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Engineering Portfolios: Why Should I Create An Engineering Portfolio?

An engineering portfolio is a website or document that highlights examples of an engineer's work and projects to present to potential employers. Creating a portfolio allows engineers to more fully communicate their experiences and display their work, even with short notice. It also motivates engineers to carefully document their projects. Portfolios increase awareness of one's skills and abilities by connecting classroom learning to real world applications. Engineers should consider their audience, include highlights of class projects, internships, and other experiences, and document their work as they progress on projects. Online hosting platforms and tools are recommended for creating an online portfolio.

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Engineering Portfolios: Why Should I Create An Engineering Portfolio?

An engineering portfolio is a website or document that highlights examples of an engineer's work and projects to present to potential employers. Creating a portfolio allows engineers to more fully communicate their experiences and display their work, even with short notice. It also motivates engineers to carefully document their projects. Portfolios increase awareness of one's skills and abilities by connecting classroom learning to real world applications. Engineers should consider their audience, include highlights of class projects, internships, and other experiences, and document their work as they progress on projects. Online hosting platforms and tools are recommended for creating an online portfolio.

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ENGINEERING PORTFOLIOS

An Engineering Portfolio is a website or document that highlights examples of your work and projects.

Why should I create an engineering portfolio?


Engineering Portfolios are an excellent way to communicate your past experiences more fully. Creating a
portfolio allows more opportunities to present and display one’s work to potential employers, even in instances
of short notice. It also serves as a motivation to carefully document engineering projects – always a worthwhile
practice!

Portfolios increases one’s awareness of their skills and abilities; it is another way to connect in-and-out of
classroom learning with real world applications. Show off your work, your projects, and your passions!

Things to Consider…
• Consider your audience. Could be peers, professors, colleagues, current and future employers.
• What work can go in a portfolio? Pull highlights from class projects, labs, internships, Co-op
experiences, design projects, independent projects, club or organization projects, competitions, and
more!
• Document as you go. Do your best to record your process as you go; going back to re-document is
difficult.
o Keep a design notebook, logbook, or journal.
o Photograph stages of development.
o Scan/photograph your calculation sheets, sketches, designs, CAD, analysis, prototypes, etc.
o Record videos of your tests and your final product being used or showcased.
• Find the right fit for you. Not ready to build your online presence? Create a PowerPoint detailing your
projects and experiences. Use it to prepare for interviews…or bring it with you to share as a “leave
behind.”
• Your Resume. Include a link to the portfolio in the header of your resume with other contact in
• Contact me. Include a Contact Me section of your resume to encourage your viewers to engage with
you.

Recommended Tools and Hosts for Online Portfolios and Online Resumes
• Seelio.com • Slideshare.net (LinkedIn) or link Projects and
• Wix.com Presentations to your LinkedIn Profile.
• Strikingly.com • Wentworth provides you with a host website
• Wordpress.com at https://myweb.wit.edu/.
• Weebly.com *This expires after graduation!

Explore and Be Inspired


• MIT Ideation Lab – Portfolio Resources https://sites.google.com/site/ideationportfolioresources/
*Find tips on documentation, content, layout, and many samples here!
• UCID’s Portfolio Handbook: http://www.portfoliohandbook.com/PortfolioHandbook_UCID12.pdf

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