Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Joe Berstein, a postdoctoral employee at Argonne National Laboratory, urges students to consider studying physics as a path to a technologically futuristic career.

Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Devin Wambolt, student at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, will be graduating on June 2 with an associate's degree in applied sciences. Devin pictured with his specialty_setting up projection mapping systems that provide special effects, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.

Margaret Yagen, a 22-year-old senior at Elmhurst College, is collecting and mapping data on trees, street lights, water-main breaks and other public works details as an intern at the west suburban village of Westchester — a job called geospatial technology that is among fast-growing careers using technology.