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Career Guidance
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET): http://www.abet.org/index.shtml
- This organization provides accreditation for "applied science, computing, engineering, and technology education."
- Ask Polaris, http://www.askpolaris.org/
- This website was made by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) to give high school students information about aerospace engineering and guidance in choosing courses and a college.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook page on engineering: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm
- Contains details on each segment of the profession including aerospace engineering.
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Occupational employment and wages estimates for aerospace engineers: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172011.htm
- The Occupational Outlook Handbook can be ordered in print form as well: http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_Order_information.htm
- Career guidance from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=119
- The Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) career assessment tool: http://www.jets.org/programs/assess/
- This tool helps students to determine whether engineering would suit them as a career, and if so, what type of engineering would be best.
- National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES): http://www.ncees.org/
- The National Reconnaissance Office's "Team Recon" site for high school students: http://www.nrojr.gov/teamrecon/resource-template.html
- This site offers information on the NRO and career possibilities, including engineering of air and pace reconnaissance tools. Included are lists of recommended books and articles, videos, and photos.
- National Society of Professional Engineers: http://www.nspe.org/index.html
- Resources for current licensed members of the profession as well as educators and students.
- Occupational Information Network (O*NET), Aerospace Engineers page: http://online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/17-2011.00
- This is a an occupational information resource by the North Carolina Employment Security Commission funded by the US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration.
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