www.engineergirl.org/CMS/Careers/2986/Electrical.aspx

Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS)

http://www.jets.org/explore/what/electrical.html

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

http://www.iesna.org/

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

http://www.ieee.org/

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

http://www.ieeeusa.org

Sloan Career Cornerstone Center

http://www.careercornerstone.org/eleceng/eleceng.htm

World Wide Learn

http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-education-guide/engineering/
electrical-engineering-major.htm

Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineer
As an aerospace engineer, you can:
- Design a more spacious commercial airliner
- Develop rockets that collect comet samples
- Create satellites that detect drought around the world
Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineer
As a biomedical engineer, you can:
- Create a prosthetic leg designed especially for children
- Grow tissues that help repair damage from heart attacks
- Develop organic pesticides
Chemical Engineer
As a chemical engineer, you can:
- Invent a more powerful superglue
- Design environmentally friendly cleaning products
- Develop chemotherapy that has fewer side effects
Civil Engineer
As a civil engineer, you can:
- Monitor the quality of a city’s water supply
- Ensure that a school can withstand an earthquake
- Design a race track
Computer Engineer
As a computer engineer, you can:
- Create software that detects brain tumors earlier
- Design a feather-light laptop
- Develop user-friendly blogging software
Electrical Engineer
As an electrical engineer, you can:
- Create special effects for the movies
- Design artificial retinas for the blind
- Develop state-of-the-art cell phones
Environmental Engineer
As an environmental engineer, you can:
- Develop better methods of recycling plastic
- Create ways of restoring wetlands
- Test pollution in lakes and streams
Industrial Engineer
As an industrial or manufacturing engineer, you can:
- Design ergonomic office space
- Develop more efficient assembly lines
- Ensure worker safety in factories with dangerous equipment
Materials Engineer
As a materials engineer, you can:
- Design a lighter bike frame
- Produce biodegradable plastics
- Invent clothing that repels mosquitoes
Mechanical Engineer
As a mechanical engineer, you can:
- Design smart toys for kids
- Create more fuel-efficient cars
- Develop performance enhancing sports equipment
Special fields and Interdisciplinary Engineer
As an interdisciplinary engineer, you can:
- Develop the fire exit design and layout for a school
- Design instruments that can map the ocean floor
- Investigate a suspicious explosion at a manufacturing plant

Major funding for Engineer Your Life provided by The National Science Foundation and Northrop Grumman Foundation. Additional funding provided by Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr and the United Engineering Foundation (ASCE, ASME, AIChE, IEEE, AIME).