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Welcome to Brenton Baxley's page about the career of ﻿Mechanical Engineering.

 Name: // Jason Migliaccio //
 * 1) Summary of Mechanical Engineering career-  Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines, and other mechanically functioning equipment. Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of such equipment as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems.
 * 2) Salary Overview-
 * 3) ﻿Average Annual Salary---$80,580
 * 4) Average Hourly Wage$38.74
 * 5) Total Employment-232,660
 * 6) Required schooling- ﻿Bachelor's degree required for most entry level jobs. Continuing education and training is necessary for improving value to employers.
 * 7) ﻿Where can i find this career- ﻿This career is offered virtually everywhere in the United States. Two states with the most Mechanical engineers are Michigan and California. florida also has quite a large amount of mechanical engineers.
 * 8) Some Colleges offering this degree-
 * 9) ﻿University of Central Florida- Offers Bachellors degree for mechanical engneering. Not far from home so good weather and familliar places. School has specific program for studying engineers to help each other out. Not very expensive compred to other engineering colleges and universities.[[image:http://www.daytonastate.edu/secenter/images/ucf_logo.jpg]]
 * 10) University of Southern Florida- Offers a masters in mechanical engineering. USF is located in tampa bay florida so it is not far from home
 * 11) Florida Institute of Technology- Offers Bachellors, masters, and P.H.D. in mechanical engineering. FIT is very close to home. FIT is also a private school so it is expensive and hard to get into.[[image:http://www.baseball-almanac.com/images/florida_tech.gif width="212" height="110"]]

<span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; cursor: hand;">Profession : // Chief Engineer  //

Do you like your job? // Yes //

Positive about the job: // It is very rewarding to form an idea in my head and see it turn into functioning machinery. //

Negatives about the job: // It can be very demanding at times meeting schedules and budgets, especially if there are many projects going on at once. //

What are your job roles and title? // I am responsible for all machine design for major projects within the company, as well as project management. I also am responsible for all engineering standards as well as staffing for the department. My title is Chief Engineer //

What are the most important skills/talents/certifications for accomplishing your job? // I good understanding of basic engineering principals. As a design engineer, I try to use my degrees as much as possible in the performance of my job. //

How much do you make a week? a year? // Mechanical engineers can earn from $40,000 to $140,000 depending on the specific job, the company and the level of experience of the individual. //

Do you find it easy or hard to live off of your salary? // Easy, but that has nothing to do with how much or little I make. It has to do with how much I spend relative to what I make. This is true with any profession. //

Are you required to continue trainning/progressing in your education to remain competitive and capable to do your job? // Required? No, but it is in my best interest to do so. I personally like engineering, and like learning about it. // If so, what sort of training is required? // I refer to my college textbooks a lot. Regardless of advances in technology, the basic laws of physics and calculus do not change, and they are the foundation of all engineering. //

Do you find your field in high demmand(competitive), not enough well qualified persons, or are their too many people within your field? // In this area, there are probably too many engineers due to the ending of the space program. //

If you could go back to college and re-do your careerr choice, would you? Why? // Good question. Maybe. I am a pilot and my first love is flying. If I had to choose between engineering and flying, I'd choose flying, however I like the intellectual challenge of engineering and would not want to give that up. I believe I have a much better understanding about how the world works after being an engineer for 25 years. //

Would you reccomend this career to others? // It depends on the individual. To excel at this field, you have to truly love it. You have to have a mechanical mind. You have to enjoy getting your hands dirty. You have to think in numbers and equations. If you only do it because you want to make money and don't have any of those other traits, chances are you will not be a good engineer. I have met many of them and only a select few would I say were good "natural born" engineers. //

Is there a specific job that sticks out in your mind if so please describe. // I'm not sure I understand the question. If you mean a specific project, yes. It was called SPM. Ask Dave about it. If you mean a specific task, then I would have to say predicting what will happen based on engineering analysis, and proving the theory with actual testing and product performance. //

Do you have any advice for an aspiring engineer? // Learn how to think like an engineer. Learn to look at a problem and apply engineering theory to solve it. Almost any practical problem can be solved by simple laws of physics and calculus. Do not shoot from the hip, or except the words of "experts" as gospel. Know what you want from this career and go get it. //

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<span style="color: #003ef0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"><span class="tool_description"> USF.www.USF.edu. 3/11/2011  <span style="color: #003ef0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"><span class="tool_description"> UCF.www.UCF.edu. 3/11/2011  <span style="color: #003ef0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"><span class="tool_description"> FIT.www.FIT.edu.3/11/2011