Engineering Discipline Paper

Engineering is a broad field that offers many disciplines that may contain greater specialization.
Identifying the specific discipline of engineering that appeals to you the most can assist you as you plan
your academic career. Does Mechanical Engineering appeal to you? What about Civil, Electrical, or
Industrial? Or are you interested in a more specialized field of engineering such as Petroleum,
Bioengineering, or Computer Engineering?

As we obtain more knowledge in a field of engineering, and as society values and calls for greater
requirements within that field, a specialization in engineering emerges. Computer Engineering emerged
as a field that intertwined aspects of both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, but who would
have heard of Computer Engineering one hundred years ago? In the grand scheme of history, one
hundred years is just the blink of an eye, but reflect on the impact that computers have on the modern
world.

Consider the engineering field you desire to pursue, and write a 2-3 page paper addressing the
following:
 What type of engineering do you plan to pursue?
 What specialization in that field most interests you? (For example, Electrical Engineering has
specialties in electronics and solid state circuitry, telecommunications, computers and control
systems, instrumentation and measurements, power generation and transmission, and
industrial applications.)
 What is your goal in that field?
 What do you think your employment responsibilities will be?
 What do you think will emerge in your field in the next 25 years?
 What is the projected economic outlook for your chosen career?
 Identify three companies that employ engineers in your field of interest.
Include references at the end of the paper.

Below are some websites that can be helpful for your research:
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Architecture-and-Engineering/home.htm
http://www.acinet.org/
http://www.careercornerstone.org/
http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/

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