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I'm double majoring in Chemistry / Materials Science & Engineering undergrad and I'm wandering yes it has engineering in the title but it also has Science as well. Is this engineering say more theory based than others? I read descriptions saying it designs metal alloys and everything like that. I'm assuming this field is big into nano technologies too. I'm just at a loss at what a person with a MatSci degree would actually be doing. I mean my Chemistry advisor told me you can work for IBM, intel, NASA and stuff like that but also having work like helicopter blades etc. However that just seems a bit broad for me I would like information on what exactly do you do and if there's a lot of theory in it. Like yes you're designing new materials so hypothetically will I be the person that's say designing a material to use for motherboards cpus/gpus then a Computer Engineer puts it together or something like that? I mean my Engineering advisor told me that I made a good choice but I do want other opinions :(.
I mean picked MatSci over Chemical Engineering because it seems a lot more interesting.
Also some advice would really help me xD
Idk maybe with a bigger picture I can see it for myself I guess listing what I like someone would interject here and recommend something else? ( ik this is a bit more than a simple question).
-I like math and calculus
-I like more theory based areas in science
-I like chemistry because it deals with elements and particles.
^^ (Although I wish I can take particle physics classes at some point the problem is yes, I like learning about electron entanglement and all that stuff from YouTube lectures (esp. Leonard Susskind's) but I hear the job market for physics is bad. I mean what would a degree in higher energy physics get you? A teaching job? Maybe so CERN research hear and there?)
-I like computers and I've even "built" or more like assembled my own computer.
I have a lot of stuff going on in this post I hope you the reader don't mind I'm just over thinking atm xD
I mean picked MatSci over Chemical Engineering because it seems a lot more interesting.
Also some advice would really help me xD
Idk maybe with a bigger picture I can see it for myself I guess listing what I like someone would interject here and recommend something else? ( ik this is a bit more than a simple question).
-I like math and calculus
-I like more theory based areas in science
-I like chemistry because it deals with elements and particles.
^^ (Although I wish I can take particle physics classes at some point the problem is yes, I like learning about electron entanglement and all that stuff from YouTube lectures (esp. Leonard Susskind's) but I hear the job market for physics is bad. I mean what would a degree in higher energy physics get you? A teaching job? Maybe so CERN research hear and there?)
-I like computers and I've even "built" or more like assembled my own computer.
I have a lot of stuff going on in this post I hope you the reader don't mind I'm just over thinking atm xD