Areas of Concentration as an EE Graduate Student
Areas of Concentration as an EE Graduate Student
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I would like to earn an EE Masters degree but am unsure what my concentration should be. I don't have much experience in any given area and feel now is the time to go back to school so I can get it done while I'm single and without a family. I am wondering what areas offer the most opportunities or if you know of any good articles that may provide some insight. Examples of concentrations include; Computer Engineering, Microelectronics, VLSI & Simulation, Power Systems, Signal Processing & Comm Systems, Control Theory, I'm sure there are others. I work for a large aerospace company that will pay for my education. They have a need for about every specialty so I feel free to choose whatever I think offers the most opportunity and interests me. What direction is industry trending? Are Computer and Microelectronics jobs being offshored? This shouldn't be a problem in a defense contractor position but I'm not guaranteed a job here forever either. What specialty would you choose and why? Is there any reason I shouldn't go into Communications Systems or Control Systems?





RE: Areas of Concentration as an EE Graduate Student
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RE: Areas of Concentration as an EE Graduate Student
RE: Areas of Concentration as an EE Graduate Student
RE: Areas of Concentration as an EE Graduate Student
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If we learn from our mistakes I'm getting a great education!
RE: Areas of Concentration as an EE Graduate Student
I have been doing protection for 7 years now and I have LOVED every day - it is bad when you would do it for free just because it is fun (though I DO like getting paid for it)! Just find what you will love to do & trust me, you will be in demand!
Every client (as I am a consultant) I meet does ask though "why don't you come here to work instead?"
Good luck!
RE: Areas of Concentration as an EE Graduate Student
I've been searching for my soul for ages and I still haven't found it. I think I may have mortgaged it to the devil just to pay the bills when the power industry was in the bad old days of the early 90's.
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If we learn from our mistakes I'm getting a great education!
RE: Areas of Concentration as an EE Graduate Student
My question to you is, why get a Masters? I have three boys in college and all echo this same refrain. It appears to be drilled into them by the professors, who have a vested interest in wringing more money out of each student. There is nothing wrong with a Bachelors, and you'll find that you learn more on the job than you will in a class that is a minimum of 2 - 3 yrs behind the times.
By all means get registered!