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A Mechanical engineering education is a great pathway to begin a rewarding career of solving problems to help make people\'s lives better and more productive. It not only prepares you for an engineering career but can also serve as a valuable foundation for leadership and careers in any number of areas — industry, healthcare, academia, public service and even politics.

Mechanical engineering plays a critical role in solving the world\'s grand challenges by producing sustainable energy, providing a safe environment and clean water, building safe and ef cient transportation systems, designing new means of energy conversion and storage, and improving mechanical/electrical systems in homes and buildings. Emerging high technology elds of nano-materials and biomechanics are further examples of areas where mechanical engineering plays a vital role. Furthermore, established areas of mechanical engineering such as design, manufacturing, automation and control are essential elements to devising large-scale complex systems that drive the global economy.

Managing Your Career:

From Day One, evaluate your options within the company, looking for interesting work and good career-building assignments. Find out where that work is located, and what you must do to position yourself for opportunities. You must take steps to manage your own career. Be constantly on the lookout for more experienced advisors and mentors. Tactfully make management aware of your capabilities and interests and illustrate how you think you can benefit the company in a new assignment. This must be done as a result of a serious examination of yourself and the needs of the company -- in that order -- and by keeping your eye on the big picture of where the company is headed.

Lifelong Learning:

As a mechanical engineer, you will shape future technology by using the latest developments in current technology. You will be employing technologies and ideas used elsewhere as solutions in your own projects. You will find yourself being challenged to keep abreast of changes in engineering and technology.

The fundamentals will always be with you, but technological information and resources change continuously. Once you enter the engineering profession, new, self-directed learning becomes a daily objective. You must look for learning opportunities on the job through company resources, advisors and mentors and company training programs.