WHERE DO YOU FIT IN? Civil Engineering Why Civil Engineering? Job placement Salary Hands-on job Give back Job Placement High demand career field Salary Least school for the most money! Variety Work at a desk or be in the field Many job options Civil engineering is the oldest and widest path of engineering Civil Engineering Examples Give Back Goal of engineering is to build and maintain structures, roadways, etc. to keep people safe everyday Use your talents in math and science for good Engineering For You! Are you good at math and like science? Do you like making things and helping people? Do you like money? Choosing A College There are many good colleges to consider, but only one that has Tradition Friendly and welcoming peers and faculty Spirit Ranked academic programs and sports Everything Texas A&M University Zachary Department of Civil Engineering Ranked 8 th out of 250 public universities Largest CE program in the country 1100 Undergraduate and 400 graduate level students 70 Faculty members Texas A&M= Connections 124 years of history How To Pursue Early Talk to working engineers in your community Do research online for fun and to gain knowledge Take a senior project Challenge yourself and work hard in school Get Ahead Do research by talking to working engineers Also, research projects and firms online Senior Project See what everyday life as an engineer would be like Could you see yourself doing this? Challenge Yourself Take the highest level math and science you can Study hard! WHICH ONE IS RIGHT FOR YOU? So Many Kinds of Civil! Materials and Infrastructure Design, inspect, manage and maintain public facilities help the community! Test and analyze materials Improve productivity and longevity by non- destructive testing new technology! Structural Very diverse field opportunities! Design buildings, bridges, power plants Research failures, successes, case studies Math and physics intensive, need a 4 year degree Transportation Find safe and efficient movement of people and goods Always needed in the community many jobs! A&M has the most extensive transportation program in the country and has TTI. Geotechnical Study and application of soil mechanics Research soil properties and find ways to improve existing material in-situ Coastal and Ocean Engineering Design, construct, plan and manage projects for the ocean environment Design off-shore structures A&M has largest testing facility and Texas has the largest market for this major Construction Engineering and Management Plan and oversee construction of civil engineering projects Manage construction organizations Mostly work with industrial and infrastructural projects Fast growing field Environmental Engineering Protect and improve the environmental quality Protect public health Interconnected with politics, technology and social issues Work towards sustainability Water Resources Engineering Planning and management of faculties that purify and deal with water Deal with the redirection of flood waters My Kind of Civil I would like to specialize in construction engineering Organized Time oriented Management