Careers for Investigative people

A food science technologist provides accurate nutritional information for food labeling, does shelf-life studies, tests the safety and quality of food, develops recipes using newly-discovered ingredients, modifies foods such as creating fat-free varieties, and uses panels or consumers to evaluate products.

The field of engineering as a whole is an innovative field - coming up with ideas leading to everything from skyscrapers and automobiles, to aerospace and sonar.

Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms, and can focus on so many things - how an organism has come to exist, how it is built, how it grows, how it functions, what it does, or where it lives.

Whether it be in a university setting doing research, in a laboratory performing tests, or at a farm operation designing new methods for optimum yield and herd management, animal scientists are busy ensuring agricultural productivity and food safety.

If you are interested in designing and building machines that fly, this career may be the right choice for you!

Industrial engineers find ways to eliminate wastefulness in production processes.

A naval architect is someone who designs, builds, and maintains several different types of marine vessels and structures, and makes water travel possible.

The road to becoming a computer programmer typically begins with a keen interest in technology, and an almost insatiable curiosity about the language of computers.

Are you a computer geek?

A nuclear engineer researches and develops the processes, instruments, and systems used to get benefits from nuclear energy and radiation.

A geospatial information scientist is someone who studies and analyzes how people utilize the physical space around them.

An environmental engineer uses the principles of engineering, soil science, biology, and chemistry to develop solutions to environmental problems.

Photonics is the science of using light to generate energy, detect information, or transmit information.

A soil and plant scientist is someone who works in the agricultural field studying the different compositions of soil and the effects they have on plant life, crops, and the national food supply.