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7: Actuarial Science / President of the Society of Actuaries – Jerry Brown Sep 24, 2017

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Jerry Brown has a Math degree and pursued Actuarial Science by taking the Actuarial Tests and is now the President of the Society of Actuaries (SOA). You can now attend schools that are Centers of Excellence for actuary that provide classes designed to teach you the material you need to pass the first handful of actuary tests.

Jerry’s expertise is in investments and risk management and was the chief actuary at multiple companies. He states that you can make a lot of money and have fun doing it if you are willing to put in the work. Jerry is excited about predictive analytics and recommends regardless of you STEM degree to have some computer skills. The people that sit on the sidelines and complain at work will not be successful and you should try to get a varied education and be open to opportunities that come your way.

If interested in Actuarial Science check out the following link www.beanactuary.com
be an actuary

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6: Environmental/Civil Engineer – Mythbusters The Search – PHD Tracy Fanara Sep 17, 2017

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Tracy Fanara (Dr. Tre) PHD in Environmental Engineering and star of Mythbusters the Search talks about what Environmental Engineers do and insights into being successful. Inspector Planet A BS in Environmental/Civil as all that is required to get a job after graduation and believes if you go the non-engineering route, you need at least a masters. At most schools now Environmental and Civil engineering are combined as there is a lot of crossover and as far as a typical workday for a research scientist, well there is non which keeps the job exciting!

She recommends that you allow yourself a path and journey through college and always follow your passion and be creative with it.

Tracy likes the engineering route as the classes teach you how to finish the challenging classes and is definitely worth it to spend nights studying, the classes can be very difficult!

Some advice is to never hesitate to ask questions and very key for your first job; intern, co-op, full time is that perception is reality.

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5: IEEE President/CEO – Electronics Engineering – Karen Bartleson Sep 10, 2017

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Karen Bartleson is the IEEE CEO and President with a long history at Synopsys, an Electronic Design Automation company. She has a BS degree in Engineering Science with and emphasis in Electronic Engineering. Her original intent was to pursue Biomedical engineering but was too new of a field so she studied many disciplines. Her career started as a software engineer and worked into modeling transistors for simulation used in Integrated Circuit (IC) design. A strong belief is the advancing of technology for the benefit of humanity and she is really fired up about Ethics in technology, especially with a lot of artificial intelligence (AI) coming our way. A paper brought up during the discussion was Ethically Aligned Design: Ethics
Karen says, never pass over opportunities and you need courage to get through college.
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4: VP of Engineering – Joe Pfaff – Electrical Engineer and Masters in Business Sep 03, 2017

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Joe Pfaff is the VP of engineering for off road vehicles at Husco International. He has an Electrical Engineering Degree and an MBA (Masters of Business Administration). Multi-domain fluency is key, and those engineers that can cross over between mechanical, electrical, and software very valuable. Disruption of whole industries are being taken over by the digital domain, that is firing Joe up. Joe also talks about an Ah-ha moment where they decided to quit complaining and just figure out how to do it! Also find out about the 4 C’s; Creativity, Capability, Communication and Collaboration and always be humble so you and your team can find the best solution.
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3: Biomedical Engineering – Kayla Carter engineering and track Aug 27, 2017

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Kayla Carter is a Biomedical Engineer who balanced a track scholarship and engineering through college and talks about how it is important to fully utilize your support network.

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2: Computer Engineering – Aaron Hartwig a recent computer engineering graduate Aug 16, 2017

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Aaron Hartwig is a recent Computer Engineering graduate working at GE Healthcare in the Computed Tomography (CT) Group doing Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design using the VHDL language. Aaron did not write any code until college but found his passion through various courses in college.

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1: Mechanical Engineering – Mike Gilling a recent mechanical engineering graduate. Aug 16, 2017

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Mike Gilling is a recent a Mechanical Engineer working at Husco International in hydraulic design. Mike provides insights on getting through college and what attributes are needed to be successful in college and launching your career.
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0: Introduction to the “STEM on FIRE” Podcast Aug 15, 2017

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Episode 0 provides a background of myself (Jeff Nigh), why I created the podcast and an overview of the podcast flow.
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