If you want to find out more about the Electrical , Mechanical and Civil Engineering programs at San Fancisco State University click on one of the links. A career in electrical engineering spreads in a wide range of research, development, design, operation and plant engineering, manufacturing, technical sales, and application and field engineering in the technical design areas of microcomputers, communications, signal and image processing, instrumentation, autonomous and robotic systems, bioengineering, power and energy conversion systems, solid state devices, and automatic control systems. There are many employment opportunitites with industrial organizations, government agencies, utilities, consulting firms, and educational institutions. Mechanical Engineers Mechanical engineers design complex systems such as airplanes, automobiles, satellites, power plants and also simple devices like doorknobs, and fishing reels. In fact, mechanical engineers play a role in most of the things that people use.
Mechanical engineers are concerned with the principles of motion, energy, and force.
Generally, a machine converts one form of movement into another. It is the responsibility of engineers to design machines whose parts and assemblies function in a safe and reliable, efficient, and predictable fashion. Civil Engineers Because most projects are supported by the ground, surveying is required in nearly all aspects of civil engineering. The engineer investigates the rocks and soils at a project site and determines the best way to support a structure in the ground. Civil engineers design portland cement and asphaltic concrete mixtures for construction and develop stabilization methods and procedures for unstable soil conditions.