This may be country dependent, but the reasoning at least in the US has to do with the relative specialization. Engineering master's degrees are generally much more specialized than their physics counterparts so an engineer with a masters is more of an expert in their chosen field of engineering...
I agree with this. The "theoretical study of the universe" is incredibly vague and no one does everything. If you can narrow what you would like to do a bit more it would be easier to hone your skills, but being both a brilliant experimentalist and theorist is unlikely - most breakthroughs/big...
If you do well on everything but exams, do you also feel you understand the material and then just can't seem to remember anything the day of the test? If that is the case it is just a problem with test taking. Like others have mentioned, most colleges/universities have resources to help you...
What is it that interests you about space? I work for the US Air Force on some space-related things and would say experience with python would be very helpful, as would learning something like C or C++. Your question is a bit too vague to provide any more details than that.
Teaching is my passion, I just didn't know it until I was well on my way to being an Air Force officer.
My specialty is probably electro-optics/remote sensing/image processing
My research was two parts - developing a sensor emulator to generate realistic synthetic data for detection and...
This is mostly right, I just wanted to point out the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT, the Air Force's grad school) in Ohio and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPs, the navy's grad school) in California offer both MS and PhD programs, but their primary student base is active duty Air Force...
No problem, it is the default assumption when you string together Air Force and Physics - I'm used to it, statistically speaking you had a pretty good shot at being correct, I think my career field is something like 90% men...
I attended the Air Force Academy right out of high school. I majored in math and physics and put physicist as my first choice on my career list. I had a very good GPA and class rank and got the job I wanted. I was then picked up to get a PhD in physics on the Air Force's dime and completed that...
Hi, I know this is a few months old, but I found this thread when searching for "Air Force". I am an Air Force physicist (undergrad major in math and physics, PhD in physics paid for by the Air Force) and plan on teaching when I get out. I would probably advise against joining the Air Force...
If being a meteorology officer in the Air Force is your back up plan, I think you need a new back up plan...
That is not a particularly easy path and usually requires some pretty good grades. If you have Air Force questions, I am an Air Force physicist (61D) - I just wanted to make sure you...
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I am an Air Force physicist (AFSC 61D). I just completed a PhD in physics at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Patt. I am currently working as a physicist for the Air Force and plan to teach physics at the upper high school (AP/IB) or college level after I get out of...
Hi, I am an Air Force physicist (AFSC 61D, Active Duty with the rank of Captain) - My advice is that if you have SPECIFIC interests, the Air Force is not for you. Even as an actual physicist, I have only a small amount of input into what I actually work on. The projects we do are driven by the...
Hi! I know this almost a year old, but I stumbled across a similar old one and thought I should create an account and set up some alerts so people can find me. I am an Air Force physicist (61D) - currently a Captain and just finished a PhD in physics paid for by the Air Force. To answer some of...