Is There an Engineer Inside You?: A comprehensive guide to career decisions in engineering. [Paperback]

Celeste Baine (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0966476301 | ISBN-13: 978-0966476309 | Publication Date: February 21, 1999

Career guidance/reference book about becoming an engineer. Describes how to prepare for engineering school, how to make it through engineering school, opportunities that exist only for beginners and describes 29 different branches of engineering. Extensive engineering society and engineering camp directory.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Engineering students are disillusioned and dropping out: this provides a practical introduction to would-be engineers covering the basics of what studies are needed, how to make it through engineering school, and career opportunities which exist only for engineers. A practical manual exploring the realities of work and career potentials." -- Midwest Book Review

"The book is written by a biomedical engineer who has first-hand experience with the challenges of becoming an engineer. The book explains what an engineer is and how a student can prepare in high school to meet the rigors of a college engineering program. -- The Science Teacher, February 2000

Features 192 pages of non nonsense smarts about studying engineering, how to make it through engineering school, the multitude of traditional and nontraditional career opportunities that exist only for engineers, how to get career related information from engineering societies, and how to best prepare for college. -- The NextSTEP Magazine, September/October 1999

From the Publisher

Is There An Engineer Inside You? is for anyone interested in an engineering career. And, it’s extremely helpful for school counselors. The book also makes a great gift for students! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Bonamy Pub (February 21, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966476301
• ISBN-13: 978-0966476309
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Celeste Baine is a biomedical engineer, the director of the Engineering Education Service Center and the award-winning author of several engineering career publications. She won the 2005 Norm Augustine Award for Engineering Communications. The award is given to an engineer who has demonstrated the capacity for communicating the excitement and wonder of engineering. She also won the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education's Engineering Dean Council's Award for the Promotion of Engineering Education and Careers. In addition, she is also listed on the National Engineers Week Web site as one of 50 engineers you should meet!

Customer Reviews

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perspective from a non-engineering science methods teacher, October 26, 1999

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Debbie K. Silver "Debbie Silver, Ed.D." (Melissa, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Is There an Engineer Inside You?: A comprehensive guide to career decisions in engineering. (Paperback)

I am not an engineer, not have I ever --even for one brief shining moment-- entertained the notion of becoming one. However, in my chosen profession as a science teaching methods educator I have had the opportunity to work with professors from the College of Engineering at my university in a collaborative effort to integrate the best instructional strategies from my area, the College of Education, with the best problem solving techniques and knowledge from their college. In an attempt to better understand the world from their perspective I picked up a copy of Celeste Baine's IS THERE AN ENGINEER INSIDE YOU? I thoroughly enjoyed it and truly gained a new appreciation for this field. This book is written at a level which can easily be understood by a lay person, and it is both engaging and entertaining. Even a non-engineering type like me can appreciate her wonderful anecdotes along with her insightful observations about her field. This book is more than just a comprehensive guide to career decisions in engineering; it is an informative, reader-friendly reference to the entire field. With exhaustive research Baine has put together a composite handbook on engineering --complete with descriptive analysis of 25 branches of engineering, several available non-traditional opportunities, and resources for those who are even thinking about getting interested in some aspect of this fast emerging and diversifying job market. Baine accomplished something no one heretofore has been able to do; she had me thinking, "Hey, maybe I'd like to be an engineer!" Even if it was only for a moment . . .

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars To much like a search engine, July 23, 2001

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w.harvey brenton (calgary, alberta Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Is There an Engineer Inside You?: A comprehensive guide to career decisions in engineering. (Paperback)

First off, let me say that if you are a young woman in high school this is certainly worth your time reading, because that is basically who this book was written for. For the most part, this book does give the reader the basics of what engineering offers, but I think the book would have been more effective and entertaining if she either tried to limit her topics or increased the length of the book. I find that most of the book starts off interesting, gives you a vague glimpse and then spends the next 130 pages telling you where to go if you want to know anything about the topic, I thought that was the whole purpose of buying this book in the first place. In my opinion, this book is like Raymond Landis' " Studying Engineering"( a book I did enjoy), without the depth. If you're looking for a book that's written with junior high-schoolers in mind, this book will give them a starting point with which to explore their interest in engineering.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and indepth information to aid career decisions., December 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Is There an Engineer Inside You?: A comprehensive guide to career decisions in engineering. (Paperback)

This is a "must have" book for anyone considering an engineering career. The book provides insights on what engineering is and what engineers do in a wide variety of engineering fields. It is very well written and easy to read. Feature Articles that highlight many of the sections are especially interesting. They provide a personal look at the engineering life and add a historical perspective. Information on engineering camps, high school preparation for students interested in engineering, and what to expect in college when you enter an engineering program is especially valuable. I strongly recommend this book for anyone who wonders what exactly it is that engineers do and whether or not they would like doing it. School counselors will also find the book very useful.