{"id":320627,"date":"2023-02-21T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=migration&p=320627"},"modified":"2024-01-30T13:56:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:56:24","slug":"what-type-of-engineering-is-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/what-type-of-engineering-is-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Type of Engineering is Right for You?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Exactly Is An Engineer?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T3WP9kEqrKY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Engineers are problem solvers. They combine the principles of science and math with a sense of creativity and innovation, improving society by putting STEM into action. From building rockets to analyzing nanoparticles, the capabilities of engineers are seemingly endless. The same is true of engineering opportunities at NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Engineers Week begins in February, and to celebrate, we\u2019re exploring the four primary branches of engineering: chemical, electrical, mechanical, and civil. If you\u2019re just being introduced to engineering, it may be hard to know where to begin, so let\u2019s break it down!<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/artemis-ksc-20220317-ph-kls03-0077.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/artemis-ksc-20220317-ph-kls03-0077.jpg?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/artemis-ksc-20220317-ph-kls03-0077.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/artemis-ksc-20220317-ph-kls03-0077.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/artemis-ksc-20220317-ph-kls03-0077.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/artemis-ksc-20220317-ph-kls03-0077.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/artemis-ksc-20220317-ph-kls03-0077.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/artemis-ksc-20220317-ph-kls03-0077.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/artemis-ksc-20220317-ph-kls03-0077.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/artemis-ksc-20220317-ph-kls03-0077.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/artemis-ksc-20220317-ph-kls03-0077.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Chemical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chemical engineers rely on the fundamentals of mathematics, chemistry, biology, and physics to conduct research, create systems, and harness energy using chemical processes. In the realm of space exploration, chemical engineers can take on many different roles including researching and designing batteries for manned spaceflight and chemically creating the thrust to launch a rocket into space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. David Delafuente is the battery safety technical discipline lead at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/johnson\/home\/index.html\">NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center<\/a> in Houston, where he\u2019s part of a team that designs and develops safe, high-energy-density batteries to support human spaceflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt takes significant effort to design and test batteries to validate they meet NASA\u2019s stringent requirements for crewed spaceflight,\u201d said Delafuente. \u201cWe buy commercial [batteries] and engineer how they\u2019re configured, electrically connected, and operated to optimize their usable energy and safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/perseverance-pia23499-large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/perseverance-pia23499-large.jpg?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/perseverance-pia23499-large.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/perseverance-pia23499-large.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/perseverance-pia23499-large.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/perseverance-pia23499-large.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/perseverance-pia23499-large.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/perseverance-pia23499-large.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/perseverance-pia23499-large.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/perseverance-pia23499-large.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/perseverance-pia23499-large.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Electrical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Electrical engineers specialize in technology; specifically, the design and testing of electronic resources like computers, motors, and navigation systems. The projects electrical engineers contribute to span from creating microchips to designing colossal generators to power cities. The sub-disciplines of electrical engineering include computer engineering, robotics engineering, and software engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Sowell currently works as a robotics engineer at Johnson Space Center serving on a variety of teams including the Active Response Gravity Offload System (ARGOS) and the Virtual Reality Lab\u2019s Charlotte robot. Sowell first discovered his passion for engineering while competing in a robotics competition in high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElectrical engineering in robotics is all about making the system \u2018come to life,\u2019\u201d Sowell said. \u201cJust like we need our heart to supply blood to the rest of our body, electrical engineers are in charge of supplying power to everything on the robot. Also, just like our brain sends signals to our muscles to make them move, electrical engineers make sure when a signal is sent to make the robot move, then the robot <em>actually<\/em> moves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/webb_gsfc_20171208_archive_e000156.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/webb_gsfc_20171208_archive_e000156.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Engineers monitor as NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is enclosed in a "clean tent" to protect the telescope from dust and dirt during testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/webb_gsfc_20171208_archive_e000156.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/webb_gsfc_20171208_archive_e000156.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/webb_gsfc_20171208_archive_e000156.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/webb_gsfc_20171208_archive_e000156.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/webb_gsfc_20171208_archive_e000156.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/webb_gsfc_20171208_archive_e000156.jpg?resize=900,598 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Mechanical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mechanical engineering is one of the broadest engineering disciplines. It involves the design, construction, operation, and testing of mechanical systems and machines. Aeronautical, aerospace, and hardware engineering are a few of the many sub-disciplines of mechanical engineering that take place at NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keith Foster works at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/wallops\/home\">NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility<\/a> on Wallops Island, Virginia, as a payload hardware engineer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/sounding-rockets\/missions\/index.html\">Sounding Rocket Program<\/a>, which conducts short-duration spaceflight missions to collect scientific data and tests technology for satellites and spacecrafts. These rockets typically only spend 5-20 minutes in space and are very cost effective. As a payload hardware engineer, Foster creates parts, systems, and assemblies using the principles of physics, materials, and manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foster has worked on payloads to test inflatable reentry coverings that help protect items returning to Earth from space, as well as a payload testing the reentry parachute design used to land the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/perseverance\"> Perseverance rover<\/a> on Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aerospace and aeronautical engineering is another branch of mechanical engineering seen at NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Aprille Joy Ericsson works at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard\">NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/a> in Greenbelt, Maryland, and has used her mechanical engineering and aerospace engineering background throughout her career. She now works as the new business lead for instrument systems and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ericsson has supported a variety of projects including astrophysics, planetary and Earth science, and recently, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/webb\/main\/index.html\"> James Webb Space Telescope<\/a>. Currently, she provides technical leadership for NASA\u2019s small business acquisition of sensors and detectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMechanical engineering touches so many aspects of building devices,\u201d Ericsson said. \u201cI liked being able to simulate the control methods I develop and eventually able to see how well they perform during spaceflight missions. I also like troubleshooting for problems in the code or algorithm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Civil Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Civil engineers focus on the design, construction, and maintenance of human-made structures. Civil engineers at NASA may work as structural engineer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a>, and help to protect and upgrade the solar arrays that power the station. They may also work with the massive<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/the-crawlers\"> crawler-transporters<\/a> that carry rockets out to the launch pad prior to liftoff, or in on-site construction and energy conservation management at NASA centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maureen De Vera Dalton joined NASA in 2013 as a civil engineer intern through NASA\u2019s Pathways Program before transitioning to a full-time job. She now works as the senior project manager for Construction of Facilities at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/kennedy\/home\/index.html\">NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida<\/a>, where she has managed facility demolitions, and the refurbishment of Kennedy\u2019s water and wastewater systems. De Vera Dalton also designed and managed a shoreline restoration project following Hurricanes Irma and Matthew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA civil engineer\u2019s expertise at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center is important because of the various facilities and structures that support the spaceport daily operations and launch activities,\u201d Dalton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engineering is an extremely rewarding pathway with unlimited opportunities. It is an ever-changing field of innovation and discovery. Interested in becoming an engineer? Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem\">stem.nasa.gov<\/a> to discover resources and opportunities to begin your STEM career journey today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>By Megan Hale<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spanish Version:<\/strong><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/qu%c3%a9-tipo-de-ingenier%c3%ada-es-la-adecuada-para-ti\/\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 tipo de ingenier\u00eda es la adecuada para ti? <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/wallops\/nasas-wallops-flight-facility-to-launch-student-experiments\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/wff-2023-068-004.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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