| For the past three years, UCF-CECS has tracked
engineering professionals for purposes of better understanding
what decisions they made during their early education, during
their college education and on into the workplace. This
information has been very useful in helping to plan
pre-college engineering events such as the Engineers Future
Forum. It is called the "Why Engineering
Survey" and additional details to include past surveys
are located at http://partner.cecs.ucf.edu/whyeng/.
This is the first year the Office of Educational
Partnerships has extended the survey to include pre-college
students to determine their interest in pursuing engineering
as a career. 200+ ninth through eleventh grade students
at Lyman and Edgewater High Schools were the first group to
participate. Their information was used to compare with
ASME engineers who participated in the Why Engineering
Survey. The results were presented to the students
during each forum to demonstrate similarities between their
responses and practicing engineers' responses. Their
information was also used for the two Forum's general
question/answer sessions and to determine which speakers
should be recruited for the two events. 72% of the
students who attended the forums found the comparison to be
very useful and 26% found it to be somewhat useful. One
of the engineer speakers remarked, "It
gave the students a good idea how their perception of the
engineering field matched up to those of real engineers."
The following is a breakdown of the questions and student
responses.
What engineering (or other) occupation are you interested in at this point in time?
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| Were there people who influenced your interest in engineering (or other occupation)?
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Other:
- Guidance Counselor
- Everyboby
- EAA piolit
- Seeing airplanes fly!
- My friends
- mentor
- Craig McKracken and other animation artists
- TV
- My best friend further educated me in computers, from there I went on with personal interest. I wanted to make things
to satisfy my imagination.
- I really heard about it fromwhat my brother does
- The teachers and counclors or the Institute program had got me intereste because they furhter explain the field and
the benefits.
- The class!
- I actaully got started in being interested in engineering, believe it or not, by watching a T.V. show called "Battlebots".
I awed at the robots that were being built. After I saw that I started exploring other branches of engineering and then
I realized how much I liked it.
- My peers at school
- my environment as a child
- the magnet
- Self Interest
- Me, myself and I
- self intrest
- self-interest
- Online forum members
- self interest
- I did.
- nobody actually influenced me in it my parents made me sign up for it
- IT was a computer game
- Tim Baker an architect
- A counselor from lyman
- the dude down the street from me
- people around me
- Close peers.
- NOVELS
- Watching people design buildings.
- Friend
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| Did you receive encouragement during school to pursue engineering as a profession? |
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| From whom did you receive encouragement?
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Other:
- nobody
- parents
- parents
- Family and friends
- young eagles program
- Neighbors
- Magnet Program here at Lyman!
- parents and family
- freinds
- friends
- Family and friends
- Nobody
- myself
- Parents
- paredts
- parents, family, friends, etc
- My parents, and my friends
- Dad
- my mom and sometimes my dad
- Was I encouraged? No, I already had plans towards taking it. They do make a noticeable amount of mentioning
it.
- none
- parents
- parents
- Engineering program
- My parents
- parents
- parents, siblings
- Parents
- Friends
- The magnet program in itself encourages engineering.
- me, duh
- Parents Friends
- classes
- just people in general because they want girl engineers
- Computer Technicians in my Elementary School
- friends
- none
- parents they made me
- Nobody
- Family
- everyone is just like stick with it it'll be a bring job but you'll have some money
- My Parents
- paremt
- parents
- Parents
- friends parents
- Whoever it was that passed out pamphlets for the Engineering Institute
- Parents
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| What helped you decide on the occupation you are currently interested in pursuing?
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Other:
- Aerospace program at sanford middle school
- secme
- my science class
- A LOT
- Enjoyable
- it looked fun (which it is) but it included what I like (movies, games, TV)
- Taking and engineering class in 8th grade.
- For my own personal needs of expression.
- building things with legos
- I enjoy engineering and building rocket ships etc. out of LEGOs and Areospace is a growing industry.
- I like the work and the job.
- i like to see the steps from begaining to competetion
- money, flying things, things that go boom, and building my house
- MONEY!!!
- Personal interests
- money
- Always wanted to help people and think i can do that by becoming a doctor
- My parents were always very encouraging to my interest and eye for design.
- My cadd class at my school
- I enjoy working with Autodesk Architecture and it's something I would be able to use in this profession
- My own decision
- I like it
- I would like to work for Pixar, and reconstruct ancient cities in the field of anthropology and archeology
- Seeing the kinds of things that can be possible when working in this field.
- I just enjoy it.
- my mom wanted me to do it.
- So Sus
- new york
- Own liking in the field.
- Looks good on application for college
- MONEY
- people say money is everything
- Achitectual Design is fun for me.
- i love cars
- Interesting
- Being able to meet the drivers and see the races up close.
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| What types engineering fields would you like to learn more about at UCF's Engineering Futures Forum?
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Other
- vieo game enginering
- game design
- Daming design
- Modeling and Simulation
- modeling and simulation
- model and simulating
- Computer realated fields
- modeling cars
- modeling and simulationany
- Modeling and Simulation
- Modeling and Simulation,a.k.a Game designing
- Computer animation and modeling.
- Film and photograohy, but that's not engineering.
- Modeling and Simulation/Graphic Design
- virtual animation
- Modeling and Simulation
- pimping engineering
- computer graphics and animation
- Drafting
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| What topics or questions you would like engineering professionals at UCF's Engineering Futures Forum to address? |
- Is it advisable to continue in my current course of Aerospace engineering if I still find it extremly enjoyable but
do not see my self in ten years working happily in this feild? Should I try other feilds of engineering or quit it altogether?
Which feilds of engineering involve the most travel?
- Average starting pay for aerospace engineer? The average starting work for an aerospace engineer
- Aerospace Engineering
- The different Aerospace Engineering jobs. And Ocean Engineering Jobs. Also the different salaries for these jobs.
- The different kinds of feilds into which I can go to enter into astronomy
- flying
- what to do to attain every necessity to do the job
- what kind of degree is required for various careers
- Mechanical aspects of working with jets and such.
- I would like the professionals to discuss career opportunities and financial information about aerospace engineering.
- Does the college I attend have a major influence on my application for NASA? How can I get more involved at NASA regarding
internships or summer jobs?
- SAT scores for acception
- I would like to know if NASA has any summer programs that high school students can participate in.
- what schools are the best to achieve a mechanical engineering degree?
- The job opportunities in the field of Computer/Software Engineering.
- what is the future for engineering?
- COMPUTER ENGINEERING
- HOW DO YOU THINK THAT YOU WILL GET TO THAT GOAL?
- How woll video games change in the future?
- How to engineer computer programs(i.e. animation software)
- Will this field satisfy me ecomically in the future?
- What are the benefits of being an engineer?
- I would like the professionals to discuss how they started in their career.
- schoooling
- How will UCF's Engineering program help me out in my profession
- basics of architecture design and concepts
- Do you have a strictly CAD design program and is it any good
- do they like the life they have being in the fiels of the proffesion they chose.
- Qualities needed to become an architect and the difficulties that Pursuing archects face.
- I would want them to discuss what they basically do everyday at work.
- The uniqeness that is required for such a profession.
- What does the average mechanical engineer make per year?
- 1.Will this field be challenging and interesting?
- what things you have to f=do in those jobs
- None
- What kind of education is needed to succed in that area
- None
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| Questions regarding UCF's Engineering (or other degree) Programs,
Please enter them below.
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- What are the extents of the Engineering Fields that you offer at UCF. Also what type of band do you have that a person
would be able to join.
- which engineering courses do u offer.
- Do you know if you can be a pilot through aerospace egineering.
- What is the average degree that most Engineers achieve?
- whats the best wayto become a marine biologist and what classes it requires
- how to become a pilot
- Is the military a good place to get a engineering degree
- Does everyone get accepted?
- ?
- Can engineering be applied in semi-related jobs, will and degree in engineering be helpful if I apply to these jobs?
For example, if I educated myself in Aerospace/Aeronatical Engineering could I apply that to getting a piloting job?
- Scholarship oppurtunities, ROTC scholarship oppertunities. And different engineering majors at UCF.
- I want to know what it takes academically to get an A&A Degree. I was also interested in psychology.
- Do you have to have high math skills to take this occupation? Is their good benifits?
- UCF's Honors Program
- Will the college I attend influence the quality of career I can obtain?
- How can i get a good job as an enviromental engineer and/or marine biologist?
- What do the programs offer?
- can any one take the programs?
- If I am interested in a Web Design Career, what should I consider for college?
- what do you do in chemical and nuclear engineering
- ea gomes
- does UCF have an acting program
- What is ocean enginnering?
- Is the CADD Software more advanced?
- what is ocean engineering, what is the rank of UCF's engineering program in the country, what will I make in mechanical
engineering
- Not really.
- Do they have any good art classes or program
- Do you have specialized programs for the specific fields of engineering and if so what are they?
- How hard, how does it rank nationally, will it make me look good for job applications?
- none
- What are the neccessary classes in order to achieve a Computer/Software Engineering Degree?
- Is there a Animation program?
- Any Animation degrees? (Focusing on animating live action movies (like Finding Nemo) or video game design)
- I dont have any specific questions but I'd like to hear a lot about the program FIEA
- No questions.
- When you went to ucf and took the course was it what you thought of it?
- vilg dryd cred
- how long does it take to get a degree in architect and what degrees should i get
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