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1. * E Week logo 2004 High School Outreach Program Professional Engineering Societies Council College of Engineering University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

2. What Do Engineers Do? • Look around you. Most everything you see was designed, created or developed by an engineer. • In practice, engineers calculate performance of systems and components; They design and create the products of our future. • In research, engineers develop and create the tools used for predictions and designs. University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

3. Zero Gravity:UIC Students in NASA Airplane University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

4. Scientist, Engineer, Technician • Scientist • A theoretician or experimenter. A formulator of basic ideas and tools for predicting nature • Engineer • An innovator/creator of new products, systems, procedures or processes. Usually closer to applications than scientists. Designer of the world around us and developer of the computational tools with which to do it • Technician/technologist • An implementer of the systems or solutions designed by engineers University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

5. The CAVEDevelopment Lab at UIC University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

6. Bioengineering Chemical engineering Civil and materials engineering Electrical and computer engineering Computer science Mechanical and industrial engineering Undergraduate Programs at UIC University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

7. African students in engineering American institute of chemical engineers American society of civil engineers American society of heating, refrigerating and air conditioning engineering American society of mechanical engineers Biomedical engineering society Chicago engineering design team Institute of electrical and electronic engineers Society of women engineers Support for engineering transfer students Women in science and engineering Eta kappa Nu association Tau beta pi National society of black engineers Professional engineering societies council Society of automotive engineers Society of Hispanic professional engineers Minority Engineering Retention and Recruitment Program Engineering Societies University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

8. Manufacturing Marine Metallurgical Mining Nuclear Ocean Operations Petroleum Quality Surveying Systems Aeronautical Agricultural Automotive Ceramic Control Engineering management Engineering mechanics Engineering physics Environmental Geological Specialty Engineering Disciplines University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

9. Production and operations Construction and installation Consulting Sales Management and administration Research and development Design, creation and invention Higher education What Kinds of Work Do Engineers Do? INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION IN: University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

10. Laser Instrumentationin UIC Research Lab University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

11. Engineering $43,000* Health Professions $39,000 Business $33,000 Sciences $32,000 Education $25,000 Communications $25,000 Salaries are based on 1998 survey of National Association Colleges & Employers (NACE). * High $40’s - 2001 Comparing Salaries University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

12. Is Engineering for You? • IF YOU: • Are adept at mathematics, • Find science interesting, • Are curious about how things work • Then Engineering is a career worthy of your consideration. University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

13. Comparing Signal Types University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

14. MATHEMATICS - 3½ to 4 years At least through college algebra & trigonometry Calculus & AP recommended SCIENCE - 3 years lab science One year chemistry & physics One year biology for Bioengineering ENGLISH - 4 years SOCIAL SCIENCE - 3 years OTHER - 2 years chosen by interest Art Music Foreign language Computers High School Preparation University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

15. MATHEMATICS - 2 years, calculus & differential equations ENGLISH - 1 year, Composition CHEMISTRY - ½ to 1 years PHYSICS - 1½ years BASIC ENGINEERING COURSES - (number of courses varies) Statics & Dynamics of Ridged Bodies Strength of Materials Computer Programming Languages Engineering Graphics Thermodynamics Electrical Circuit Analysis Engineering Economy COURSES IN MAJOR AREA 2 years of courses Typical Engineering Curriculum University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

16. Quality of the program Quality of the faculty Tuition & Costs Facilities Campus environment Faculty research Undergraduate access to laboratory experiences ABET accreditation Employment placement of: Graduates Co-ops Summer Interns Selecting a College Engineering Program University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

17. NEED BASED FINANCIAL AID (UIC = Office of Financial Aid) Scholarships - no repayment Loans - low interest rate MERIT BASED SCHOLARSHIPS National competitions, various UIC Honors College, $20,000 UIC College of Engineering, various Dean’s Scholarship, $4,000 Guaranteed Professional Program Admissions (GPPA), graduate school admission and assistantship (tuition & monthly stipend) WORK/STUDY PROGRAMS (UIC = College of Engineering) Co-op Summer Intern Financing a College Education University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

18. Questions,Comments, etc. • www.eweek.org Feb. 20-26, 2005 • www.uic.edu • tmedle2@uic.edu • http://www.uic.edu/depts/enga/ University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering

19. Engineering:Designing the World Around Us * E Week logo 2005 University of Illinois-Chicago College of Engineering