Professional Documents
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Industrial Aerospace
Nuclear
Mechanical Chemical
Agricultural
Projection of world
population growth
Engineers
•are problem solvers
•have firm grasp of fundamental principles of
engineering
•are analytical, detailed oriented, and creative
•have desire to be lifelong learners
•have ability to work outside their area of
specialization in other related fields
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Traits of Successful Engineers
Good Engineers
• have good communication and time management
skills
• have good “people skills”
• are good team player
• have ability to use modern tools to solve various
engineering problems or to solve problems in
various ways
• are active in the profession and community
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Distribution of Employment by
Disciplines
(2009)
(PE) exam
• Professional organizations
• Life-long learning
Technical content
technical problems
continuous improvement