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My Top 5 Potential Jobs

Biomedical Engineer--$91,200 (US Anual Mean Wage)----$92,260 (Michigan Anual Mean Wage)
Mechanical Engineer--$84,770 (US Anual Mean Wage)----$83,550 (Michigan Anual Mean Wage)
Dentist-------------------$166,910 (US Anual Mean Wage)---$168,000 (Michigan Anual Mean Wage)
Surgeon------------------$230,540 (US Anual Mean Wage)--$231,550 (Michigan Anual Mean Wage)
Aerospace Engineer----$104,810 (US Anual Mean Wage)--$103,870 (Michigan Anual Mean Wage)

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     I interviewed my mom for this perticular interview.  The first question i asked her was if she liked her job or not. She said yes she loves her job, which is good because the majority of adults do not like there job. She says, "She works as a mechanical engineer for Dana Corporation". Her education she needed to work at this job was a bachalor degree in engineering. She got her degree at University of Toledo.

     I also interviewed my dad, The first question i asked him was also if he liked his job or not he said yes he really enjoys his job. He works as a mechanical engineer for a solar company called xunlite. His education he needed to work at this job was a bachalor degree in engineering. He also got his degree at University of Toledo.


Brendan McClanahan

Emerging Technologies

3-D Printing/ On Line Electric vehicles

            3-D printing is a revolutionary manufacturing process where the design for any object, from parts, jewelry, or toys, from a computer program can be digitally transmitted to the printer that makes the parts out of multiple materials like, plastic, metal, or ceramic. 3-D printers have rapidly evolved in recent years, becoming smaller, faster, and cheaper. A basic, microwave-size 3-D printer costs less than $1,000, making almost anyone a potential manufacturer.

           Tonight Show host Jay Leno used a $30,000 device to print hard to find parts for his collection of classic cars. It is amazing that there can be rare expensive parts for his car at the push of a button for a relatively cheap cost for the material used.

          There are several types of 3D printers. They may use different materials, but all involve mostly the same approach for 3-D printing an object: transferring a substance in multiple layers onto a building surface, beginning with the bottom layer and working the way up till completed.

          Before the printing can occur, a person must create a 3D image of the item they want to be 3-D printed using a computer-assisted design drafting program (CAD). That object in the program is then “sliced” into hundreds or thousands of horizontal layers, which are placed one on top of the other until the completed object becomes the 3-D image created in the software.

          One type, called selective laser sintering, involves heating and liquefying solid ground up material with a laser in a specific pattern for each slice in the program. Then the process is repeating over and over again with new layers until completed. This technique could be used in creating objects with more diverse materials. Another type of 3-D printer of uses UV light to cure layers of resin. While others deposit material much like an automated glue gun.

          A Dutch architect named Ruijssenaars, intends to 3D print a house. He plans to use a massive 3-D printer that deposits sand and a binding agent in layers about five to 10 millimeters thick. This then creates six-by-nine-meter sections of a stone-like material. Those blocks will then be used to construct the home.

          As you can tell the options with this technology are endless and that is why I believe this technology will soon take off and become a common technology used in even households.

           There are now new technologies that convert unwanted CO₂ into usably goods that can possibly help address both the economic the energy problems in our world. One of the most promising approaches uses biologically engineered photosynthetic bacteria who turn waste CO₂ into liquid fuels or chemicals, in a low-cost, machine called a solar converter system.

          Some of these massive systems are expected to reach hundreds of acres within a few years. Going from 10 to 100 times as efficient in making these usable chemicals, these systems can potentially help solve one of the main environmental limitations on biofuels from agricultural or even from feedstock, and could supply fuel for cars, trucks, planes, etc.

          This technology potentially has the ability to efficiently produce useful fuel out of the natural everyday waste products.

          http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/10/how-does-3d-printing-work/

            http://arpa-e.energy.gov/?q=arpa-e-projects/converting-co2-fuel-and-chemicals