Like to eat? Give thanks to agricultural engineers. They mix cutting-edge science with the art of farming to keep us well-fed with foods that are safe, nutritious and tasty. Agricultural engineers will never be at a loss for career choices because the number of industries that require their skills is vast.

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Pressing “snooze” in the morning a little too often? No worries — to the rescue is Gauri Nanda with her “Clocky.” How it works: If you hit “snooze,” the alarm clock jumps off your nightstand and lands on its wheels, beeping the whole time. Then it’s time to play hide-and-seek. The gadget rolls, bumps into things, backs up, and eventually stops. When the clock rings again, the sleepy owner has to walk around and find it to turn it off. Nanda invented the alarm clock for herself while she was studying design at MIT’s Media Lab.

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Even the sky’s not the limit for aerospace engineers, who design and build jet fighters, spaceships, rockets, planes, satellites – essentially any craft that soars through or above the atmosphere.

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The Dynamic Tower will be the world’s first building in motion and it will have floors which rotate independently to create a building that constantly changes shape. The building also doubles as a power generator: wind turbines on every floor will provide power.

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Electrical engineer and guitarist Ben Verellen designs and builds customized, powerful amplifiers for bands. Here’s a video of him demonstrating one of his amps.

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