Sunday, February 2, 2014

Mechanical, robotics engineers see demand

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, mechanical engineering, which includes fields such as robotics, is ranked fifth on its list of most in-demand bachelor’s degrees for its “Job Outlook 2013” survey, right after finance, computer and information science, accounting and business administration/management.

“Since mechanical engineering is one of the broadest and most versatile of the engineering professions, mechanical engineering graduates are expected to have the shortest post-graduation job searches, particularly in Houston and Texas, where the economy is burgeoning at a much higher speed than the national average,” said Dong Liu, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, mechanical engineers should experience faster than average growth due to their remaining involved in various manufacturing industries – specifically transportation equipment and machinery manufacturing.

A key factor in this development is the growing demand for the machines these engineers design, as well as the emergence of new technologies.

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