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flow of information and an online
tional activity, professional
website. She later joined the
engineers often have the
University of Bahrain to
opportunity to travel
"Problem
start working on the
abroad.
solving is its
development of a new
9) The profesown reward. But it's
portal for the Deansional engineers'
ship of Admissions
combined sk ills
not enough, for me at
and Registration.
of numeracy, creleast. I want to make
"Engineering is
ativity, scientific
something
the art of solving
k nowle dge , a nd
that works."
problems," she says.
team-working make
"In order to make a
them "hot" assets to
program that does X,
industrial and business
I have to figure out how
employers.
to write some code that do X."
10) Engineers are the leadPuzzling out these solutions is both
ers in technical innovation. It is
an intellectual challenge and a game.
making an increasing impact on
Am I smart enough to do this? What
advances in such fields as mediwill I have to invent?"
cine and robotics.
"Problem solving is its own
11) Engineering professionals enjoy
reward," Butti adds. "But it's not
a high level of responsibility and
Problem solving
enough, for me at least. I want
autonomy within their chosen area
rewards Butti
to make something that works.
of work.
Not push paper, not write pro12) Regarding salaries, eleven years
Nani Mohammed Yousif
posals, not document someone
after graduation, both engineering
Butti first worked for
else's creation, though all of
and mathematical (computer) scit he A r a bia n Net work
those tasks are an inescapable
ence graduates appear in the top
I n for m at ion S er v ic e s
Nani Mohammed
and a wearisome part of this
ten disciplines, earning more than
(ANIS) company, which
Yousif Butti
profession."
clinical medicine graduates.
provides software services
13) The imagination, skills, and expeto other companies. She participated
rience of engineers have had more
in various projects including designing
What information or advice would
influence on shaping the world
a dynamic page to view and print the
you like to pass on to a young girl
than any other profession.
utilities bills, writing software to allow
interested in engineering?
communication between SQL and Ora1) Engineering allows you to put your
cle servers, building a software bridge
creativity to the test every day.
to allow communication between PHP
2) It offers you intellectual and techniand ASP for two different applications,
cal challenges.
designing an interactive Web site using
3) It helps people by improving the
database technology to manage the conquality of everyday life.
Al-Shamsi
tent, designing a life insurance section
4) Engineering offers a host of wellfinds confidence
and its admin model for an insurance
paid careers.
is key
company, and converting sites to Arabic
5) There is ample opportunity for
as well as troubleshooting and updating
rapid advancement to the top jobs
For Suaad Sulan administration model system. This
for those with the ability, ambition,
tan Al-Shamsi,
led her employers at ANIS to choose her
and drive to succeed.
becoming a
to develop their own Intranet system.
6) Engineers solve global problems
female engineer
Susad Sultan
She later joined the General Orgathrough the ideas they develop
is a big challenge
Al-Shamsi
nization for Youth and Sport, a governand the wealth they generate.
and responsibility.
ment-funded agency to develop a full
7) There is tremendous opportunity
She decided to become an aircraft engidatabase inventory system for their
to collaborate with many other
neer to convince herself and the people of
resources including complete informaprofessionals, including doctors,
her country that nothing is impossible.
tion about the youth clubs they superlawyers, accountants, geologists,
vise. She also developed a system that
scientists, meteorologists, relief
What information or advice would
super vises official correspondence
agencies, and government officers.
you like to pass on to a young girl
between personnel to ensure a smooth
8) Since engineering is an internainterested in engineering?
the high school and undergraduate students. The kinds of mentoring that take
place in this set-up are magical. High
school students have decided to become
engineers, undergrads have decided
to go to graduate school, and middle
school students have strengthened their
feelings of self-efficacy through the
leadership opportunities that they are
given.
And the oranges? They lead to a lesson on plate tectonics, which leads to
exploring earthquakes, then earthquake
resistant building. The lesson is fun and
the outcome sweet.

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