This career interest area focuses on solving the world's most pressing problems through strong research initiatives and experiential education within an ecosystem of innovation. Opportunities may include biomedical careers, engineering, management, manufacturing and design, research and more.
Resources
Explore the list of resources below to learn more about career paths in Engineering, Technology & Data Science. These resources will help you discover opportunities, grow your network and more!
Join the Engineering, Technology & Data Science career interest area in Handshake:
- Log in to Handshake
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- Select 'Career Interests'
- Navigate to the question 'In what career interest areas are you most interested?'
- Select the 'Engineering, Technology & Data Science' career interest area
- Click the 'Save My Career Interests Button'
Explore offerings in departments and programs such as these:
- Case School of Engineering
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Biochemistry
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Division of Engineering Leadership and Professional Practice (Co-Op)
- Engineering Peer Advising Program
- Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
- Integrated BS/MS Program
- Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
- Physics
General exploration
Industry-based exploration
- Biotech, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Company Directory
- Chemistry resources from ACS
- Connect with Google
- Day-in-the-life article for biotech
- Dice.com Career Explorer
- Data Science vs. Data Analytics
- Division of Engineering Leadership and Professional Practice at CWRU
- EducatingEngineers.com: a comprehensive website that provides information related to the engineering sector
- TryEngineering.org: powered by IEEE, this resource provides resources, opportunities and more to explore an interest in engineering
Experiential education opportunities
- CCEL Service Programs
- Co-op program
- CWRU LaunchNET
- Education Abroad
- APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women and Underrepresented Minorities
- 9 STEM Internships for BIPOC College Students
- Clean Energy Jobs | Department of Energy
- Google Resources for Students
- NASA L'SPACE Academy
- National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates
- Pathways to Science
- Sears think[box] hands on programs
- Undergraduate Research Office
Find jobs and internships
- Handshake
- CareerShift
- Dice.com Jobs Search
- Glassdoor
- Grow with Google
- iHireEngineering
- Indeed
- Internships.com
- Idealist
- Ohio X Job Board: technology and innovation careers in Ohio
- Science Careers Jobs Database
- ScienceJobs.org Database
- USAJobs
Funding
Networking the best way to tap into the hidden job market—an immense underground marketplace where jobs open up and then are filled through word of mouth and personal referrals.
There are many ways to network at CWRU:
- Alumni Career Network
- Case Alumni Association
- Career fairs
- CareerShift
- Case Alumni Association
- Element 14: an online design engineer community for sharing electronic engineering solutions
- Engineering 360 Community
- Engineering Exchange: a global educational networking community for engineers
- Engineers Week
- Events with employers
- Informational Interviews
- ResearchGate: connect with the scientific community, share your work and collaborate
- Strategies for networking in science with social media
General
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
- Association for Women in Science
- National Society of Black Engineers
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- Phi Sigma Rho
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
- Society of Women Engineers
Aerospace
- Aerospace Industries Association
- AHS International - The Vertical Flight Society
- American Astronautical Society
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Biomedical
- American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- American Society of Biomechanics
- Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
- Biomedical Engineering Society
- International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics
- International Society of Biomechanics
- Medical Device Manufacturers Association
- Society for Biomaterials
Chemical
- American Chemical Society
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Institution of Chemical Engineers
Civil
- American Concrete Institute
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- The Bridge Site
- Earthquake Engineers Research Institute
- United States Society of Dams
Electrical and Computer
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Audio Engineering Society
- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Association for Women in Computing
- Computing Research Association
- Electric Power Research Institute
- Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Institution of Engineering and Technology
- International Society for Optics and Photonics
Environmental
- American Geophysical Union
- American Geosciences Institute
- Ecological Society of America
- International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- International Water Association
- National Council for Science and the Environment
- National Environmental Health Association
- Society of Women Environmental Professionals
Materials
- American Ceramic Society
- American Society for Materials
- Association for Iron & Steel Technology
- Society of Plastics Engineering
Mechanical
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- International Academy for Production Engineering
- Society of Automotive Engineers
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Nuclear
- American Nuclear Society
- Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
- Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
- Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
- Nuclear Institute
Physics
Here is a selection of organizations that might interest you:
- Alpha Chi Sigma
- American Chemical Society
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Biochemistry Society
- Biomedical Engineering Society
- Case Aeronautics Team
- Case Engineers Council
- Case Rocket Team
- CWRU Motorsports
- CWRUbotix: Robotics Club
- Design for America
- Developer Student Clubs (with Google)
- Geological Society
- Hack CWRU
- Hacker Society
- Humanitarian Design Corps
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Math Club
- MedWish
- National Society of Black Engineers
- Phi Sigma Rho
- Physics and Astronomy Club
- Science Olympiad Organization
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
- Society of Women Engineers
- Tau Beta Pi – The Engineering Honor Society
- Theta Tau
- Undergraduate Macromolecular Student Organization
- Undergraduate Materials Society
- Women in Physics and Astronomy Club
- Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable (WISER)
- Other engineering groups
For a full list of student clubs and organizations that match your interests, visit CampusGroups.
Outcomes and data
- Data USA: facts about employment, salary and more by major/industry category
- U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics by Industry
- Industry rankings in STEM
- Read about outcomes and data for CWRU students
Trends and news
- Best Cities for newly graduated STEM professionals
- BioSpace: Online community for industry news and careers for life sciences professionals.
- Design News
- EE Times
- Engineering Toolbox
- HealthcareDIVE: Online newsletter focused on the latest developments in health IT, practice management, hospital administration and more in health and healthcare industries.
- IEEE Spectrum
- Interesting Engineering
- Science AAAS: Online journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science providing current science developments, career articles and resources and job posting sites.
- Science Daily: Online news site covering discoveries in all fields of the physical, biological, earth and applied sciences.
- Tech Briefs