By: Jake Meikel<\/p>\n
It all starts with an idea. Then that idea invoked a plan. In due time, what started out as a concept becomes a brand new piece of technological innovation.<\/p>\n
The department of engineering technology is very hands on when it comes to learning. Direct collaboration between students and instructors is why students are just as prepared for their career fields as any other majors at Western according to assistant professor Wes Moore<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do have a really good career path,\u201d Moore said. \u201cThey\u2019ve got a lot of opportunities to choose from.\u201d<\/p>\n Companies such as Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.<\/a> Altec Industries, Inc.<\/a> and Herzog Contracting Corporation<\/a> offer internships to students and often offered full-time careers once they receive their degrees.<\/p>\n The most difficult challenge that students will face during their tenure is an ever-changing curriculum because technology frequently changes.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause technology does change pretty fast, there are certain basic skills that I want students to learn,\u201d Moore said. \u201cThen they\u2019re going to have to keep up with technological changes all throughout their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n Adapting to regular changes in the field have professors on their toes; they are prepared for the best and the worst.<\/p>\n With some of the best equipment one can buy, students are given the best of tools to keep up with the evolution. What is considered \u201cstate-of-the-art\u201d equipment is at the disposal for all students in order to troubleshoot and have the best hands-on experience possible.<\/p>\n The most significant aspect of being a part of the program is the recognition students are able to receive for their outstanding work.<\/p>\n Societies such as The American Society of Civil Engineers<\/a> and The Society of Manufacturing Engineers<\/a> are welcoming of these students\u2019 groundbreaking work. Students at Western have been recognized nationally by external technical societies through undergraduate awards.<\/p>\n Piecing together how they do it and why they do it isn\u2019t so simple. Their work is complex for the average human being, but the relationships built between student and faculty is as simplistic as it gets. It is being an applied learner that is the core value of being a student at Western.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: Jake Meikel It all starts with an idea. Then that idea invoked a plan. In due time, what started out as a concept becomes a brand new piece of technological innovation. The department of engineering technology is very hands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[204],"tags":[742,745,744,743],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4744,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions\/4744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/yearbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}