Westchester Career Guide

un­dreds of good jobs could open in the coal, nu­cle­ar, and nat­u­ral gas ar­eas. In ad­di­tion to plant de­sign and op­er­a­tions and main­te­nance, en­er­gy com­pa­nies will be seek­ing en­gi­neers with skills and abil­i­ty in fire pro­tec­tion, nu­cle­ar re­fu­el­ing, and ther­mal ef­fi­cien­cy.

Nuclear job growth is already underway in North Carolina, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Louisiana. In Lake Charles, La., the Shaw Group and Westinghouse will employ 1,400 workers. In Newport News, Va., Northrop Grumman and AREVA are building a $360 million facility to manufacture massive reactor vessels and stream generators. These and other companies have already hired more than 9,000 employees and invested more than $4 billion in developing new nuclear manufacturing and business operations.

For DeVry University students majoring in Information Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, or Biomedical Engineering Technology, required senior projects are about more than just completing requirements needed to graduate. “For me, my senior project was not only an opportunity to showcase everything I had learned, but about how I could take those skills and contribute something [...]

For some American engineers, their jobs may be making a commute without them. The outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries is changing the face of many American industries, and the engineering field is no exception. In fact, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, commonly known as ASME, close [...]

Biotechnology has been around for centuries. From farming to food production and storage, biotechnology has touched our lives in numerous helpful ways. As baby boomers age, there has been an increased demand for new medical procedures and equipment. As a result, biomedical engineering, a field that combines medicine with engineering and biology, is expected to [...]