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Engineering Careers

[LK] Note to other EIRs who may want to use this presentation: Please see the notes sections of each slide to see my presentation notes. Please delete this text box and otherwise add and remove content as you like. Engineering Careers. Lucas Kruitwagen PEO Engineer-in-Residence.

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Engineering Careers

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  1. [LK] Note to other EIRs who may want to use this presentation: Please see the notes sections of each slide to see my presentation notes. Please delete this text box and otherwise add and remove content as you like. Engineering Careers Lucas Kruitwagen PEO Engineer-in-Residence

  2. What is engineering? • … the application of math, science, and technology to build things • … a social experiment for the betterment of society • … the creative application of scientific principles to design or develop structures, machines, apparatus, or manufacturing processes, or works utilizing them singly or in combination; or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; or to forecast their behavior under specific operating conditions; all as respects an intended function, economics of operation or safety to life and property. [American Engineers’ Council for Professional Development] • … problem solving

  3. What is a profession? • Advanced skill or knowledge • Self-regulating • Acts for the public good

  4. What is a profession?

  5. Engineering Disciplines Link

  6. Graduate Undergraduate

  7. Which University? • What program? • Home or away? • Reputation of program? • Affordability? Engineering: • Theoretical or practical? • Work placements and co-ops?

  8. How to pay for it? • Open scholarships • School-specific scholarships • Needs-based or merit-based • Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)

  9. How to pay for it?

  10. Does it pay off? • Software Engineers: $53,177 • Mechanical Engineers: $68,658 • Electrical Engineers: $68,658 • Manufacturing Engineers: $64,567 • Chemical Engineers: $81,160 • Industrial Engineers: $64,199 • Environmental Engineers: $64,880 • Hardware Engineers: $66,012 • Design Engineers: $65,823 • Civil Engineers: $60,630 Average OSAP Payback is around 9 or 10 years. Between Co-op placements and higher salaries, engineers can expect to be debt-free quicker.

  11. Transition to University

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  20. Mechanical Engineering TE = Technical Elective

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