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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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How are engineers contributing to a sustainable future?

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

Northeastern University

As engineers, they then learned about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN Goals) so they can identify its connection to the activities throughout the week. After building this foundation, they then they set off to explore Professor Rifat Sipahi’s Research Lab where they learned about control systems and mechatronics.

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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.

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Creative STEM Careers

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Average Annual Salary: $61,320 – Middle School Teacher $61,820 – High School Teacher $194,938 – College Professor Link to Current Job Opening: Grand Canyon University Physics Professor Computer Science Description: Computer scientists create and test software systems.

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Engineering Exploration Week + Engineering for Everyone Expo

Northeastern University

We then had a chance to visit Northeastern University’s First Year Engineering Learning & Innovation Center (FYELIC) with Professor Love and a Chemical Engineering Lab with Tracy Carter. They then had a chance to design their own personalized keychains with Professor Love that were laser cut at our own makerspace.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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Working with EWB and Ecosistemas Andinos, Davis and his students set out to use their engineering skills to provide clean water and sanitation to the highland community of Thastayoc. The team closely collaborated with community members to ensure the engineering solutions they provided were directed by the needs of the community.