The biotech industry is one of today’s most exciting and swiftly evolving fields. This informative guide explains the sorts of courses and extracurricular activities that are required or strongly encouraged when laying the foundation for a biotech career. The book explores the various areas of biotechnology—from bioinformatics, immunology, and microbiology to industrial biotechnology and biomedical and genetic engineering—and explains the specific educational and experiential requirements for each type of biotech job and its typical duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Also included are tips for professional development, advancement, and lifelong learning. A great resource for STEM-focused students!

This book presents a structured model of performance management; provides practical materials including questionnaires and case studies; outlines a dynamic approach supported by pragmatic experience within international organizations; and puts forward material based upon leading edge research.

Jobs in nanotechnology are STEM-related careers, and opportunities are expanding rapidly. Scientists imagine using nanoscale science to better understand and enhance the fields of medicine, imaging, computing, printing, chemical manufacturing, and material science. A profession in nanoscale science might involve the development of increasingly small medical devices, the design of improved automobile or aeronautical manufacturing processes, the creation of new cosmetics or fabrics, or the production of faster and smaller computers. Readers explore a multitude of nanotechology jobs, most of which focus on atom and molecules. Career preparation, education requirements, and job search strategies are highlighted.

This intriguing book will pique the interest of all young people, regardless of whether they are technically inclined. The reason is that robots are all around us and will only gain in popularity. This title educates readers on the various careers in the robotics industry, from building robots to the back end work. There’s a place for everyone, from the mathematically inclined to the artistically gifted. With STEM being a major focus of today’s educators, this book will surely be a hit with students and librarians alike.

While the continued growth of the Internet has opened unprecedented possibilities for users, it has been accompanied by an upsurge in data breaches and cyberattacks that continue to threaten ordinary individuals as well as banks, businesses, and international relations. As we explore the still-uncharted frontiers of the web, the demand for professionals who can develop software, monitor electronic data, test systems for vulnerabilities, and more has skyrocketed. This volume guides readers past the firewalls and shows them what it takes to become an entry-level worker and how to climb the ladder to become a specialist in the ever-expanding field of cybersecurity.

This book introduces readers to a career in the STEM field of artificial intelligence, focusing on the educational paths, classes, after-school activities, and resources that would help them get into a career in artificial intelligence. It also covers a range of careers in the artificial intelligence field, from creating robots to programming virtual A.I. This book also touches on some of the current limitations of and issues surrounding the creation and use of artificial intelligence.

Software developers and programmers are vital players in the realm of computers and information technology, building the programs and systems that drive much of what people do in today’s tech-intensive world. Whatever their role and work environment, software technologists are engaged in highly rewarding work in terms of both income and contributions to society. This guide introduces readers to some of the fascinating opportunities available in this cutting-edge field, outlining the skills and training necessary to become a top-notch software developer or programmer.

Former chief scientist Alan Finkel shares his compelling insights and expertise and makes the case for Australia leading the way in the global transition to clean energy. The clean energy transition is humanity's biggest ever economic challenge. In Powering Up, former Australian chief scientist Alan Finkel shows how to remove the barriers that prevent nations transforming from petrostate to electrostate. Finkel considers the entire supply chain, from raw materials through power infrastructure, the workforce, transportation and household customers. He reveals the outlines of a new geo-economic order and explains in persuasive, practical terms how we can get there. If governments, investors, industry and consumers get this right over the next three decades, history will judge us as the generation who ushered in the Electric Age and helped to save the planet. The world will be transformed – with Australia, if we seize the opportunity, as a global leader.

With growing concerns about the security, cost, and ecological consequences of energy use, people around the world are becoming more conscious of the systems that meet their daily needs for food, heat, cooling, light, transportation, communication, waste disposal, medicine, and goods. Powering Up Canada is the first book to examine in detail how various sources of power, fuel, and energy have sustained Canadians over time and played a pivotal role in their history. Powering Up Canada investigates the ways that the production, processing, transportation, use, and waste issues of various forms of energy changed over time, transforming almost every aspect of society in the process. Chapters in the book's first part explore the energies of the organic regime – food, animal muscle, water, wind, and firewood-- while those in the second part focus on the coal, oil, gas, hydroelectricity, and nuclear power that define the mineral regime. Contributors identify both continuities and disparities in Canada’s changing energy landscape in this first full overview of the country’s distinctive energy history. Reaching across disciplinary boundaries, these essays not only demonstrate why and how energy serves as a lens through which to better understand the country’s history, but also provide ways of thinking about some of its most pressing contemporary concerns. Engaging Canadians in an urgent international discussion on the social and environmental history of energy production and use – and its profound impact on human society – Powering Up Canada details the nature and significance of energy in the past, present, and future. Contributors include Jenny Clayton (University of Victoria), George Colpitts (University of Calgary), Colin Duncan (Queen’s University), J.I. Little (Emeritus, Simon Fraser University), Joanna Dean (Carleton University), Matthew Evenden (University of British Columbia), Laurel Sefton MacDowell (Emerita, University of Toronto Mississauga), Joshua MacFadyen (Arizona State University), Eric Sager (University of Victoria), Jonathan Peyton (University of Manitoba), Steve Penfold (University of Toronto), Philip van Huizen (McMaster University), Andrew Watson (University of Saskatchewan), and Lucas Wilson (independent scholar).