University of Washington
2014 AstroDawgs
CAREERS IN STEM
WHO ARE WE?
• University of Washington Engineering Students
EXPERIMENT
• Creating an experiment to test effects of vibrations on centrifugal particle size separation in a microgravity environment
• Why?
WHAT IS STEM?
• Science• Technology• Engineering• Math
SCIENCE
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Medicine
• Physics
TECHNOLOGY
• Computer Science
• $77,000 – 5.6 unemployment
• Information Technology
MATHEMATICS
• Applied Math
• $71,000 – 4.1% unemployment
• Cryptography
• Statistics
ENGINEERING
• Chemical Engineering
• $86,000 – 3.8% unemployment
• Bioengineering
• Civil Engineering
ENGINEERING• Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering
• $84,000 – 3.6% unemployment
• Electrical Engineering
• $86,000 – 5.0% unemployment
• Mechanical Engineering
• $81,000 – 3.8% unemployment
COLLEGE
• Why should you attend college?
• Learn
• Grow as a person
• Have Fun!
• $$$
STEM COMPANIES & ORGANIZATIONS
• NASA
• Microsoft
• Apple
• Boeing
BUT I’M NOT IN COLLEGE
• Clubs
• Research
• Internships
• Take charge of your future now
NASA
NASA AFFILIATED PROGRAMS
• Washington Aerospace Scholars• http://www.museumofflight.org/was
• NASA INSPIRE• http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/INSPIRE_Project.html
• FIRST Robotics• http://www.usfirst.org/
• Many more can be found online• http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/Students-rd.html
QUESTIONS?
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