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Career InformationWhat can I do with this engineering major?Civil and EnvironmentalEngineeringhttp://www.engr.utk.edu/civil/What is Civil andEnvironmental Engineering?Civil engineering is about the basic infrastructure of societyplanning, design, construction, and operation of facilitiesessential to modern life and economic vitality.An established department at the University of Tennessee,Knoxville, Civil and Environmental Engineering dates backto the mid-1800s, making it one of the oldest programs inthe Southeast.The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (CEE)offers proficiency in environmental and water resourcesengineering, geotechnical and structural engineering,construction, and transportation engineering leading to aBachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. In addition, theCollege of Engineering offers an undergraduate minor inenvironmental engineering.Academic units and areas of research include thefollowing: transportation systems planning and design;transportation safety; traffic operations; transportation airquality; investment and financial analysis; bridge testingand evaluation; testing of masonry in-fills; lateral loadtest of driven piles; testing, behavior and modeling ofhighway materials; stability of slopes, embankments andtunnels; non-destructive evaluation of pavement systems;railroad engineering; risk assessment; automated highwaysystems; intelligent vehicle systems; GPS/GIS applications;air pollution control technologies; air pollution dispersionmodeling; climate change and environment and associatedimpact on infrastructure; water and waste water treatment;hazardous waste management; environmental restoration;mixed and radioactive waste management; bioremediation;aquatic chemistry; fate and transport of contaminants;surface and ground water hydrology; erosion and sedimenttransport; soil and geosynthetic hydraulic barriers;remediation of mines and characteristic of fractures in soiland rock.Consistent with the mission of the Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering at The University of Tennessee,graduates of the program will have:1. Technical competency to conduct engineering projectsand to advance with increasing responsibility.2. Professional competency to continually increaseengineering proficiency, proceed on a track to attainprofessional licensure, and contribute to the professionand community.The university’s engineering programs are fully accreditedby the ABET Engineering Accreditation Program.Career Opportunities in Civil and EnvironmentalEngineeringCivil engineers are found throughout the workplace ina variety of functions. Aside from private engineeringfirms that are responsible for contracted projects fromstart to finish, civil engineers work for utility companies,telecommunications businesses, consulting firms and eventoy and athletic equipment manufacturers. There are alarge number of civil engineers who work in federal, stateand local governments, working each day to serve thepublic in thousands of projects nationwide. Civil engineersalso work in academic fields through teaching, research,evaluation and publishing, generating much of the currentinformation available today.In their first job, most civil engineers are teamed witha senior engineer. They are guided through a variety ofassignments, depending on the civil engineering specialtyarea. Later, job responsibility increases with continuingeducation and experience. During this process manyengineers seek professional licensure that requires a depthof knowledge and skills essential to success in the field.Civil engineers usually work for one of the followingemployer types (in approximate order of employedengineers): government (every city, county, state andfederal operation); consulting firms (all sizes); constructioncompanies; industry (e.g., petroleum, utilities, aircraft,chemical, paper, shipbuilding); international firms (mayinvolve the categories above).“There can be little doubt that in many ways the storyof bridge building is the story of civilization. By it wecan readily measure an important part of a people’sprogress.”–Franklin D. Roosevelt21
Career InformationWhat can I do with this engineering major?Computer Engineeringhttp://www.eecs.utk.edu/What is Computer Engineering?Computer engineering dealswith the electronic hardware sideof electrical engineering and the programming side ofcomputer science. Often, a student can study electricalengineering to cultivate a background in computerengineering. However, with the increasing needs of bothindustry and technology that drive our future, computerengineering has now become a discipline by itself.Typically, a computer engineering curriculum providesa background in three broad areas—hardware, software,and hardware-software integration. Students will alsohave the opportunity to explore fundamental topics suchas microprocessors, computer architecture, digital signalprocessing, operating systems, data communications,and other related material. In addition, the programincludes core engineering subjects that are common to allengineering disciplines.The program educational objectives of the computerengineering program include:engineering, science and mathematics in the practiceof electrical/computer engineering or in advancedprofessional studies; will identify, formulate and solveelectrical/computer engineering problems.containing hardware and software componentswith consideration of economic, ethical, safety,environmental, and social issues; will be able to usemodern engineering techniques, skills and tools.disciplinary teams, and engage in lifelong learning.The university’s engineering programs are fully accreditedby the ABET Engineering Accreditation Program.Career Opportunities in Computer EngineeringComputer hardware engineers are expected to havefavorable job opportunities. Employment of computerhardware engineers is projected to increase faster than theaverage for all occupations through 2015, reflecting rapidemployment growth in the computer and office equipmentindustry, which employs the greatest number of computerengineers. Consulting opportunities for computerhardware engineers should grow as businesses needhelp managing, upgrading and customizing increasinglycomplex systems. Growth in embedded systems, atechnology that uses computers to control other devicessuch as appliances or cell phones, also will increase thedemand for computer hardware engineers.Computer Sciencehttp://www.eecs.utk.edu/What is Computer Science?10100101111100101000110101010000010010111010110110010101010101001011000111010101110110101010010001001010101010101010101000000101101010101101101100101010101010010111110010100011010101000001001011101011010110110010101010At one pole is computer science,primarily concerned with theory,design, and implementation of software. It is a trueengineering discipline, even though the product is asintangible as a computer program. At the other pole iscomputer engineering, primarily concerned with firmware(the microcode that controls processors) and hardware(the processors themselves, as well as entire computers).It is not possible to draw a clear line between the twodisciplines; many practitioners function to at least someextent as both computer engineers and computerscientists.Computer Science is the study of software and hardwaresystems, and theory of computation. Students must beable to integrate material and concepts from these areas.So, for example, students use analysis of algorithmsto select or design software to solve a problem on acomputer with parallel architecture. Another examplewould be selecting or writing the software for a networkrouter, combining optimization theory, graph algorithms,networking, knowledge of the hardware and professionalsoftware methods. The emphasis is on foundations and theability to learn new developments in the field.22Career Opportunities in Computer ScienceCareer Opportunities in many fields exist for ourgraduates. Most generally, they are prepared to work inlaboratories that develop software intensive products.These include, for example, automotive components,financial systems, consumer appliances (cell phones,personal computers), communication infrastructuredevices (routers, switches), scientific research facilities(space stations, telescopes, reactors) and weaponsystems.
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