For me, engineering has always been a top choice. However, I too am part of the many who don't exactly know the specifics. I am unsure whether to go down the path of a chemical engineer or a biomedical engineering. College will be the deciding factor to what I will eventually choose.
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In the field of engineering, students can expect to learn everything mechanical related. From the simplest of machines (i.e. a lever) to the most complex of situations that require multiple engineers to just complete a single task, these students will always be on the brink of technological innovation.
Most engineers have a wide selection they can choose from when looking for a job. Whether it be in the medical field or in the oil industry, jobs for engineers will no doubt be plentiful in the many decades, and most likely centuries, to come.
A person with a biomedical engineering degree can work with medical technologies enhancing current devices for everyday use to developing a mechanism not yet imaginable. The field of medicine is endless and pairing that with engineering, man that would make for one hell of a job description.
Another great degree is chemical engineering. These kinds of engineers have the option of working in a variety of occupations. From working with ExxonMobil to synthesis ways of extracting oil more efficiently to working with Intel on the next generation processing core, chemical engineers are one of the most sought after engineers in the field.
Personally, engineering is a way to help others without the physical contact of being a surgeon or another type of medical physician. If I had to abilities to keep myself from getting sick at the sight of blood, then becoming a doctor would be my destiny. But no, I can't even handle the thought of cutting into a living human. Engineering is a path to helping others indirectly through prosthetic limbs and pacemakers to making living methods more efficient than ever.
Notable companies within the engineering sector include AECOM Technology Corporation and CH2M Hill. Both companies offer consulting, design, construction and operations services in aspects of transportation, water, energy and others. AECOM caters internationally to other companies and governments, while CH2M Hill operates on a national basis, providing services to local businesses and governments as well as to the federal government.
One of the leading and most prominent scholarly journals online for biomedical engineering currently through AnnualReviews.org. This "biomedical engineering" section includes a plethora of journals on the subject of using engineering with biomedicine. A couple of the most viewed and circulating journals deal with nanotechnology and DNA.
My older brother is a mechanical engineer who works for a company that makes valves for high-pressure equipment. And he absolutely loves his job.
ReplyDeleteAs a (potential) psychology major, I understand how difficult it can be to specialize within a such broad field. While your field is more hands on, I'll be dealing with abstract and sometimes even metaphysical topics. It's amazing how advanced the field of biomedical engineering has become recently; it's possible to save someone's life by giving them an organ made out of synthetic materials.
This post was beautifully written! I like how neither of us really know the logistics of anything yet, just that we want to become engineers. I also agree that helping in this way, rather than becoming a doctor, is just as necessary. Without engineers, we wouldn't have anybody to innovate and improve our lives. In addition, without us, doctors would not have the means necessary to help others; for example, in the case of a prosthetic legs.
ReplyDeleteGood to see I'm not the only Engineering major in this class! Engineering is certainly critical to today's society and I suspect that it will continue to grow. As someone who is going to med school after getting my biomedical engineering degree, I truly appreciate the work engineers do to help better the equipment in the medical field. We wouldn't be nearly as far as we are today without that interconnectedness. Good luck choosing between chemical and biomedical engineering! (But biomedical is better)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic career choice, engineering is definitely an ideal skill to learn in today's growing economy and markets. I however am trying to go Medical school, and I don't really relate to you in interests towards manufacturing or creating machines. But, medicine and engineering are expected to have a greater partnership in the future as your machines will aid me in any possible diagnostics of illnesses. Both of us share that uncertainty and that general idea of our majors, yet we both have a curiosity towards our unknown worlds of discovery. You will be an innovator, while I will be a healer. But we will both be even more curious than when we began.
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