I think after completing my PhD I want to make a switch to medical physics. With my background (described below) this shouldn't be too great of a switch. (I wish I had realized this sooner, as in undergrad I was thinking biomedical engineering, but found myself far more interested in the...
In my experience physicist, who stay physicists after getting their PhD, do research. Three main outlets for this are as a faculty member, as a staff researcher at a university, or in a national lab. I've known a few to go into industry and do research for an engineering company. Also...
Engineering Physics programs vary dramatically depending on the school. At my undergrad it was applied physics with coursework in electrical and mechanical engineering. At my graduate school it's mostly plasma physics. If you could tell me what your program's like I could maybe give you some...
I think that the school you go to matters very little. Some schools will give you a more hands-on approach while others will be all bookwork, and depending on how you learn and what you see yourself doing in the future would decide what type to go to. Smaller schools seem to be more hands-on...
I had a summer reu in BioEng at Clemson University and believe Biochemistry with a math minor would have prepared me well for the research I did and saw being done by the graduate students. I cannot verify your preparation for classes, but typically there are research labs that emphasize...
What are the different emphasis in physics and where do they take you? I love the whole field and am looking at summer internships, but can't decide on anything more specific in physics. I don't really know what condensed matter physics or nuclear physics or ... (there's so many of them) are...