What Are the Career Prospects for a Recent Physics Grad in Material Science?

[PCJJSBS]

Hello!

Longtime reader, first time joiner.
I am a recent (not yet a year) college graduate with a B.S. in physics and a focus in material science. A focus at my university is basically four classes to get you a head start on a graduate degree. I have also been working as an intern for about a year now at a chemical/semiconductor company as a research assistant. I work in the printed electronics department and get to design, fabricate, and test the devices (sensors). I work with a lot of nano-particle inks and carbon nanotubes. I am actually being offered a non intern position this week! I realize I am extremely lucky to work in physics with just a bachelors degree. It is even more lucky when you find out that it is the only science type company within 400 miles of where I live! I am honestly not even half as smart as most of the people I went to school with and work with.

Anyway, I am excited to give my input and get your input on this forum. Any questions, just ask!

 

[ZapperZ]

The focus of your undergraduate work is on an area that obviously fits in very well with that company. It shows that the type of skill and knowledge that a physics major graduates in has a significant bearing on the "employability" of the graduate.

It is good that you are finally joining this forum. You can knock some sense into many of the wide-eyed kids in this forum who seems to be enamored by "theoretical physics" on esoteric topics without regard to their chances of finding a job when they graduate. So welcome!

Zz.