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Find out about interesting, rewarding careers that use math.
Choose one of the careers listed in the table below.
Read the Career Profile for that person.
Then find out more specific information about that career
by going to the Occupational Outlook Handbook,
using the address
listed in the table.
Summarize your information, using the Career
Profile Form.
Here are some quotes taken from the Profiles listed in the Table:
Research Scientist, Laura A. Bloom:
I liked the idea of working on something that would
help people.
The perspective I bring to problems we are trying
to solve is radically different from that of my colleagues, and it helps
us hone our understanding so we can plan better experiments and get more
and better information from them.
Software Engineer, Yvonne Zhou:
My favorite subject in mathematics is geometry...
it later came in handy when I became a graduate student in computer science.
NASA Astronaut, Robert L. Stewart:
Mathematics can be an end in itself for some people,
or it can open a multitude of other doors.
Judith G. Cottingham, Apparel Research.
Among the software she has developed is a program
which automates size assignment of shirts for women in the military based
on their measurements.
David S. Ross, Research Scientist at Eastman Kodak.
As part of his job he must understand the concerns
of the non-mathematical scientist he works with and keep the mathematics
in its place, ..., making the connections between reality and mathematics
for the scientist.
Alison DeLong, Marine Research.
I am employed by a professor to work on projects
related to fisheries stock assessment and population dynamics of exploited
fish stocks...I plan to continue in this field because the challenges are
endless and I collaborate with some very intelligent individuals to answer
some interesting questions.
Clare Johnson, Professor of Mathematics, Fashion Institute
of Technology.
I teach mathematics at the Fashion Institute of
Technology. Most of the students at F.I.T. have weak skills and a
fear of mathematics. It is fun for me to try to make math accessible to
them. They can relate to subjects like the golden ratio, Penrose tiles,
knots and mazes, fractals, etc.
Table of Information For Careers That Use Math
Source of Additional Occupational Information (Last Column):
| Occupation: | Nameof Person
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MORE CAREER INFORMATION.
Search suggestions in Occupational Outlook Handbook Go to http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm Then click on A-Z INDEX at the top of that page. |
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Scientist |
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http://www.ams.org/careers/lbloom.html | Go to Biological and
medical scientists |
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Engineer |
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http://www.maa.org/careers/zhou.html | Go to Computers programmers
or Systems analysts |
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Astronaut |
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http://www.maa.org/careers/stewart.html | Go to Aircraft pilots and
flight engineers |
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Analyst |
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http://www.maa.org/careers/yeary.html | Go to Computer systems analysts,
engineers, and scientists |
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Research |
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http://www.ams.org/careers/jcotting.html | Go to Designers
or Computer Programmers |
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Scientist Photography |
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http://www.maa.org/careers/dross.html
or http://www.ams.org/careers/dross.html |
Go to Chemical engineers
or Photographers and Camera Operators |
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Research |
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http://www.maa.org/careers/delong.html | Go to Biological & medical scientists
or Geologists, geophysicists and Oceanographers |
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Fashion Institute of Technology |
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http://www.maa.org/careers/cjohnson.html | Go to Designers, Mathematicians,
or Adult & vocational education teachers |
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http://www.maa.org/careers/bweiss.html | Go to Computer systems analysts,
engineers and scientists or Computer programmers |
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