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Entertainment engineers have backgrounds in many engineering fields, including industrial engineering.

structures and systems), and sales and customer development. At a small two- or three-person firm, an engineer may do all these tasks and others. When starting a project, entertainment engineers first meet with the client to discuss its goals and needs. Let’s use an example of an amusement park company that hires an entertainment engineering firm to design and oversee the construction of a new roller coaster. The entertainment engineer, designer, architect, and others at the engineering firmmeet with company representatives and ask these and many other questions: • Can you give us a “big picture” description of your project? • Where will it be built? • How tall will it be? • How fast do you want it to go? • How many park guests will the coaster hold on each ride?

14 COOL CAREERS IN SCIENCE: ENTERTAINMENT ENGINEERS