Van Romero – Explosives Expert
Dr. Van Romero is Vice President, Professor of Physics at New Mexico Tech. He answers the question “Why did you become a scientist?”
Antoinette Smith – Software Engineer
Antoinette builds web apps and communities that enable people to create their own technologies. She also empowers more African Americans to enter and thrive in the digital economy.
Natalia Rodriguez – Ingeniera de Software / Software Engineer
Natalia is a software engineer who designs data visualizations people can understand and learn from. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, which includes 12 role model videos of women who are passionate about their STEM work, hobbies, families and making the world a better place.
Laura Valencia – Ingeniera Eléctrica / Electrical Engineer
Laura is an electrical engineer who works on things people use everyday. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, which includes 12 role model videos of women who are passionate about their STEM work, hobbies, families and making the world a better place.
Orietta Verdugo – Ingeniera Industrial / Industrial Engineer
Orietta is an industrial engineer, currently working in the tech industry. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, which includes 12 role model videos of women who are passionate about their STEM work, hobbies, families and making the world a better place.
Alma Stephanie Tapia – Ingeniera en Materiales / Materials Engineer
Alma Stephanie is a Metallurgical and Materials Engineer at the NASA Johnson Space Center. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, which includes 12 role model videos of women who are passionate about their STEM work, hobbies, families and making the world a better place.
Caroline – Software Engineer
Caroline channels her creativity and all the facets of her personality into making tech applications to give people meaningful experiences. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, which includes 12 role model videos of women who are passionate about their STEM work, hobbies, families and making the world a better place.
Rachel Gitajn – Bicycle Engineer
Rachel turned her passion for art, engineering and the outdoors into a dream job designing bikes that she loves to ride. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, which includes 12 role model videos of women who are passionate about their STEM work, hobbies, families and making the world a better place.
Leila Madrone – Mechatronics Engineer
Are you intellectually curious and eager to improve the world around you? If so, you might enjoy a career as a mechatronics engineer—a combination of electrical and mechanical engineering. Discover how mechatornics engineer Leila Madrone is engineering a better world at Otherlab, where she leads an engineering team that is dedicated to improving large solar power fields. She changes the size and composition or heliostats to make low-cost and energy-efficient solar systems. Before joining Otherlab, Madrone graduated from MIT with two degrees in electrical engineering and worked at NASA, where she created a device for taking high-resolution panoramic images.
Exploring Careers in Manufacturing
Learn about high tech careers that give you the satisfaction of saying, “I did that” at the end of the day. The manufacturing industry constructs all the parts necessary to build things like engines, boats, and tools. Individuals in this industry are skilled in operating high tech machinery used to produce all of these things and much more. If you like working with technology and doing something where there is a physical product at the end of the day, then maybe the manufacturing industry is for you!
Industry Salaries & Demand
Check out the poster about wages and annual job openings.