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Closeup of a man speaking directly to camera as he presents information in a manufacturing setting. Behind him is a control wall with a display monitor and rows of push buttons and dials. Caption. I'm a certified tool and die maker.

Smiling men and women stand in staggered positions. Backdrop of a chalkboard in a classroom setting. Caption. Honoring all our teachers.

Astronaut in a space suit working on a machine. Caption: Training takes place in the neutral buoyancy lab.

Workers in yellow jackets carrying white lunchboxes walk away from the building. Caption. And everybody's wondering exactly what's going on here?

Closeup of a man, head turned as he looks slightly off camera, speaking in a laboratory setting. Caption. I was stationed in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

Machinery with pipes connecting different pieces. Various levers and dials scattered throughout the machinery. Caption: connecting to protein skimmers, connecting to heat exchangers.

A lionfish. Caption: (Angelina) One big difference is the fish and their metabolism.

Person in scuba gear underwater with ocean life. Caption: basically dispersing food out for a big group of fish,

Man in a blue suit and necktie speaks to camera next to a video frame of a woman placing an item in a man's hand. Caption. And she asked for the sale. Let's watch.

Man wearing a white white shirt and yellow necktie sits slightly sideways from the camera and looks forward. He is speaking as if he is in an interview.

View from a doorway into an office. A woman is seated at a desk with a computer mouse, keyboard, and monitor. A blue college banner with red letters hangs on the wall behind her. Text on the banner reads, "University of Dayton."

Cylindrical metal duct with a control box and large valve control. Sign on wall says Supersonic Wind Tunnel. Caption: We have a tunnel that will reach Mach 3 on a small scale.

Closeup on a beehive with worker bees entering and exiting through the opening at the bottom.

Woman seated in an office desk chair faces camera like she is in an interview. Text on image reads, "Classes."

Man wearing glasses speaks towards camera in an indoor setting. Table with laptop and printer are behind him.

Woman wearing a white t-shirt and dark pants stands next to a red car with white car waiting behind it in an automobile assembly line. Her head is turned and her mouth is in a wide smile as she extends her arm to reach for something out of view.

Man wearing a white collared shirt, wearing glasses looks forward and to the side while speaking.

Two-line graphs. One with sharp, jagged, closely spaced peaks and valleys, the other with more gently increasing and decreasing peaks and valleys. Caption: This information is captured by the BioRadio

Woman wearing glasses and business attire sits in an office chair behind a desk, looking just off camera like she is in an interview.

Two people wearing hard hats walking on a concrete path through an infrastructure of intricate tubing and walkways. Caption: A chemical engineer figures out a way to scale that process up

Computer graphic representation of clusters double helix DNA strands. Caption: We use synthetic DNA to reprogram living cells.

Seen from above, a large cylindrical tube with a hatch in a pit surrounded by wooden supports and metal bars. Caption: model representations of sewer and river systems.

Man wearing glasses and a dark collared shirt looks forward and to the side while speaking. A suit jacket hangs on a bar behind him.

Man wears a dark green zip-up jacket and glasses. His mouth is open in mid-speech as he looks away from the camera and to the side. He is in a mechanic's shop with commercial truck wheel drums hanging on stands behind him.

A multi-story office building has sections of brick, glass and metal walls extending outward from the building center with lifts and trucks parked outside.

Man wearing jeans and a white sleeveless t-shirt uses a pipe cutter on a P, V, C pipe. The wall next to him has an open access panel exposing P, V, C piping that is under installation.

Woman with long brown hair sits and speaks while people behind her cut hair on mannequin heads in a salon setting.

Closeup on a plate of roasted chicken, rice with vegetables, and a tossed green salad.

Man wearing a black medical scrub top and white undershirt tee parts lips in mid-speech. He is in a dental examination room and stands in front of a dental chair with an examination light. Text on image reads, "For more information, visit www.owens.edu."

Woman sitting at a desk works on a desktop computer. Next to her, sheets of paper and a keyboard with Post-it notes attached to the monitor stand. A bulletin board is in the background.

2 men in dark polo shirts and pants speak to each other in a machine shop. In the foreground, a table with a forged bench vice mounted to its top. Work tables and stools are in the background.

Complex robotic machinery behind a mesh grate with a person standing at a control panel outside of the grated area. Caption: We have electrical engineers that focus on computers.

Three people stand around a horse. One holds the reins of the horse. A smiling person wearing a helmet is mounted on the horse. Caption: and I get to watch the riders benefit from her therapy.

Low shot of a flying helicopter with a farm duster attached to its base.

Closeup on a hand with fuchsia pink nail polish using a pen to fill out a form.

Closeup of a financial statement, showing Expenses and Allocations. Caption. I help direct the budgeting process at the university.

Front of a person wearing a stained white apron and blue disposable latex gloves holds a large mixing spoon with light purple ice cream on it. In front of the person, is an upside down container with berry images. Text on container reads, "Ice Cream."

A conveyor belt moves rows of light colored, flat, and round objects at a high speed. Caption: but a lot of support goes into making a good product,

Digital map with partial views of the U, S, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. The map is divided into 4 quadrants centered over a black marker identified as Spain. Other markers appear on the map, labeled as Cincinnati, Germany and Israel.

Man seated in a leather easy chair in a home setting looks just off camera like he is participating in an interview. Behind him, containers and art supplies are out on a counter.

Closeup of a person's feet wearing exercise shoes and climbing a stairmaster.

Woman looks towards a man on her left in a classroom setting, both holding pieces of a kinetic mobile as 2 people watch in the foreground.

Blurry photo of a man wearing a long-sleeved collared shirt and necktie who is speaking on the phone. Text on image reads, "Why is financial literacy important on your job?"

Man drives a forklift loaded with a pallet of wood 2 by fours over a dirt lot. In the background, are wood frame walls and structures. Some frames have covered white insulated panels.

Young man wearing dark polo shirt speaks to camera. Text on the wall behind him and on his shirt reads, "Emerson, Climate Technology."

A tree lined river with steep banks on one side. Caption: you have groundwater that flows into the river

Woman wearing a dress and leggings walks through an office hallway with wood partitions and filing cabinets in the background.

Man seated behind a work desk faces camera, looking down at a Dremel tool he is holding in 1 hand. He points to the end attachment while speaking.

Woman with short hair wearing a suit jacket and pearl necklace looks forward and to the side while speaking.

Man wearing safety goggles speaks to a woman wearing glasses in a manufacturing plant. Caption. Really dig into the details on an assembly line.

Closeup of a hand wearing a latex glove and reaching towards a blueprint drawing of a machine part.

Man dressed in a blue collared shirt and dark slacks walks away from the camera in an open office area. He walks towards a woman sitting in an office chair at a desk with a computer.

Extremely complex machine with interconnected cylindrical objects and wiring harnesses. Caption: It starts with an idea or concept.

Woman wears glasses, white medical clothing, and purple disposable latex gloves. She holds a thin, metal implement above a Petri dish.

Man wearing a safety helmet and gloves leans over to weld something in a shop setting. Caption. To work on any aspect of the equipment.

Woman wearing glasses and a black zip-up sweatshirt stands in front of a collection of cloth patchwork panels.

Closeup of a man wearing a green polo, eye glasses, and protective gloves as he holds an oil painting canvas upright with 1 hand on the top and the other cupped in front of the canvas. The back of the canvas faces the camera.

Animation of a man wearing a teal jacket and black bowtie playing a cello. Background is a real black and white photo of a nineteen hundreds military band. Caption. I played in the high school orchestra.

A person wearing a green shirt and an orange vest carrying a measuring stick works in a forest. Caption: I'm not stuck at a desk. My job changes.

Digital image of rays of light streaking outwards over repeating diagonal and horizontal rows of binary code.

Man wearing a lab coat and stethoscope stands next to a woman sitting on an examination table.

Senior woman wearing a neck brace props an arm up on a small pillow in a medical office setting. Next to her, a woman wearing scrubs gestures towards the pillow.

Man and woman stand and talk in a manufacturing facility with equipment, machines, network of metal pipes, storage shelves, utility carts, and a fan in the foreground. The woman writes on a notepad held by a metal storage clipboard.

Man wearing a black paramedic uniform speaks to camera with ambulance and oxygen tanks in the background.

Man wearing a collared shirt and red necktie carries a shoulder bag down a hallway. Sign over the double doors behind him reads, "The J, Richard Wuest Family, Pharmacy Practice Skills Center."

Man wearing a hard hat and safety goggles stands in an equipment room, attaching a chain to a metal pipe.

Closeup of a person's hands reaching over a large square of black material on a cutting table.

Man sits at a workstation and types on a keyboard while looking at 2 computer displays.

Man sits at a desk looking down at papers, computer display and keyboard in front of him. Caption. Sometimes I'll send it to them, and they tweet it.

A woman's left hand types on a computer keyboard as she uses a large stylus in her right hand.

Closeup of 2 hands holding and working on a prosthetic metal pole.

Middle-aged man with a beard and glasses looks just off camera like he is in an interview.

Closeup of hands typing on a black desktop keyboard.

Woman wearing a lab coat sits at a computer desk looking at 4 images displayed on the monitor.

Person lying on their back with a second person holding a device that covers their mouth. A valve from the mouth covering leads to a plastic chamber. Caption: My job is to then ventilate, meaning get the bad air out,

Closeup of hands wearing clear disposable gloves placing squares of food in a black container on a stainless steel food preparation table.

Man wearing a collared shirt and necktie holds a letter size notepad in a back-of-house restaurant setting.

Closeup of a person wearing a blue and white striped tee shirt. Person leans forward on table top and holds a pen in writing position in their left hand.

2 women walk and talk down a hallway; 1 wears glasses and a pink suit and beaded necklace, mouth is open in mid-speech. The other woman is smiling, wearing a dark suit with a colorful pink scarf. A man walks behind them.

Modern transport train carrying multiple tanks moves along the tracks. Caption. Female as narrator. Logistics includes the movement of goods.

Dark room with open blinds in the background emitting dim exterior lighting. In the lower left corner of the frame, a computer monitor displays a white background with gray text boxes and black lettering.

Man wearing dark polo shirt looks forward and speaks to camera.

Closeup of 2 side-by-side black and white sonogram images of the heart.

Man wearing glasses and a black jacket over an open collared shirt talks to camera like he is in an interview. To his side, a computer monitor displays application thumbnails.

Closeup of a woman wearing a white and pink striped scarf. She speaks and looks slightly to the side of the camera.

Young man looks down and holds a tablet displaying shapes as he touches the screen with his other hand.

Computer screen displaying a grid-like diagram mapping connections between multiple points. Caption: and then we can apply loading to this structure,

Man in a collared checkered shirt looks up and to the side as he speaks in an office setting. The words, "One," in a green circle, and "Sysco" in blue lettering, appear on the wall behind him.

Male reporter wearing a black suit jacket holds a microphone and speaks to a woman. A broadcast video camera rests on a tripod with lens pointed towards the woman he is interviewing.

Man wearing a baseball cap and white collared shirt walks towards an open trunk of a truck carrying labeled boxes ready for delivery.

Woman seated on a couch looks up and to the side while speaking.

Man wearing a welder's helmet with shield as he works on a work table. He holds a metal piece with 1 hand and uses a welding torch with the other. Bright light and sparks fly around his welding work and towards his helmet shield.

Man wearing a gray t-shirt talks to camera in a lab setting. Text on image reads, "For more information, visit www.owens.edu."

Closeup of a woman in an interview-style conversation. She is standing, smiling, and looking away from the camera. The blurry background has laboratory shelves and desktops. Caption. at the University of California, San Francisco.

Closeup of a woman laughing while speaking and looking to the side in an interview-style setting. Caption. I am a structural engineer.

Two people in a science lab working on a piece of equipment from opposite sides of the table. The equipment terminates in a spout leading to a large plastic drum. Caption: to improve access to safe water

Four people in reflective vests and hardhats install a very large solar panel in an array of other solar panels. Caption: They're expensive. They use a lot of material.

Closeup of a young man smiling and looking at camera as if he is being interviewed. He is standing in front of a framed photograph of a store front and speaks directly to camera. Caption. I do their help desk.

Closeup of woman speaking to camera in a newsroom setting. Caption. Though it's years away, what you do now will influence that.

Bird's eye view of a woman looking through a large magnifying glass and manipulating an artifact with a tool.

Young boy speaks into a microphone like he is being interviewed for a news story. Behind him, a security guard walks through an indoor setting. Caption. Long?

Woman in an office setting stands in front of camera, looking slightly down. Caption. And distributed them to blind people in the community.

Middle-aged man wearing a black collared shirt and badge speaks into a microphone. Title card below reads, "Stephen McHale, Captain." Behind him, a partial view of a county seal. Caption. We're gonna put your breathing apparatus and helmut on.

Two women walking. Both wear sunglasses, one walks with a dog in a guide harness. Caption: I got a guide dog about 12 years ago.

Closeup of a young girl smiling and pulling back the sleeve of her shirt, looking out towards her forearm. In the foreground, a microphone is held up to her face like she's being interviewed for a news story. Caption. You gotta work on your muscles.

Two men surrounded by plants. Both wear gloves and cowboy hats, one holds a plastic crate. Caption: Is it true about you waking up before the sun rises?

Young girl smiles and looks off camera with a shy expression. A microphone is held up to her face like she's being interviewed for a news story. Caption. About nine. Eleven?

Group of men in an indoor space. 1 points at something off camera as another looks in that direction with a curious expression. Caption. So each one of these marks, these little triangles.

Man seated in a restaurant kitchen speaks directly to camera. Behind him, people wearing aprons prepare food at an island. A partially visible title card below reads, Harold. Caption. You have to perform.

Overhead view of 2 people in long pants looking toward a brown and beige dog seated on the floor in front of them. Caption. I like her because she's docile.

Closeup of young dark-haired man wearing a blue striped shirt in front of a blurred background. Caption. I love to play the game and watch it.

Illustration of a dalmatian sleeping on the floor, upper body visible. Caption: Dot the fire dog lives in the firehouse

People sitting at a table with paper spread in front of them and people working in a science lab. Caption: Engineers apply principles of science and mathematics

Space rocket launching as seen from below. Caption: I want to contribute to the first manned mission to Mars.

Sculptural reconstruction of a fleshed out human skull on a wooden stand against black background.

Medium view of a man in a lab coat looking off camera while speaking. He stands in front of a room with medical equipment. Caption. I got in trouble for that.

Closeup of woman speaking to camera. Caption. I would say science and math were my 2 favorites.

A man sitting inside a machine. Caption: I'm an experimental aerodynamicist by training.

Person handling tubes of materials stacked in metal shelves. Caption: We study endangered plants and how to conserve them.

Woman working on the computer at a desk in an office setting with a calm look on her face. Caption. I write code myself.

Dental assistant wearing a surgical mask and latex gloves next to a tray with tools and supplies for teeth cleaning. Next to her, a person lies back in a dental chair in an office setting. Caption. We work in a dental office alongside dentists.

Two technicians inspecting an installation. Caption: And I am an indoor electrical wireman.

Closeup of a computer screen projecting the image of an editing platform. The image in the program is a pair of black running shorts with blue and red accent stripes. Caption. It looks like what the end garment will look like.

Person points at a computer screen showing numbered gene pairs. Caption. Where we do the genetic testing.

River with forests banks and a sun setting in the sky. Caption: but they could work with the rivers,

Woman smiling and looking down towards a laptop computer screen. She's seated at a communal desk in an office setting. Caption. To get their employees to be more satisfied.

Airplanes on the tarmac with activity around them. Caption: and it's a fast-paced environment.

Woman wearing a business suit pulls a book down from a law library. Caption. Being a lawyer is all about solving problems.

Over the shoulder shot of a man looking at a gallery of photos on Facebook. Caption. These are great tools to use to market to people.

Nurse smiles and shakes the hand of a man who is seated on an exam table in a medical office setting. Caption. We order tests for patients, we do exams.

Ophthalmologist positions a phoropter over a person's eyes in a medical office setting. Caption. I can also perform surgeries in a hospital.

Wide shot of a swather moves towards camera through a field of grain. Caption. We inspect food from all across the world.

Over the shoulder shot of a man working on a laptop computer, projecting an image of a P, D, F. Caption. Here, we study products and brands.

Shadowy closeup of 2 forearms placing a stone at the corner of a structure. Caption. Which is stuck on to the block with mortar and a trowel.

Overhead view of a man writing on a log sheet. Also on the desk, a landline phone and computer mouse. Caption. I translate mostly legal documents.

Digital rendering. Aerial view of an intersection flanked by modern buildings, populated with pedestrians, and scattered with cars. Caption. We often use 3D modeling and computer-based software."

2 side-by-side canoes on the water. A man with a video camera gives a thumbs up to camera. His camera is pointed at a man rowing. In the other canoe, 3 men seated and 1 playing the guitar. Caption. A video producer is kind of like a storyteller.

2 women in suits sit at a table next to each other. One shares a brochure and parts her lips in mid-speech. Caption. Our main goal is working with employers.

Side view of an X-ray technician holding up an image of a spine against an X-ray illuminator. Caption. So we take a lot of imaging of patients' bones.

3 girls sit at an outdoor table with trays of soil while an adult stands at each end. Caption. Youth program directors get to work on teams as well.

Two fish swim underwater through underwater plant life. Caption: I specialize in fish and aquatic life.

Young man and woman wearing safety glasses and work clothes work on a piece of machinery in a workshop setting. Caption. I always look forward to coming to this class.

Closeup side view of a younger man with curly brown hair wearing a tan sport coat holds his hands up as he talks in front of movie posters. Caption. Some people have the letters move around.

Closeup of bald man with a beard speaking to camera. Caption. It means being gracious and grateful.

Dolphin in the water with its head over the water line and mouth open while a person in a wetsuit out of the water reaches towards the dolphin. Caption: They can vocalize like this, listen:

Photograph of Charles Richter. Caption: who was the first to make measurements of ground motion

3D computer model showing structures with elevation information. Range is from 3 to -3km Caption: We also use physics to study deep inside the earth.

Ship with industrial equipment and a crane lowering something into the water. Caption: There are two seismometers named after me

Aerial view of a wide canyon cut through reddish-brown rock. Caption: When you live there, when you're from there,

Man operates front loader at a construction site. Caption. Backhoe chugging and whirring.

Man in a white hooded sweatshirt and glasses sits in a computer lab. He smiles and looks slightly off to the side.

Black and white image of woman walking arm and arm with 2 men. Caption. She's troubled and struggles with that.

Person looking at a slide in a microscope. Caption: And this is a biochemistry lab.

The wing of an airplane in the clouds. Caption: (narrator) The best way to study the atmosphere is to be there.

2 men in suits and 1 woman sit around a conference table talking. There are various papers, booklets, food items, and office supplies on the table and a projector screen in the background.

Person in a lab coat and gloves putting on protective glasses. Caption: For Rommie, being a chemist was just the beginning.

Two people walking next to rows of industrial tanks with piping and gauges. Caption: planning the scale-up of a new product.

Person in a lab coat and gloves pointing something out on a small white object. Caption: A lot of the science is a gradual progression,

Multiple shiny skyscrapers against a blue sky seen from below looking up.

A person's hand reaches over 2 large, metals rings toward a small rectangular metal object sitting on a black pedestal in the middle of a machine. The machine is lit up in blue, green, and pink.

Person wearing a hard hat kneeling next to a metal fence working on something. Caption: (male narrator) Tamar's area of specialty is water engineering,

Brunette woman with a ponytail sits on a stationary bike in an exercise lab while looking at a blonde woman wearing black scrubs and holding a clipboard. Caption. To really help them optimize their hydration and nutrition.

People in scuba gear placing and carrying metal cages at different places on the ocean floor. Caption: in various locations along the reef.

Person looking at a computer screen. Caption: We're looking at a 3D model of an early VacPac

Rear view of woman with brown hair walking with a blonde woman away from camera down a hospital hallway. Another woman with black hair wearing scrubs looks at a tall, complex shelving system with another blonde woman.

An X-ray of human ribs and a few vertebrae.

Teen girl and teen boy wearing black Qualcomm Labs shirts sit at a shiny black desk in front of a room filled with colorful objects. Caption. Take it away, Team!

Color illustration. Termite with antennas and sharp teeth wearing a red shirt. Caption. Who ever heard of a termite who wanted to be an architect?

Robot with logos for NASA and GM. Caption: that we developed to assist astronauts in space

Teenage girl sits at a desk and looks at an open laptop while a woman standing beside her looks down at the laptop screen.

Young men sit at rows of desks in a school setting. Some lean forward and write in notebooks.

Young girl in front of an aquarium. Caption: (narrator) The SciGirls are working together as citizen scientists,

Person standing at the top of a wind turbine. Caption: to see if they can handle 300-foot heights.

Young man with blond hair and bandana sits behind a drum set, smiling and raising his drumsticks up. Caption. Bob Hiltermann, drummer, Beethoven's Nightmare.

Cartoon of a garbage truck pulling up to a dumpster. Caption: The garbage truck?

Closeup of a man looking to the side in a library setting. He wears a sage green collared shirt with a white tee-shirt underneath and smiles. Behind him are books on study carrels and library shelving. Caption. But you don't have to whisper whisper.

Illustration image of a satellite. Caption: Juno is an unmanned deep-space mission

Color illustration. Person reaching for a metal trash can.

A person looking up at a pair of primates in the trees. Caption: That's why scientists are interested in studying them.

Slit screen of a person in a virtual reality suit and the computer representation of her body. Caption: It actually recognizes my skeleton based on these different markers.

Metal ball with electricity arcing to the metal leads on a fluorescent light. Caption: as we explore the fascinating topic of science.

Woman seated next to a boy, both facing camera, for a recorded interview. Caption. Shows six distinct personality types.

Young woman wearing a red apron stands behind an office desk reaching out a hand in front of her. Displayed products and office supplies are visible nearby. Caption. We are able to shape people's work attitude and work ethic.

Woman wearing a black turtleneck speaks to camera in a retail store setting. Title card below reads, Erin Kennedy, Director, Commercial Properties, Northstar at Tahoe. Caption. 80% of people that work in a store, a restaurant.