Ocean Engineer
Ben graduated from university with a master's degree and then qualified as a Professional Engineer. He works as an ocean engineer, designing instruments and equipment that are used by oceanographers to take measurements underwater and to use on board ships and submarines.
Ben begins his day by meeting a client to discuss a possible new project. If the client chooses to hire Ben, then he will be designing equipment to be used by oil companies when they are exploring sites for new oilrigs. They discuss the client's requirements and budget, and Ben makes a few suggestions about how he would approach the project.
After the meeting, Ben goes in to his office. He checks his phone messages, and then discusses the client meeting with a colleague who will be working on it if they get the new project.
Ben spends the rest of the day at his computer. He is currently designing an instrument that will be used to measure the temperature of ocean water at different depths. This will be used by researchers in a number of different fields, including marine biology and climate research. He has already used computer-assisted design to come up with a possible design for the instrument, and he is now running a simulation on the computer to test how well this design works. He begins to analyze the preliminary data from the simulation, and returns to his design to make a couple of refinements that may make it work better.
Ben is also working on another project, which is a collaboration with other engineering companies. They are building a new un-manned submersible that will be used to explore the deep sea for scientific research. Ben calls up one of his colleagues on the project, who is on the other side of the country, and they discuss their progress. They have completed their design, and after running some successful computer simulations, they now have a prototype of the components they are designing for the submersible, which they have been running some tests on.
