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Left-brain or Right-brain Dominant? Explore the Ideal Subjects to Nurture your Strengths

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Civil Engineering Civil engineering combines creativity with analytical thinking. Left-brain dominant individuals can excel in this field as they can solve complex problems while considering the practical aspects of construction and infrastructure.

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Engineering Exploration Week – Feb 20th – Feb 24th 2024

Northeastern University

And with the egg representing the head and the yolk as the brain, the students split into groups to construct a safe landing pad to protect their eggs from an 8 foot drop! As environmental engineers, the students worked in teams to construct deployable levees to help prevent the water from reaching members of a city.

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How are engineers contributing to a sustainable future?

Futurum

Civil engineering Dr Alice Alipour is a civil engineer, working in the branch of engineering that focuses on the design and construction of infrastructure, such as buildings, roads and bridges. She is leading a team of engineers from a range of disciplines who are designing smart façades for buildings.

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Creative STEM Careers

STEM Sport

Average Annual Salary: $94,148 Link to Current Job Opening: Snaphunt Computer Scientist (Remote) Civil Engineer Description: Civil engineers design and supervise the building of major construction projects such as roads, bridges, airports, buildings, and dams.

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GIS and STEM: Mapping the Way to Future Careers

PCS Edventures

A geographic information system (GIS) is a valuable tool for a wide range of STEM careers, including environmental science, civil engineering and market analysis. They can also survey construction sites and map out cities and towns. So, what is a GIS? It’s a system that creates, manages, analyzes and maps all kinds of data.

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Build a Staircase STEM Challenge

Smore Science

Today you are a civil engineer, and your teacher gave a STEM challenge to build a staircase. Now test out your constructed staircase by putting some books on it. Now, what will happen if we increase the height of each stair by half a foot. Will it become easier to go on the next floor, or will it become difficult to climb?

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Career Exploration: Engineering

PCS Edventures

Dating back to the Industrial Revolution, Mechanical Engineering is one of the oldest and most diverse engineering disciplines. Engineers in this field play an important role in the development, design and construction of a variety of mechanical tools, machines, engines and devices. Civil Engineer.