March 28, 2003
A: FROM MENTOR DEB MACKAY IN KY
I found an interesting website for the National Association of Engineers.
It even has a section devoted to girls interested in
engineering. Cool. They list engineering careers in categories
such as communications, energy, machines, entertainment.
Within each category they list specific engineering disciplines
and a brief definition and a link to more details.
See if this helps! It looked like a good source to me.
It is focused on matching your interests with engineering careers.
For each specific type of engineering the link contains examples of work, educational requirements, the work environment, starting salaries, and more.

http://www.engineergirl.org/nae/cwe/egcars.nsf/webviews/Careers+By+Engineering+Field

March 25, 2003
A: FROM MENTOR JUDY MOORE IN NM
I think this is a great site to explore. If you go the "careers" button on
the left and follow it you can get lots of good info. There are also a
number of fun things at this site.
http://www.engineergirl.org/nae/cwe/egmain.nsf/?Opendatabase
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A: FROM MENTOR MOLLY WILLIAMS IN MI
For a good overview of engineering go to the the National Engineers
Week website, sponsored by the National Society of Professional
Engineers.
http://www.eweek.org/

Within their menu is a "discover engineering" option at
http://www.discoverengineering.org/eweek/index.html

There's a good overall description of engineering and links to the
subdisciplines.

Another good place is the Society of Women Engineers at
www.swe.org
They also have career information with links to other professional
societies supporting the individual engineering disciplines.