1. Engineering Career Pathways
Principles of EngineeringTM
Unit 1 - Lesson 1.1 – Engineers as Problem Solvers
Forging new generations of engineers
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2. Engineering Career Pathways

3. 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)

4. Research
Discover Truths
Find Uses

5. Analysis Design Anticipate Problems Prevent Dissatisfaction
Adaptation of Ideas
Cost Consideration
Time Consideration

6. Development Employ Principles Producing a Working Process or Assembly
Utilization
Patents

7. Manufacturing Coordinate People, Materials, Equipment
Establish Assembly Line

8. Test and Evaluation Secure Evidence Draw Conclusion
Apply to Specifications

9. Production Application of Drawings and Models Estimating and Billing
Scheduling
Supervision

10. Operation, Service and Maintenance
Equipment Repair
Expansion Planning
Regulating Machinery
Evaluation of Equipment and Needs
Supervise Out-Sourcing

11. Distribution and Sales
Presentations of Products
Logistics of Delivery
Customer Service
Generation of Product Needs

12. Complex Analysis Mass Property Analysis Finite Element Analysis
Kinematics
Vibration Analysis

13. Routine Design Anticipate Problems Prevent Dissatisfaction
Adaptation of Ideas
Cost Consideration
Time Consideration

14. Complex Design Invention and Innovation Mathematical Modeling
Prototype Development
Optimization and Redesign