USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo 2012 - Great Career Ideas, Inspiration & More

USA is going to witness its #-Link-Snipped-# And this time they are taking it to the next level. High School and College students, who find taking career decisions a tough task, can look forward to a big dose of career inspiration at the upcoming USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo and Book Fair hosted by Lockheed Martin that will take place April 28-29, 2012 in Washington, D.C.



“One of the focuses of the Festival is to impress upon students and their families the many exciting career opportunities available with the best job prospects for the future in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math fields,” said #-Link-Snipped-#. “Many of the top employers in the U.S. are participating in our Career Pavilion to engage with prospective future employees and tell them about the wide array of great jobs available to them if they pursue a career in one of the STEM fields, and throughout the festival we provide them with a sense of what they would experience and achieve if they pursue one of these career paths.”

With opportunities to meet pioneers like George Whitesides, President and CEO of Virgin Galactic – the ground-breaking U.S.-based space tourism company and Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal, Space X and Tesla, visitors will be able to explore exciting career options in renewable energy, robotics, space tourism, nanotechnology, virtual reality, clean technology, genetics and education. Information about degree programs available and a full spectrum of college programs including major research universities, historically black colleges and small liberal arts colleges focused on STEM, including Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Purdue University, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Michigan Technological University, The Pennsylvania State University, George Washington University – School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, George Mason University, Georgetown University, DeVry University, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Vanderbilt University, VCU School of Engineering and many more.

Take a look at Engineering.com's coverage of last year's festival -

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Another place to meet several people who are influential in the STEM fields and learn about potential careers is the Festival’s Book Fair. Award-winning Featured Authors of K-12 Science, Technology, Math and Engineering books, will participate in presentations and book signings, including, Dr. Lisa Randall, leading particle physicist in the world researching the God Particle at CERN; Dr. Walter Lewin, internationally renowned MIT physics professor whose work is seen around the world with YouTube. Several Book Fair featured authors explore scientists, their struggles and how the discoveries have impacted our world are Joel Achenbach, Thea Cooper, Holly Tucker and #-Link-Snipped-#, a book that provides engineering career advice along with resources that students need to make informed decisions about their school and degree choices.

CrazyEngineers team feels proud to be associated with USA Science & Engineering festiva 2012.