COMPUTER/SOFTWAREComputer engineers deal with all aspects of computer systems including design, construction, and operation. Some computer engineers specialize in areas like digital systems, operating systems, computer networks, and software. For example, we rely on computer engineers to design the software for a computer simulation that will test stress points in a bridge before it is built.

 

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The intellectual descendants of the Wright brothers, aerospace engineers design and develop some of the world’s most marvelous machines. Commercial airplanes, military fighter jets, and space telescopes are all brainchildren of aerospace engineers. But aerospace technology has plenty of earthbound applications, such as aiding in the design of race cars and golf balls.

CIVIL ENGINEERINGWorking in one of the largest branches of engineering, civil engineers deal with buildings, bridges, dams, roads, and other structures. They plan, design, and supervise the construction of facilities such as high-rise buildings, airports, water treatment centers, and sanitation plants. In the near future, civil engineers will design the special rail beds for the magnetic levitation trains of tomorrow. And in the distant future of sci-fi speculation, it will be civil engineers who make Mars a hospitable habitat for humans.