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Applied Engineering Sciences

Applied Engineering Sciences represents an interdisciplinary approach to engineering that includes a mixture of technical, scientific, and analytical skills to solve business challenges. Sometimes this major is referred to as “industrial engineering,” which most closely aligns with operations and supply chain. The concentration a student chooses helps narrow the focus within the major and can influence job titles and career paths.

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Biosystems Engineering

Biosystems Engineering is an integration of engineering with biological, environmental and agricultural sciences. Biosystems engineers develop the techniques and processes to work with living systems, including microbes, plants and animals. They provide engineering input to produce and process food, fiber, energy, and pharmaceuticals.

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Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering uses a foundation in chemistry, biology, physics, and math to focus primarily on chemical production and the manufacture of products through chemical processes. This includes designing equipment, systems and processes for refining raw materials and for mixing, compounding and processing chemicals to make valuable, environmentally friendly, and economically viable products.

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Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering is focused on the design, construction, and maintenance of structures and infrastructures such as dams, bridges, aqueducts, canals, highways, power plants, sewerage systems, and airports. Civil Engineers consider the current and future needs of an expanding population while considering environmental protection and natural phenomena.

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Computational Data Science

Computational Data Science combines aspects of statistics, computer science, mathematics and machine learning to identify trends, make predictions, and solve problems. Computational data science uses algorithms and data structures to store, manipulate, visualize and learn from large data sets.

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Computer Engineering

Computer Engineering uses principles from computer science and electrical engineering to create hardware (physical components) and firmware (software that allows operating systems and applications to optimize hardware), used in a wide variety of products and industries. Computer Engineers research, design, develop, construct and test computer systems and components such as processors, circuit boards, microchips, memory devices, networks and routers.

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Computer Science

Computer Science is the study of computation, automation, and information applying principles of mathematics, engineering and logic. Computer Science spans theoretical disciplines (algorithms, computational theory and information theory) and practical application (design and implementation). 
Science incorporates techniques from areas such as queuing theory, statistics, and circuit design. Computer Science also makes use of hypothesis testing and experimentation during conceptualization, design, measurement and refinement of algorithms, information structures, and computer architectures.

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Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering focuses on creating, designing, and managing electricity in many forms to help power the world. Electrical Engineering applies the physics and mathematics of electricity, electromagnetism, and electronics to both large and small scale systems to process information and transmit energy. Electrical Engineers work with devices, circuits, power, continuous time signals (analog) and discrete time signals (digital), controls, electronics, digital and analog electronics, electromagnetism, microprocessors, digital design, radio frequency - wireless communications, and satellite communications.

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Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineers use the theoretical foundations of engineering combined with principles of biology and chemistry to develop solutions to environmental problems. Environmental engineering addresses the impact of human activity on the environment and designs sustainable engineering solutions to provide people with safe water, air and land.

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Materials Science

Materials Science and Engineering is the study of mechanical, physical, and chemical properties of materials, such as metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, nanomaterials and other substances. Materials Science Engineers develop, process, and test materials used to create a wide range of products from computer chips and aircraft wings to golf clubs and biomedical devices. The objective of a Materials Engineer is to predict and control material properties through an understanding of atomic, molecular, crystalline, and microscopic structures of materials.

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Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is one of the broadest engineering disciplines and uses principles of motion, energy, and force. An easy way to think of mechanical engineers is, they work with anything that moves, from components to the human body. Mechanical Engineers research, design, develop, manufacture, build, maintain and test mechanical and thermal products, sensors, and devices.

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Technology Engineering

Technology Engineering is an engineering discipline that integrates mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering with computer science. These engineers excel in developing modern products featuring moving mechanical parts, electronic circuits, computer chips, and motion sensors interconnected through computer code. They are responsible for designing, constructing, testing, and analyzing these many-faceted systems.

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