Educational Links

Career Information

www.labor.state.ny.us/apprenticeship/appindex.shtm or www.labor.state.ny.us (click on Working in NY and then Apprenticeship) 
NYS Department of Labor: Information on Apprenticeship Programs in New York.

www.constructmyfuture.com
The AED Foundation, The Association of Equipment Manufacturers, and The Associated General Contractors of America: Learn about careers in construction. Information for students, teachers, and parents. 

www.discoverengineering.org
Discover Engineering: A site packed with activities and career information. Learn about the science behind sports, try a roller coaster design activity, and learn about the different types of engineering. 

www.nae.edu/nae/cwe/cwemain.nsf
The National Academy of Engineering: Celebration of Women in Engineering, from the National Academy of Sciences. Includes gallery of women engineers, career resources, contests, and other opportunities. 

www.salary.com
Find out average salaries for any occupation. 


College Prep

www.collegelink.com 
The College Board: Online Registration for SAT and help with essay preparation. 

www.collegequest.com
Peterson's College Quest: Includes a personal organizer, practice tests for the SAT and ACT and discussion groups. 

www.embark.com 
Embark: Includes online "lockers" where students can store applications in progress and results of searches. 

www.naab.org/cal_cat1724/cal_cat.htm 
National Architectural Accrediting Board: Lists all colleges and universities offering accredited architecture programs.

www.xap.com 
Xap: Gives students a head start on admissions process, leading students through a series of questions about types of colleges they are interested in and high school courses. 


Colleges

www.collegenet.com 
CollegeNet: Search engine for college-related websites. 

www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool 
National Center for Education Statistics: A database of 9,000 colleges.

www.usnews.com/usnews/edu 
US News: Annual rankings of colleges and database. 


Fun Stuff

www.chicagolandeweek.org
e-WEEK Chicago Committee: Ad-hoc consortium of Chicago-area engineering societies established to celebrate National Engineers Week. Conducts several student outreach activities including the Future City Competition.

www.discoverengineering.org
Discover Engineering: A site packed with activities and career information. Learn about the science behind sports, try a roller coaster design activity, and learn about the different types of engineering. 

www.eweek.org 
National Engineers Week: Activities, events, and resources for promoting and learning about engineering. 

www.greatbuildings.com 
A huge library of great buildings from around the world. Includes photographs, basic info, and even 3D models. 

www.howstuffworks.com/bridge1.htm 
How Stuff Works: Explains and illustrates major bridge types. Great graphics and explanations. 

www.howstuffworks.com/tower-crane.htm 
How Stuff Works: Explains and illustrates how a tower crane works. Great graphics, photos, and explanations.

www.lsc.org/engineering/engineering.html 
Liberty Science Center: Links and blurbs about different types of engineering. 

www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig
PBS: Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with Building Big™, a five-part PBS television series and interactive website. Covers bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels. 

www.sears-tower.com
Sears Tower. 

www.searstower.org 
Info and photos of one of the world's tallest buildings. 

www.skyscraperpage.com
Database of scale diagrams of tall buildings from around the world. Over 2000, organized by region and searchable.


Professional Societies

www.aacei.org
The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering: Professional organization that promotes cost engineering, value engineering, economic analysis and project management methods.

www.agc.org
Associated General Contractors of America: AGC comprises over 33,000 members including general contractors, specialty contractors, suppliers and service providers in 100 chapters throughout the nation. 

www.asce.org 
American Society of Civil Engineers: ASCE represents civil engineers worldwide, and is America's oldest national engineering society. 

www.asla.org
American Society of Landscape Architects: The mission of the American Society of Landscape Architects is to lead, to educate and to participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning and artful design of our cultural and natural environments.

www.asme.org 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers: Organization for promoting the art, science and practice of mechanical engineering throughout the world.

www.awis.org 
Association for Women in Science: AWIS is dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science.

www.gbcnys.agc.org
General Building Contractors of New York State: GBC is the building chapter of the Associated General Contractors of New York State. Located in Albany, GBC provides a complete line of services to contractors throughout the state and offers scholarships to students currently enrolled in construction-related majors.

www.ieeeusa.org
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Organization promoting electrical engineering in the USA. 

www.ncsea.com
National Council of Structural Engineers Associations: Professional society representing the Licensed Structural Engineers throughout the country.

www.nsbe.org
National Society of Black Engineers: NSBE's mission is to increase the number of culturally responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community. 

www.nspe.org
The National Society of Professional Engineers: This engineering society represents individual engineering professionals and licensed engineers (PEs) across all disciplines.

www.shpe.org
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers: Founded in 1974 by a group of engineers employed by the city of Los Angeles. Their objective was to form a national organization of professional engineers to serve as role models in the Hispanic community. 

www.nawic.org
The National Association of Women in Construction: Serving the needs of women in the construction industry.