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Careers & Alumni
You will graduate from Cal Poly Humboldt with the knowledge and skills you need to design and implement systems and think critically to create a more just and sustainable society.
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The following list is not meant to be all-inclusive; many other job alternatives and titles may exist. Many of the job titles listed require further education.
Energy Systems Engineering
The Energy Systems degree prepares you for a career in developing, designing, operating, and analyzing clean energy systems.
- Energy Engineer
- Environmental Engineer
- Public Works Engineer
- Utility Engineer
- Energy Policy Advocate
- Building Energy Efficiency Analyst
- HVAC Engineer
- Wind Power Analyst/Engineer
- Solar Power Engineer
- Energy Storage Systems Engineer
- Energy Policy Analyst
- Energy Manager
Environmental Resources Engineering
Students will graduate from Humboldt prepared for work in industry, private practice, or government, or for continued studies in graduate school.
- Air Pollution Engineer
- Consulting Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Ecological Engineer
- Energy Management Engineer
- Environmental Engineer
- Fisheries Engineer
- Geo-Environmental Engineer
- Hydrologist
Mechanical Engineering
The Mechanical Engineering program prepares students for careers in designing, analyzing, and improving mechanical and thermal systems across a wide range of industries. Graduates are equipped with hands-on experience and a strong engineering foundation for professional practice or continued study in graduate school.
- Aerospace engineer
- Automotive engineer
- Biomedical engineer
- Construction engineer
- Mechanical engineer
- Production engineer
- Process engineer
- Product designer
- Structural engineer
- Thermal engineer
Engineering & Community Practice, MA
- Environmental Engineer
- Water Resources Engineer
- Engineering Planning and Management
- Water and Wastewater Engineer
- Energy Systems Engineer
- Energy Policy Specialist
- Environmental Consultant
- Tribal/Municipal/City Engineer
Marketable Skills
Communication
- Technical report writing
- Working as part of a team
- Effectively communicate solutions to diverse audiences
Technical Skills
- Design sustainable solutions to meet technical, financial, environmental, and societal requirements
- Manage engineering projects
- Utilizing renewable resources to solve problems
Recording & Interpreting Data
- Measuring, computing, monitoring, inspecting, collecting, identifying and classifying data
- Analyzing problems
Computer Skills
- Developing spreadsheets
- Working with statistical packages
Featured Alumni
Degrees in Engineering have given alumni opportunities to work in their fields around the world.
Alumni Profiles - Environmental Resources Engineering, B.S.
Alumni Updates
Brad Ronald Hall
Environmental Resources Engineering, 1981
Brad worked for more than a year with the Humboldt County APCD after graduating in 1981. He was then one of many in a long string of ERE grads who went to Utah State University in 1982. The timing couldn't have been better for a future morphodynamic modeler, as debris flows, avulsing floods on alluvial fans, and an ever-rising Great Salt Lake gave great topics for interesting MS thesis topics. He then started a 13-year Federal hydraulic engineering career with the US Army Corps of Engineers; first with the Seattle District, then with the Math Modeling Branch of the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, MS. Our time in the deep south was broken up with a 1-year research sabbatical at the Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory (U of Minnesota), researching sedimentation engineering processes. Brad then left Federal service and became a principal hydraulic engineer with the Sacramento office of Northwest Hydraulic Consultants (NHC). He led interesting and challenging projects on tidal marsh and fluvial restoration design, river engineering design, sedimentation engineering expert witness testimony for the California DWR, and morphodynamic modeling of waterways and floodplains. Project locations were mostly in the western USA, but also included the Rio Paraguay, Rio de la Plata, and Rio Madeira in South America; the Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh; and the Matanuska River in Alaska. Fun stuff! He's now 95% retired and has emeritus status with NHC and is living with his HSU spouse of 40+ years at the family homestead in Glen Ellen.
Joseph Caminiti
Environmental Resources Engineering, 2018
Joseph has been working with CALTRANS District 1 for almost 6 years now, and he highly recommends it for many reasons, such as great benefits, fantastic work-life balance, great staff, multitude of disciplines including planning, safety, hydraulics, electrical, and the list goes on!
David Hunt
Mechanical Engineering, 1981
David was a member of the HSU Kinetic Sculpture Race Team 'Boldt Cutters' in 1980 and 1981. He taught HS Career Technical Education for 27 years and holds an M.A. in Vocational Education from CSU San Bernardino. After retiring in 2018, he runs a bicycle shop in Idyllwild, California, that he founded in 9th grade and volunteers as a Fire Lookout for the USFS. He enjoys hiking and riding human-powered bicycles.