Careers To Explore
Read about some of the most promising careers that you may not have considered!

Nuclear Medicine Technologist
A highly specialized healthcare professional who works closely with the nuclear medicine physician.

Some of the technologist’s primary responsibilities are to:
• Prepare and administer radioactive chemical compounds, known as radiopharmaceuticals
• Perform patient imaging procedures using sophisticated radiation-detecting instrumentation
• Accomplish computer processing and image enhancement
• Analyze biologic specimens in the laboratory
• Provide images, data analysis, and patient information to the physician for diagnostic interpretation.

During an imaging procedure, the technologist works directly with the patient. The technologist:
• Gains the patient’s confidence by obtaining pertinent history, describing the procedure and answering any questions
• Monitors the patient’s physical condition during the course of the procedure
• Notes any specific patient comments which might indicate the need for additional images or might be useful to the physician in interpreting the results of the procedure.


Artificial Intelligence
The area of computer science focusing on creating machines that can engage on behaviors that humans consider intelligent. Researchers are creating systems which can mimic human thought, understand speech, beat the best human chess player, and countless other feats never before possible. AI is a broad topic, consisting of different fields, from machine vision to expert systems. The element that the fields of AI have in common is the creation of machines that can "think".


Medical Device Engineer
Will play a key role in the development of nano-structured polymeric and composite materials, and the application thereof in new applications and products in the field of medical device engineering, drug-delivery systems and cell cultivation systems.

Key tasks involve identification and evaluation of existing technologies and liaising with external partners. In addition, to be responsible for all activities concerning the approval of products on international markets (will develop approval strategies, compile product documentation under recognition of market specific requirements and manage the approval process until product clearance). In customer projects, will act as junior project leader responsible for all communication with the relevant international authorities.


Ceramics Engineer
As a ceramic engineer, you may:
• Develop improved heat tiles to protect the space shuttle and the future supersonic space plane from the searing heat of reentry into the earth's atmosphere.
• Produce ceramic teeth, bones, and joints to replace parts of the human body or improve advanced medical equipment to continue research in the way against disease.
• Help make innovative, ultra-fast computer systems using ceramic superconductors, lasers, and glass optical fibers.
• Develop materials to enclose and support aircraft engines that run at high temperatures.
• Improve fiber optic cables that allow doctors to see inside the human body and permit the human voice to travel thousands of miles under the ocean without distortion.
• Discover new ways to use ceramics to build highways and bridges, or to carry water and waste to treatment plants.


Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security takes the lead in evaluating vulnerabilities and coordinating with other federal, state, local and private entities to ensure the most effective response.

Much of this task involves assessing critical infrastructure, the physical and virtual assets, systems, and networks so vital that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, public health or safety. Central to this task is collecting, protecting, evaluating and disseminating information to the American public, to state and local governments and to the private sector.


Corrections Officer
The duties of a correctional officer can vary, but they often include:
• Maintaining order and discipline within the institution
• Enforcing facility rules, regulations, and applicable legislation
• Searching inmates and environs for contraband
• Transporting inmates to courts, other correctional facilities, or into the community (e.g. medical appointments, escorted day-pass, etc.)
• Providing first-response in the event of riot, fire, medical emergency, etc.
• Tactical response for ongoing emergencies, such as riot, hostage taking, or other major crisis


Textile Design
Work in knit, weave and print to create two-dimensional designs that can be produced in a design repeat for the production of commercial or artistic fabrics or textile products.

Working in both industrial and non-industrial locations, they often specialize, or work in a specialist context, within the textile industry. The two major fields are:
• interiors (upholstery, soft furnishings and carpets);
• fabrics for clothing (fashion or specialist, e.g. fire-proof).

Textile designers may also work in associated industry functions, for example, designing wrapping paper, packaging, greetings cards and ceramics.

Many textile designers are self-employed, while others work as part of a design team.


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