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Among the top 10 most sought after college graduates by companies right now are electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, computer engineers and civil engineers. See a pattern emerging? Are you interested in finding solutions to problems, fighting terrorism, making music or movies, preventing disasters, saving lives, going faster, or perhaps helping save the planet? The College of Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will help you reach your goals.
Do you like to invent new and better ways to make things work? Interested in designing and testing machinery, working with nature, or managing natural resources?
If you enjoy challenges and solving problems, consider agricultural engineering. Students focus on one of three areas of study: machine design, soil and water resources, and sensors and controls. Your degree could lead to engineering careers in such areas as testing, product design, consulting, the environment, water resources, and livestock environment.
UNL is one of only 15 architectural engineering (AE) programs in the U.S., so our graduates are highly sought after. AE focuses on designing and coordinating engineering systems in buildings, taking care of primary needs such as heat and air conditioning, ventilation, acoustics, lights and electricity. These engineers bring life into buildings! The AE program is a unit of the Charles W. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, so students are located at UNL's Omaha campus in the innovative Peter Kiewit Institute (PKI).
Engineers in biological systems literally bring engineering to life, using biology, mathematics, and engineering to improve people's lives and the environment. Biological systems engineers are involved in intriguing areas such as designing medical instruments, creating new foods, and enhancing fuels for better efficiency. A degree in BSE offers a broad, flexible engineering background, which is important to employers.
Fighting diseases, developing nanotechnologies, creating genetically engineered medicines, and designing processes for sustainable biofuels production are some of the exciting areas in which chemical and biomolecular engineers are involved. This degree provides opportunities to work in process and equipment design, production, medicine, nanotechnology, research and teaching.
Civil engineers are creative problem solvers. They use mathematical and scientific principles to manipulate the forces and materials of nature into products or systems to meet society's needs. A civil engineer works in such areas as consulting for environmental, structural, transportation and water resources; construction; natural resources and renewable energy; governmental agencies; and national security issues. Your job as a civil engineer could take you anywhere in the world.
Coursework in computer science and electrical engineering provides a well-rounded education for those interested in software and hardware development, especially using programming skills to control electronic and mechanical devices. From designing software or designing with microprocessors/embedded systems, programming for the internet, creating effective network solutions, or becoming involved in the gaming industry, computer engineers have a multitude of career options.
Combine electrical engineering with training in the areas of software design and hardware-software integration, and you have the knowledge to become a computer engineer. At the Omaha campus, computer engineering majors take courses in computer engineering, computer science, electronics engineering, and mathematics. Our focus is on hands-on applications, especially concerning the design and analysis of hardware systems and integration. In fact, you'll design and build your own microcomputer. With your NEBRASKA degree, you'll be prepared to work in computer networking, hardware design and applications, and microcomputer-based applications.
Professionals in construction management make up the most diversified industry in the nation. As constructors, these individuals provide leadership for managing, coordinating, and supervising the construction processes during the concept development, design, construction and facility management stages. There is a high demand for graduates in this area, and UNL graduates in particular are highly sought after. Your work could take you into such areas as highway/heavy construction; construction finance, marketing, management, or design/development; or mechanical/electrical or residential construction.
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The Construction Engineering major integrates engineering, construction, and management courses. This program is designed for those fulfilling the industry's need for licensed professional engineers. It resembles the construction management program but provides greater emphasis on engineering, scientific, and technical courses for licensure. The courses focus on construction's technological and applied aspects and apply engineering principles to solve real world construction problems.
Electrical engineers enjoy dynamic and extremely varied career opportunities. They work with signals at frequencies from zero to beyond the optical range, and they use tools such as computers, advanced mathematics, and wire cutters. They design new machines and improve existing ones; work with computer-related electronics and communication systems; create navigation, robotics and guidance systems for rockets, missiles, spacecrafts and toys; design satellite and optical communications; and help discover and utilize new energy sources.
The Electronics Engineering major at UNL's Omaha campus (PKI) partners with area industries to meet the demands for engineers knowledgeable in electronic circuits and systems design. The focus on telecommunications engineering provides our students with a strong background and expertise. These engineers design complex electrical and electronic hardware and software and systems. Your career will allow you to work in such areas as telecommunications design, analog circuit design, and analysis and management of telecommunications network performance.
Industrial engineers make significant contributions to employers by making the workplace better for fellow workers, while saving the company money. Industrial engineering is most closely related to human resources, as it applies social skills to work with all types of employees, from engineers and salespeople to top management. You could work in such environments as hospitals, communications,
e-commerce, entertainment, government, food, sports, transportation, and many other areas.
If you are interested in combining basic engineering knowledge with another field of interest, the Interdisciplinary Studies major could be a great option for you. This flexible program allows you to pursue engineering along with other areas like business, physics, pre-med, pre-law, pre-dentistry, or many other possibilities (i.e. environmental systems, community planning, natural resources, or food processing). You will work with select faculty to fashion the major.
Mechanical engineers are considered the "general practitioners" of engineering because their education is extremely broad and their services span many interdisciplinary technical, social, environmental and economic problems. These engineers deal with a wide realm of motion, all forms of energy conversion and transmission; the flow of fluids and heat; the development, design and operation of machinery and equipment; material structure and properties; and transportation processes. At UNL, you'll choose among three major areas: thermal-fluid science engineering, systems and design engineering, and materials science engineering. Your career could take you to such areas as research and development, design of equipment and systems, testing, plant and sales engineering, and management.
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