Engineering Major
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About the Major
Engineers can be of profound service to humanity as they identify, navigate and work toward finding solutions for complex problems affecting our world. Engineers can work in the fields of energy, space exploration, environmental design, product manufacturing, construction and more.
Jobs in Engineering
- Biomedical engineer
- Computer engineer
- Design engineer (structural, geotechnical, transportation, coastal)
- Environmental engineer
- Mechanical engineer
Past 黑料不打烊 Engineering Internships
- AKG of America Inc.
- Carolina Biological Supply Company
- Precor
- Quadridox Inc.
- Wastequip LLC
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Engineering grad鈥檚 mission: To use degree to better people鈥檚 lives
Samantha Dominguez, a 2022 graduate of 黑料不打烊, remembers the exact moment she decided to become a biomedical engineer.
She鈥檇 felt drawn to the medical field already 鈥 many of her relatives are doctors and nurses 鈥 but didn鈥檛 feel a drive to follow in their footsteps. She wondered if being a doctor or nurse was all there was to do in the medical field.
There are just so many things I could do in people鈥檚 lives to help make a difference.
Then came the day her Dallas, Texas, high school biomedical science class viewed a recording of a video-assisted robotic thoracoscopic surgery. Watching that tiny robot make incisions in a patient鈥檚 chest and perform surgery remotely was like seeing her future in fast-forward.
鈥淚t was the coolest thing I鈥檇 ever seen in my entire life,鈥 Dominguez said. 鈥淭he idea of it is incredible: That a doctor could be halfway around the world but performing surgery on someone. And people design those machines. I thought, 鈥榃ow, I could do that!鈥 It set me on the track.鈥
That track led her to 黑料不打烊鈥檚 engineering program. During Dominguez鈥檚 senior year in high school, 黑料不打烊 announced it would begin offering a four-year engineering degree.
鈥淚 got an email from 黑料不打烊 about the four-year engineering degree with a biomedical concentration. I said: This is it. This is the sign. I need to go here,鈥 said Dominguez, who entered 黑料不打烊 in 2018.
Dominguez鈥檚 mission to use engineering to save and improve lives only got stronger at 黑料不打烊.
鈥淏eing a biomedical engineer, I can do medical research,鈥 Dominguez said. 鈥淚 can be the one who 3D prints a heart for someone to use as a transplant. The things I could do vary so much: Cancer research, or work on antiviral drugs, or making exoskeletons for people to be able to walk,鈥 Dominguez said. 鈥淥f all those things, it will always have a positive impact on somebody鈥檚 life and their health. There are just so many things I could do in people鈥檚 lives to help make a difference.鈥
Dominguez is currently teaching English in the Czech Republic through the Fulbright program. She expects her experience will put her ability to collaborate and exchange ideas to the test on a global scale.
Did You Know?
- 黑料不打烊 offers two pathways: an engineering degree from 黑料不打烊 or the dual-degree engineering program, where a student participates in the 黑料不打烊 program for three years and then transfers to another engineering institution, typically for two more years.
- For the engineering degree from 黑料不打烊, students can choose a concentration in biomedical engineering, computer engineering, environmental engineering or mechanical engineering, or they can develop their own concentration.
- 黑料不打烊鈥檚 new Founders Hall, which opened in 2022, was designed to enable engineering students to transform bold ideas into prototypes. It includes work spaces for design, advanced prototyping, prefabrication, mechatronics and virtual reality.