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Creative STEM Careers

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This is a great example of a STEAM career that uses STEM and arts to achieve daily tasks. It is the engineer’s job to think creatively and design beautiful buildings in conjunction with safety standards. Civil engineers need to be attentive to detail, creative, and skilled in mathematics.

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Inspirational women in STEM

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The statistics for computer science, engineering and technology degrees are shockingly low, with women comprising only 19% 2 of students. Dr Alice Alipour , a civil engineer, is leading a team of engineers from a range of disciplines to design buildings that can adjust their shape according to wind conditions.

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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?

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It is often implemented in software on a computer. Feedback control — achieving desired behaviour by measuring what is happening and using this information to adjust the control inputs. Control engineers are often responsible for the design and implementation of crucial components in larger engineering systems.

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Morph with the wind: shape-changing buildings

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AEROSPACE ENGINEERING – generally involves the design and construction of aeroplanes, jets, gliders, autogyros, helicopters and more, but the skills needed to do this can be applied to other areas. CIVIL ENGINEERING – the design and construction of infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, buildings, railways and utility networks.