Aerospace engineering is the study of the design, development, and production of air and spacecraft. This engineering discipline is often divided between those who pursue careers on the aeronautical side and those working on space craft. Both air and space vehicles contain complex subsystems that require specialists from many engineering groups such as electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering.

Agricultural engineering is also known as biological engineering, and it covers subjects from aquaculture (raising food sources that thrive in water), to land farming and forestry. These engineers also develop biofuels, plan animal environments, and find better food processing methods. Often they work in offices, but they are also outdoors and traveling to worksites where they oversee equipment function in agricultural settings, and assure that government regulations are met.

Automotive engineering is one of the most exciting, challenging and rewarding careers. Whenever a customer drives a new vehicle off a dealership lot, he or she is taking with them the technical expertise of many engineers, but in particular, the automotive engineer. Automotive engineers research, design and develop vehicles and their subsystems. They work with sophisticated technologies to create products that thrill the senses and bring the freedom of mobility to the world.

Biomedical engineers work with a combination of biology, medicine and engineering. They are trained to analyze and design solutions that will improve patient care. They are the professionals behind sophisticated medical equipment like MRIs and microscopic surgical machines. Biomedical engineers are also responsible for research and development of medical innovations like artificial organs and prosthesis.

Chemical engineers utilize their knowledge of the physical world to manipulate the interactions of individual atoms and molecules. Their talents are generally employed in the research and development of new materials and are critical to numerous fields including nanotechnology, energy storage, and computing. Often working alongside other engineers in interdisciplinary teams to solve humanity's greatest problems, chemical engineers are guaranteed to remain key leaders in securing our future prosperity whether on this planet or any other.

Civil engineers specialize in road, bridge, buildings and water supply system design and construction. They supervise and direct construction teams and work with other engineers. These professionals ensure that every structure built is environmentally compliant and can withstand earthquakes and hurricanes. This is especially true in places where these natural calamities often strike.

Systems engineers develop the goals, specifications, analyses, and trade studies that lead to a framework that is the starting point for other engineering specialists. These engineers must have broad and deep insight across many engineering and application specialties. Systems engineers assure that delivered systems meet stakeholder expectations by anticipating and managing complexity, uncertainty, and the unexpected. Systems engineers are educated in mathematics, physics, system architectures, and have specialized training in specific applications and one or more engineering disciplines.

Drafting and Design Engineering is an exciting career that allows the engineer to be involved in all stages of the design process, from conception to presentation of the finished plans. This career requires a working knowledge of drafting and design principles, material types and properties, and manufacturing processes.

Electrical engineers specialize in the design and development of power, analog, and digital systems and circuitry. Power system specialists design power generation, conversion, and distribution systems that range in size from smart power grids that efficiently distribute power to cities to the conversion and filtering systems that power smart phones, computers, and entertainment systems we depend on. Analog specialists are responsible for building circuitry that is responsive to the continuous time world we live in such as medical devices, environmental systems, telecommunications, sensors, and actuators. Computer electronics and related circuitry is designed and developed by digital engineers. Digital engineers build the physical systems on which software runs as well as specialized applications that do not require software such as device controllers. Today, most of our advanced systems are digital but connect to the physical world through analog mechanisms.

Safety and mission assurance engineers are among the most important specialists. These are the people who do the analyses and monitor the designs of systems that must be safe and reliable. For example, assure that our cars, bridges, airplanes, medical devices, etc. are either immune from or protected in some way against any action that could injure or kill people or cause serious damage.

Environmental engineers use science and engineering principles to protect and improve the environment. The quality of air, water, and soil is their primary focus. They seek solutions to water-borne diseases, wastewater management, and air pollution. They work to improve recycling, waste disposal, and industrial hygiene. They analyze soil and water samples. They understand the law as it applies to protecting the environment.

Geological engineering involves geology,civil engineering, and fields such as mining, forestry and geography. These engineers apply earth sciences to human problems. Specialty areas include geotechnical site studies of rock and soil slope stability for projects; environmental studies and planning for construction sites; groundwater studies; hazard investigations; and finding fossil fuel and mineral deposits.

Marine Engineers are responsible for the design and construction of seagoing vessels and structures, focusing primarily on their internal systems. Simply put, they design the onboard electrical, environmental and propulsion systems aboard everything from oil platforms to cruise ships.

Mechanical engineering is the study of motion, energy and force. The mechanical engineer seeks to control these elements by using a combination of material, human and economic resources to develop mechanical solutions that help satisfy the needs and wants of society.

Petroleum engineers specialize in designing and developing technology and methods for digging the earth’s surface to extract oil and gas. They find means to obtain either natural gas or crude oil from the ground. In addition, petroleum engineers explore and discover new techniques to extract oil and gas from older wells all over the world.

Software engineers are specialists who apply the principles of computer science, mathematics, physics, controls theory, business, and science to create programs that make most of our modern world work. These engineers develop operating systems such Windows and Linux; applications like Photoshop and Microsoft Office; automotive, airplane, spacecraft, factory, home appliance, and robotic control systems; smart phones; scientific applications, simulations; analysis and design tools; the Internet; and more. Software engineers work in many areas including banking, cyber-security, science, avionics, autonomous vehicles, entertainment, space, gaming, modeling, and research to name just a few.