Everything you need to study smarter and plan further.
Workbooks, financial aid guides, career packets, and pathway maps — built by engineers and educators, free to use.
For every student
10 resourcesNothing here is tied to a field. A biology student and an aerospace student both need it.
Study skills
How to Study Engineering: The Core Method
The study system that separates students who struggle from students who thrive. Problem sets, spaced practice, and how to actually read a textbook.
Download PDF →The Complete School Success Packet
The complete guide to acing every engineering course, built as a project binder: study strategies, a semester plan and calendar, financial aid and savings planners, and printable covers and tabs. 20 Word and Excel files you fill in as you go.
Download ZIP →Paying for school
FAFSA, Step by Step
A plain-language walkthrough of the federal aid application, deadlines, and the mistakes that cost students money.
Download PDF →Finding Scholarships That Fit You
Where STEM scholarships actually live, how to shortlist them, and how to write an application that gets read.
Download PDF →Careers and hiring
The Complete Career Packet
Resume templates, portfolio guidance, interview preparation, and a checklist to take you from student to hired.
Download ZIP →Engineering Resume Template
A clean, ATS-friendly resume built for engineering students with limited experience.
Download →Talk With a Working Engineer
Book a session with a volunteer industry advisor in your field and ask the questions no textbook answers.
Book an advisor →Industry Partner Directory
The companies and organizations that work with the academy and host our students.
Browse partners →Energy Sector Pathway
The disciplines, skills, and roles that lead into the energy workforce — our 2050 focus area.
View pathway →By discipline
2 of 25 libraries openEvery STEM field the academy plans to cover. Libraries open as material is built and advisors are recruited, so the ones below are the ones that actually have something in them today.
Science
5 plannedThe physical and life sciences, and the lab skills every one of them needs.
5 disciplines in this branch
- BiologyIn development
- ChemistryIn development
- PhysicsIn development
- Earth and Environmental SciencePlanned
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsPlanned
Technology
4 plannedSoftware, security and data, including the embedded work closest to hardware.
4 disciplines in this branch
- Computer Science and SoftwareIn development
- CybersecurityIn development
- Data SciencePlanned
- Information TechnologyPlanned
Engineering
2 of 9 openThe largest branch, and where the academy’s four focus areas concentrate.
Mechanical Engineering
Open · 2 resourcesStatics through machine design, and where it leads in aerospace, energy and defense sustainment.
Statics and Dynamics Packet
Worked problems, formula sheets, and practice exams for the courses that gate most engineering majors.
Download PDF →Email requiredMechanical Engineering Pathway
From first-year coursework to internships to the roles you can hold five years out, mapped end to end.
View pathway →Electrical Engineering
Open · 1 resourceCircuits and signals fundamentals, with routes into test equipment, avionics and power systems.
Circuits Fundamentals Packet
Practice problems and reference sheets for introductory circuits, built with practicing electrical engineers.
Download PDF →Email required7 more in this branch
- Aerospace EngineeringIn development
- Chemical EngineeringIn development
- Nuclear EngineeringIn development
- Biomedical EngineeringPlanned
- Civil EngineeringPlanned
- Industrial and Systems EngineeringPlanned
- Materials EngineeringPlanned
Mathematics
3 plannedThe branch every other one depends on, and a career route in its own right.
3 disciplines in this branch
- MathematicsIn development
- StatisticsPlanned
- Actuarial SciencePlanned
Applied and Technical
4 plannedSkilled technical trades that reach the same employers on a shorter runway.
4 disciplines in this branch
- Aviation MaintenanceIn development
- Auto and Diesel MechanicsIn development
- Manufacturing and MachiningPlanned
- Welding and FabricationPlanned
Tell us which discipline you are studying. We build the ones students ask for first, and recruit advisors to match.
These materials are educational only and are not professional financial, legal, or admissions advice. Always verify financial aid details with FAFSA and your institution. NAUA STEM Academy does not guarantee admission, aid, or employment.