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I'm doing my masters in engineering, and I have a job interview tomorrow. They've asked me to prepare a presentation of my research for the interview. The thing is, the PhD student I've been working with has asked me not to share the information with anyone else since not all of it has been...

I’m about to start my masters in EE and I need to choose a major and minor out of the EE fields listed below. I’ve already chosen Solid State & MEMS as my major, but I can’t decide what to minor in! Help please? Which of these fields within EE is most applicable in industry? Which field...

Here's the situation. I finished my bachelors in physics last year, and I want to ‘convert’ from a physicist to an electrical engineer. Now that I’ve got grad school offers (MS) in electrical engineering, how do I actually go about converting myself to an electrical engineer? I’m planning to...

I know step up transformers decrease power loss by the electrical cables, but I'm not quite sure how this works... From what I understand, step up transformers increase voltage, hence decrease current, which means less power is dissipated by the cables since P=(I^2)R. But then couldn't you...

I never really get this 'overqualified' stuff. When applying jobs that don't require a phd, couldn't you just not mention you have a phd?

i'm guessing yes since solid state and materials kinda overlap from my experience (solid state and materials science courses).

The more I think about this, the more confused I get... The advantage that EE offers over MSE is that it is more ‘traditional’ and therefore appears to be more marketable in terms of finding a job. But… In my case, would doing a masters in EE really be more marketable? Since my BS is in...

The solid state and materials courses I took both dealt with a lot of the same topics (e.g defects, bonding, crystal structures, semiconductors, thermal stuff, etc). The difference between the two was that while materials covered a more diverse range of topics (e.g. ceramics, nanomaterials...

Hi guys, I just finished my BSc in physics, and I’d really appreciate any advice on deciding between Electrical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering for my masters. Anyway my argument goes as follows: Interests? My interests lie in nanotechnology, super/semiconductors, green...

Well I know I want a career in either aerospace/mechanical engineering. However, it seems difficult to find an engineering job with a bachelors in physics, which is why I want to do a masters in aerospace/mechanical engineering. Because of my lack of experience in engineering, I guess I...

I will complete my bachelors in physics next year, and plan to do a masters in either aerospace or mechanical engineering afterwards. But how do I go about selecting which schools to apply to? I’ve read advice such as applying to schools whose professors do research in a specific area...