Project COMPLETE focuses on engineering technology careers, but it is helpful to understand the big "umbrella" of all engineering-related careers!
Dr. Michael Swanbom, LA Tech PI, answers your questions about Project COMPLETE.
(Note: Dr. Swanbom's explanation of Project COMPLETE was recorded during the active phase of the grant and therefore is presented as though the project is ongoing. The grant is no longer active, but much of the information is still relevant and helpful for navigating the resources available in this phase.)
Shini explains what engineering is, gives an overview of its main branches (civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical), and provides a look at other engineering fields.
Rebecca Miller, a quality control engineer with GE Aviation, describes manufacturing engineering and why she finds her field rewarding.
Day in the Life of a Manufacturing Engineer (3:49)
Kenny learns about TI's Technology Manufacturing Group rotation and describes how he implements manufacturing engineering in day-to-day life.
A Look at Graphic Packaging (2:02)
A look into the manufacturing work in West Monroe's Graphic Packaging International.
Employees discuss the work environment at JR Automation.
An automation engineer sets the automation of a process and selects appropriate instruments to monitor and control all necessary variables.
In this episode of On The Job, City Manager Scott Neal explains what surveying is and how one team designs street reconstruction projects.
Nick Whaley is an engineering technician at Engineering Development Lab in Winston-Salem, NC. Whaley analyzes test plans to prep for crash test events of seating products.
Five women engineers talk about their roles, influences, and challenges of their engineering lives. They work as product designers, team-builders, project managers, teachers and structural engineers.
Debbie Sterling is the engineer who founded GoldieBlox, a toy company out to inspire the next generation of female engineers. Her mission is to tackle the gender gap in STEM.
This is the success story of Alexis Scott's career as a Triple E (Educator, Entrepreneur, and Engineer).
Wesley Hipolito, age 22, talks about how he was introduced to machine technology.
