What Do Engineers Do?
Materials Engineering
As a metals and materials engineer, you may ...
- design and select new materials to manufacture a machine or a computer part;
- develop ways to coat tiny ceramic particles with antigens so that the particles can be injected to produce immunity to disease;
- suggest methods of preparing and processing metals, alloys, plastics, composites, and natural fibers;
- discover better dry lubricants than graphite; or
- plan environmentally sound ways to liberate useful materials from their ores.
Whether you are blending natural fibers with plastic to make strong and flexible material, or devising better ways to win cobalt from its ores to make efficient magnets, metals and materials engineering offers you rewards and a huge variety of challenges.
Salary
$75,960
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March 2008, Issue #65
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