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Decoding STEM: What Does the E in STEM Stand For?

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Understanding the importance of the ‘e’ in STEM is crucial because it highlights how engineering plays a pivotal role in shaping our world. Engineering involves designing solutions to real-world problems using scientific principles and mathematical concepts. What are the main disciplines within Engineering?

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Career Exploration: Engineering

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Although Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers face different design and operational challenges, they both understand the science of aerodynamic performance and the principles of physics. Mechanical Engineer. Civil Engineer. However, Civil Engineering is much more than just design and construction.

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Science Like A Girl – Inventor and Author Arlyne Simon

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She liked science, but didn’t picture herself wearing hard hats as a civil engineer like her father. When Arlyne’s father heard physics was a struggle, he “happened” to pass a bookstore and buy a book Physics for Dummies for them to work through together. She learned to adjust her expectations.

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