Further Education in Engineering.

[gomunkul51]

Hi!

I have a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, I've been working for some time with multidisciplinary systems. I would like to get more education and get into serious R&D. I'm very open to any field.
I would very much like to hear from someone in hi-tech R&D about which fields have more opurtunities than others. What is a good field to go into. e.g. robotics, nanomaterials, MEMS, fluid mechanics, energy & heat transport, systems, solid-state...others... more from the school of EE: energy, electro-optics, electromagnetics, plasma engineering...

Potentially I can go into any field, I have very broad interests and an OK from my university.

Any perspective would be welcome !

 

[fss]

I would like to get more education and get into serious R&D. I'm very open to any field.

Draw one out of a hat then. If you aren't going to be specific about what you want, nobody is going to give you a specific recommendation.

 

[gomunkul51]

Draw one out of a hat then. If you aren't going to be specific about what you want, nobody is going to give you a specific recommendation.

... hi-tech R&D ... fields have more opportunities than others ...

What fields have new technologies and will have future development ?

 

[fss]

Pretty much all of them.

 

[Angry Citizen]

I'll say this: From what I've been reading, nanomaterials is a rich field. Some scientists in the University of Illinois recently made a major breakthrough in extending battery life by using carbon nanotube technology. If you're interested in that sort of thing, I think it's a very worthy venture. Extending battery life is just one application. They could conceivably lead to space elevators, safer cars, perhaps even building safety during an earthquake. I think the biggest problem is that they're hard to mass produce, but I'm not certain.

 

[gomunkul51]

I'll say this: From what I've been reading, nanomaterials is a rich field. Some scientists in the University of Illinois recently made a major breakthrough in extending battery life by using carbon nanotube technology. If you're interested in that sort of thing, I think it's a very worthy venture. Extending battery life is just one application. They could conceivably lead to space elevators, safer cars, perhaps even building safety during an earthquake. I think the biggest problem is that they're hard to mass produce, but I'm not certain.

Thank you for your input!
I agree, Nanodevices are in the top of my list.