STEM Careers

STEM/Engineering Careers

Patrick Farrell

• Director, Data and Cloud Technology

• Advise clients and lead teams building solutions with data and technology

My role

• Global Consulting Company​

• I work for KPMG's "Digital Lighthouse" Team​​

Work for KPMG

About Me

• St. Dorothy's

• Cardinal O'Hara

• Villanova, Electrical Engineering

• Penn State, Masters Tech Management

School

• Healthcare - Penn Medicine

• eCommerce - QVC

• First Job: software engineer in 1996

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Where I've worked

My STEM Career, Education

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​Examples of STEM Careers

• Aeronautics

• Healthcare, Medicine

• ​Biology

• ​BioTechnology

• ​Chemistry

• ​Civil Engineering

• Computer Science

• Electrical Engineering

• ​Environmental Science

• ​Math

• Mechanical Engineering

• ​Civil Engineering

Best Jobs for future, mostly STEM

• Cyber Security

• ​Nurse

• Physician

• ​Software Developer

• ​Data Scientist

• BioMedical Engineer​

• ​Financial Manager

• Statistician

• ​Lawyer*

• IT Manager

• ​Market Research

• Respiratory Therapist

• ​Oral Surgeon

• ​Nurse Anesthetist

• ​Actuary

• ​Veterinarian

• Physical Therapist​

• Web Developer

• ​Accountant

Based on salary and expected demand from "US News Top 100 jobs"

What is Engineering?

Use of math, science and technology to help people. Design, invent or improve solutions to make people's lives better

​Mechanical

BioMedical

Aeronautical

Environmental

Civil

Computer/ Electrical

​Examples of Engineering

​Why Engineering?

• Engineering is one of the top paid professions

• ​Engineers are employable

• Engineering can be a Stepping Stone Toward Becoming a CEO

• It's a good major if you don't know what to do

• Do you enjoy science and math?

• Are you creative?

• Are you curious?

• Do you wonder why things are the way they are?

• Do you like to think of ways to improve things?

​"Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them."

What should I do if interested in Engineering?

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• Get good grades, in ALL subjects!

• ​Extra-curricular activities expose you to STEM. Math clubs, Science fairs, Robotics

• ​​Talk to family friends who are involved in science fields

Multiple Choice

How do you find the perimeter of a rectangle?

• $$2\ \times\ \pi\ \times\ r$$  

• 2 x Length

  +

  2 x Width

• $$\pi\ \times\ r^2$$  

• Length x Width

Multiple Choice

___ is the process of creating and building structures, products, and systems by using math and science.

• Accounting

• Architecture

• Engineering

• Environmentalism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of biomedical engineering?

• Vaccines

• Prosthetics for Arms or Legs

• Create an app to monitor your heart from smart phone

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT an example of electrical engineering?

• Smart Phones

• Computers

• Robots

• Bridges

Multiple Choice

An optimist might say this glass is half full.

A pessimist might say that this glass is half empty. What might an engineer say about the glass of water this picture?

• The glass is half full

• The glass is half empty

• The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

Multiple Choice

Which person was the inventor of a programming language called "BASIC"?

From Left to Right:

1. Elon Musk (CEO Tesla, SpaceX) 2. Thomas Edison (Inventor)

3. Sr. Mary Kenneth Keller 4. Tim Cook (CEO Apple)

​Sr. Mary Kenneth Keller

• First person to earn a Doctorate in Computer Science in 1965

• Created the programming language "BASIC", used today in programming software​

Robot Demo

​Coding to control the robot

​Lego bricks to build the robot

Multiple Choice

If the tires on the robot each have a diameter of 56 mm, how far will the robot go if you programmed it to rotate both tires forward once? (hint: circumference of circle)

• 112 mm

• about 175 mm

• about 56 mm

• about 351 mm