Wouldn't it be great if sometimes you could just sit down, plug yourself into the wall, recharge, and keep going? Alas, we humans need sleep to recharge—but most everything else that runs needs some kind of fuel cell or battery. Cars, airplanes, computers, smart phones—these are some of the things that fuel cell engineers are working on trying to keep powered for longer periods of time. They design, build, test, and oversee production of all different kinds of fuel cells. In this career, the opportunity to make some staggering new breakthrough in energy production is always present, so keep your own batteries running and you might be the one to make it!
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People go through batteries like water, so fuel cell engineers seek to design batteries that will last much longer and thus are not constantly being thrown away—which is bad for both the wallet and the environment.
Thomas Edison gave us the light bulb, but that wasn't his most profitable invention—instead, he made bank over his improvements to the simply battery, which eventually lead to the production of larger batteries that nowadays keep cars and trains running.
