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STEM Industry

STEM Industry. Jr. Chapters 2013. Information provided by: STEMcareer http://www.stemcareer.com/. Overview. What is STEM? STEM Careers Who are STEM Careers for? The Importance of STEM Who and What do STEM Fields Value?. STEM Career Paths Top STEM Industries and Disciplines

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STEM Industry

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  1. STEM Industry Jr. Chapters 2013 Information provided by: STEMcareer http://www.stemcareer.com/ SHPE Foundation

  2. Overview • What is STEM? • STEM Careers • Who are STEM Careers for? • The Importance of STEM • Who and What do STEM Fields Value? • STEM Career Paths • Top STEM Industries and Disciplines • Gender Diversity • Benefits of Working in STEM SHPE Foundation

  3. What is STEM? SHPE Foundation

  4. What is STEM? • STEM stands for • Science • Technology • Engineering • Math SHPE Foundation

  5. What is STEM? • Any field or career that: • Creates • Discovers or applies new knowledge Careers that will improve and make a difference everyday life SHPE Foundation

  6. What is STEM? STEM is a way of thinking, doing, creating, organizing and helping! SHPE Foundation

  7. STEM Careers SHPE Foundation

  8. STEM Careers • Focus on: • Research for new information, methods and ways to better understand things • Working to effectively and efficiently solve problems • Requireyou to: • Innovate, create, and discover • Ask why and how about things that need to be built, invented and designed SHPE Foundation

  9. STEM Careers • These careers are: • Cutting edge • Profitable • Beneficial • In demand We WANT you SHPE Foundation

  10. Who are STEM Careers For? SHPE Foundation

  11. STEM Careers are for: • People who are interested in: • Knowing • Finding out • Analyzing • Thinking • Exploring Investigative SHPE Foundation

  12. STEM Careers are for: • People who are interested in: • Physical activities • Hands-on tasks • Practical solutions • Tool-oriented problem solving Realistic Hands On SHPE Foundation

  13. Who and What do STEM Fields Value? SHPE Foundation

  14. STEM Fields Value • STEM fields value people who are: • Interested in … • Creating and thinking outside the box • Organizing processing and record-keeping • Helping society and individuals • Leading, persuading, and selling SHPE Foundation

  15. STEM Fields Value • If you are artistic, conventional, social, or enterprising You should consider a career in STEM! SHPE Foundation

  16. The Importance of STEM SHPE Foundation

  17. The Importance of STEM • Effect of STEM on U.S. Economy • Creating jobs • New technology • Medical advancements • Understanding the implications from past pollution • Green Movement SHPE Foundation

  18. The Importance of STEM • Benefits from STEM today • Everyday outcomes of STEM • Cell phones, smart phones- Computer Engineering and High manufacturing • Video Games- Computer Engineering • Animated Movies- Computer Engineering and Mathematicians • Cars- Mechanical Engineering SHPE Foundation

  19. Other areas influenced by STEM • Health Care • Construction and Mining • Libraries • Manufacturing • Social Sciences SHPE Foundation

  20. STEM Career Paths SHPE Foundation

  21. STEM by Career Paths • Science • Agricultural and food scientists • Biological scientists • Conservation scientists and foresters • Medical scientists • Atmospheric scientists • Chemists and materials scientists • Environmental scientists and specialists • Geoscientists and hydrologists • Physicists and astronomers SHPE Foundation

  22. STEM by Career Paths • Technology • Computer network, systems, and database administrators • Computer scientists • Computer software engineers and computer programmers • Computer support specialists • Computer systems analysts SHPE Foundation

  23. STEM by Career Paths • Engineering • Aerospace • Agricultural • Biomedical • Chemical • Civil • Electrical • Electronics • Environmental • Health and Safety • Industrial • Marine • Materials • Mechanical • Mining and Geological • Nuclear • Petroleum SHPE Foundation

  24. STEM by Career Paths • Mathematics • Actuaries • Mathematicians • Operations research analysts • Statisticians SHPE Foundation

  25. Top STEM Industries and Disciplines SHPE Foundation

  26. Top STEM Industry Clusters SHPE Foundation

  27. Top STEM Disciplines SHPE Foundation

  28. Gender and Ethnic Diversity SHPE Foundation

  29. Gender and Ethnic Diversity Gender and ethnic diversity are necessary and required to meet global STEM needs SHPE Foundation

  30. Gender and Ethnic Diversity • Let’s take a look at a short video of Mechanical Engineer Katherine Bicer who discusses her role in the field http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We5Z4OpYXqo&feature=share&list=PL394A45E8C84E71F6 SHPE Foundation

  31. Gender and Ethnic Diversity • Let’s take a look at one more video that spotlights young Hispanics working at NASA http://youtu.be/si6XAOTzVaU SHPE Foundation

  32. Benefits of Working in STEM SHPE Foundation

  33. What’s in it for you? • Earn good pay • Earn respect • Learn new things everyday • Create new technologies • Be valuable to society SHPE Foundation

  34. For More Information • Discover Engineering • www.discoverengineering.org/ • Engineer Your Life • www.engineeryourlife.org/ SHPE Foundation

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