Video:Explore the range of technology fields you can enter. Find out what they're all about, real-world applications, and typical jobs you can get.
Aerospace Technology
Advances in aerospace technology mean stronger, smarter vehicles for air travel and space exploration. It's the technology used to launch spacecraft and to operate high-speed aircraft, ground-support equipment, and global communication and navigation systems. Expanded information
Agricultural Technology
Agricultural technology is adding laptops and global positioning systems to traditional field equipment like tractors and plows. It's using technology to measure every aspect of food production and make the most of natural resources. Expanded information
Biotechnology
Biotechnology uses the basic ingredients of life — cells, genes, and bacteria — to engineer new food and drugs, map the human genome, and find ways to prevent disease and detect biological threats. It's also discovering how to manufacture and replace parts of the human anatomy. Expanded information
Construction Engineering
Construction engineering technology combines design, civil engineering, and technology to plan, manage, and create safe living and working environments. It's at work in the design and construction of buildings, roads, tunnels, mass-transit systems, canals, water-treatment facilities, dams, bridges, and airports. Expanded information
Engineering Technology
From electronics and mechanics to jet engines and spacecraft, engineering technology designs the systems and equipment that run our world. This broad field, with its many subspecialties, applies principles of math, science, and technology to understanding the way things work. Expanded information
Environmental Technology
Environmental technology enables us to understand things like climate change, air quality, and the sustainability of natural resources. It's used to study, monitor, and curb the effects of human activity on the environment, and to harness renewable sources of energy. Expanded information
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
GIS and GPS have literally put sophisticated mapping technology at our fingertips. GPS uses geography and satellite technology to locate and navigate different positions. Its companion technology, GIS, then creates computer-generated maps of land and ocean environments that are otherwise impossible to see. Expanded information
Information Technology
Information technology (IT) is at the heart of the computerized and wireless world in which we live. It's both an industry — responsible for the production of the computer hardware and software behind electronic information gathering, sharing, and dissemination — and an enabling technology for every other technology field today. IT is used to create, store, and exchange just about any kind of information: business data, voice communication, photographs, even motion pictures. Expanded information
Manufacturing Technology
The food we eat, the cars we drive, and the computers and medicine that make our lives safer and more convenient — all are the end result of a sophisticated manufacturing process. Manufacturing technology, which creates computers, semiconductors, and their parts, is behind it all. It applies mechanical and technical skills to the building of state-of-the-art equipment, machines, and production systems. Expanded information
Marine Technology
Marine technology combines science, engineering, and technology to explore the underwater world. Marine technicians use submersible robots, sonar, and underwater satellites to map and understand marine environments and habitats, climate change, and natural energy resources. Expanded information
Microtechnology and Nanotechnology
Microtechnology takes traditional devices and allows them to be operated on a miniature level. The technology that engineered the original camcorder and computer now makes it possible to hold them in the palm of your hand. Nanotechnology — technology at one-billionth of a meter — is taking miniturization one step further, researching ways to make the tiniest devices imaginable. Expanded information
Process and Chemical Technology
Process technology takes raw materials like oil and natural gas, breaks them down, and then combines and refines them to make everything from traditional fuel to the newest forms of portable power. Chemical technology picks up where process technology leaves off; it analyzes chemicals for purity of ingredients once they've been processed. Expanded information
Transportation Technology
Transportation technology moves people, products, and services from one point to another — whether by car, truck, plane, train, or bike. It's about the way things travel, the vehicles and devices we use, and the impact transportation systems have on the environment. Expanded information