Some engineers wrongly assume that a standard resume will be enough to get an engineering job. But actually engineering resumes are pretty distinctive, in terms of structure and content. Contrary to generic resumes, engineering resumes should emphasize on skills, achievements, and projects. Since most of the engineering recruiters use scanning software to sort and save resumes, your resume must include a lot of industry buzzwords.
While the garage is a great place for storage, it often becomes cluttered. To avoid clutter, you can assemble this simple utility shelf from inexpensive two-by-fours and plywood.
Joan Tang Waltman is one of the engineering industry's most accomplished professional leaders, who, as president of the Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions (QWBS) division, has led the way in increasing the security and quality of wireless solutions. Since becoming president in April 2005, Waltman has taken her experience in engineering, operations, and management and reshaped the company’s focus to a more customer-oriented and technically proficient approach. She has also been the recipient of a number of professional accolades, including being named one of Cal State Fullerton's ''50 Women of Distinction,'' and is currently a nominee for the university’s 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Though engineers are notorious for conducting their work behind closed doors and with little fanfare or public notice, if you're thinking you've heard the name ''Randy Pausch'' before, you're probably right. And yet it isn't his professional accomplishments in engineering or computer science which have brought him so much attention; rather, it is the very personal struggle he has spotlighted in the public sphere which has left so many in awe and emotionally inspired.
When it comes to engineering, the name of the game is ''Innovation,'' and no one understands this better than Krisztina Holly, vice provost and executive director of the University of Southern California's Stevens Institute for Innovation. As head of the institute, she is in charge of developing and building programs which provide platforms for students and faculty to dream, design, and realize their visions in an environment teeming with the dual forces of creativity and possibility.
Question: how does one go from amateur artist to engineering virtuoso without any formal training? Invent the most revolutionary substance in the history of modern construction, of course. Such is the story of Patricia Billings, chairman of the board and director of technology for GeoBond International Inc., who in her late 50s invented GeoBond, a building material that is both indestructible and fireproof.
''LEED certification'' seems to be the latest buzz phrase in development, with more and more companies striving to go green, but behind the hype is a systematic approach to promoting and sustaining environmentally friendly building initiatives. Architects, facility managers, engineers, interior designers, and even landscape architects are just a few of the professionals who study and seek out the certification. But what does LEED certification mean?
The ''dropped'' call is an all-too-common feature of modern life, where we are all plugged in to cellular networks day in and day out, all year round. Technology is a human invention, after all, and, like human beings, is prone to failure. But Randi Altschul begs to differ. As inventor of the world’s first disposable cell phone, she has raised the standard for quality in cell phone engineering, demonstrating that human ingenuity can make up for human error when accomplished with the right combination of purpose and vision.
Of all the fields encompassing the practice of engineering, perhaps the most exciting in terms of future possibility is aerospace engineering. Known originally as aeronautical engineering and more popularly as ''rocket science,'' aerospace engineering is concerned primarily with the development and design of aircraft and spacecraft. With the rapid advancement in flight technology over the last few decades, the outlook for aerospace engineering is replete with many possibilities, including larger and more efficient commercial aircrafts and even more detailed probing into the environment of Mars, where we have only scratched the surface.
As principle engineer for Sequoia Communications, Carrie Lo is heading the innovative movement in wireless capabilities for all types of technology and media, proving that creativity and the willingness to experiment are essential to technological and engineering advancements. Though the company focuses its efforts on multi-mode design and integration, Lo brings with her a wide variety of engineering expertise, having worked on a number of high-profile projects throughout her career, establishing herself as a professional force equally at home in a startup environment or with a national industry leader.
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