Different Engineer Careers – Building a better career at LETU.


Robert Gilmour LeTourneau was the “Dean of Earthmoving”, inventing earthmoving equipment and machinery that paved the way worldwide for much of the earthmoving equipment used today. Over his lifetime, he earned 300 patents. At LETU, we’ve continued his dedication to engineering and Christian values with state-of-the-art facilities and applied innovation. And our students have fun doing it.

You can be an earthmover too—in whatever engineering concentration you choose. LETU can help you make the things you dream of come to be. Start a career in engineering at LETU and take the first step towards a future made better by your success. What type of engineer can you become?

Engineering Careers

Engineering careers start with your Engineering concentration. You can also start or continue your education in the Masters of Science in Engineering at LETU.

Here are the concentrations that LETU offers for Bachelor of Science, Engineering:

Biomedical Concentration (BME)

With a biomedical engineering degree, your engineering skills and education will be focused on solving problems for medicine and biological sciences. Bioengineers study human biology and movement to help increase performance across industries. As a bioengineer, you can work in a wide variety of professions. You can even work with professional athletes to help them use their bodies most efficiently.

Ever think of designing a better prosthetic or thinking up better ways to diagnose and treat diseases? Classes include gaining deep insight into human life. For example, you'll study human anatomy and physiology as well as fluid mechanics. 

Civil Concentration (CVE)

The world keeps evolving, but the infrastructure we rely on ages. While ancient structures may still exist, better ways and newer versions of the building blocks of society are constantly in demand. Whether it's designing cities and highways or thinking of ways to repair aging dams, there are endless needs for civil engineers.

Civil engineers work across private and public sectors to help secure public safety, preserve the environment, and help cities and states adapt to change. Talk about earth-movers! 

Computer Concentration (CE)

Beyond boot camps for coding, a computer engineering degree empowers you to have the career flexibility and movement to excel. Computer engineers learn how to:

  • write software or "programming"

  • design computing systems

  • design microprocessors and microcomputers

  • design computers

Even if you choose to go into coding, with a B.S. in computer engineering, your perspective includes a broader range of knowledge. 

At LETU, you get a strong theoretical knowledge base and hands-on computer engineering skills. 

The CE concentration is a great path to becoming a software or systems engineer. It's also an opening to cutting-edge careers. Graduates have used the CE major to design telecommunications and robotics projects. 

Electrical Concentration (EE) 

Wonder what it's like to work on robotics or ever feel the irresistible need to crack open your latest smartphone? An electrical engineer can work hands-on in the mechanical insides of the things we rely on every day and the latest technology. It may sound like an electrical engineer works exclusively with machines and parts operated by electricity. However, an electrical engineer also works on the systems that depend on electricity.

Some of the more systems-based areas of study in electrical engineering are: 

  • applied automation (control systems theory)

  • communication systems (information theory)

  • photonics

You will study theory and practice at LETU, culminating in a senior project. Students have used their electrical engineering concentration to create prototypical projects in robotics, biosensors and much more. There's plenty of space for experimentation with dedicated lab space for electrical and computer engineering.

Materials Joining Concentration (MJE)

Like to think across disciplines and figure out the nuts, bolts and electrical components of structures and systems? Materials joining concentration majors do exactly that. This is a uniquely hybridized program that allows a broad range of engineering studies to come together. 

Joined structures and components, huge to compact, require comprehensive understanding. In an MJE program, you will study the following to apply them to the development and management of joining technologies and structures: 

  • fundamental principles of materials

  • fundamental principles of mechanical engineering

  • fundamental principles of structural engineering

  • fundamental principles of electrical engineering

Skills that come out of your B.S. in Materials Joining Engineering include: 

  • materials selection

  • assessment and characterization of welding and weldability

  • procedure development and evaluation

  • automation and control of processes

  • design of joined structures and components

  • inspection, testing, and analysis of joined structures and components

What is Materials Joining?

Materials joining includes a number of processes and methods to join materials or electronics including: 

  • welding

  • brazing

  • soldering

  • adhesive bonding

  • mechanical fastening 

Mechanical Concentration (ME)

If you’re interested in a diversity of engineering concepts, consider a mechanical engineering concentration. If it's a vehicle, power system or machine then a mechanical engineer is involved in the design, development and manufacturing of it.

Mechanical engineers design some of the most amazing technologies from vehicles to jet engines. There are a number of challenging, fun projects available to LETU's mechanical engineering students. In keeping with the Christian devotion to service and helping the world be a better community, students can participate in innovating all-terrain wheelchairs for Guatemalans. Or, participate in the SAE Mini Baja Project where you design, build and race off-road vehicles. 

Some of the many mechanical engineer careers in addition to mechanical engineer are: 

  • project, product or design engineer

  • manufacturing or manufacturing processes engineer

  • aerospace engineer

  • mechanical design engineer

Unsure what kind of engineer to become?

Love math, science, building things or understanding and improving on processes? You may not know what kind of engineer you want to be. That's okay. At LETU, we can help you learn the theory and hands-on skills needed to explore the right engineering concentration for you. 

We also have advanced degrees in engineering, engineering management and chemistry with an engineering concentration.

If you know you want to advance quickly, LETU has options to finish your B.S. and M.S. in as little as five years. You learn in a top-tier environment of laudable academics and experienced professionals, so you are prepared to start a career the moment you graduate.

Learn more about Engineering and Engineering Technology opportunities at LETU. 

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