I am sure you belong to the better ones. 

If you are still into power electronics, a Master or a PhD
will be very good option for you. Job prospect is very good
as far as I know, especially for those studying low power
stuff (SMPS control ICs, VRM, etc). For higher power stuffs,
maybe it is also good in the North East part of US (NY or
nearby). 

Power electronics require lot of practical knowledge as well
as theoretical background. IEEE transactions of Power Electronics
will probably never accept one paper without experimental results.
That is totally different from other field. There are some
researchers from the control theory (or maths) side trying
to enter this field and their initial paper are full of
equations and fancy words but never got accepted. They
have to put the paper in IEEE Circuits and Systems. Some
of their values of really laughable. For example, inductance
of 1H, capacitance value of 1F for a 1W converter. ;)-

It is not so easy (and I quit, but not for purely academic 
reasons) for PhD study though. Master is definitely a good choice. 
UC Irvine and UC Berkeley have one-man show. University of 
Colorado and Virginia Tech are good choice. VT has by far the 
most comprehensive programs. There are some other university 
offers good power electronics programs. Alternative energy and 
power+Analog IC design are both good options.

Even though it looks quite mature now, actually there are
a lot of things not solved. I think power and RF will never
be obsolete in the analog electronics front.

Regards,
Xiaofan

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Klingensmith 
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 2:13 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Engineering students across the world

I will be graduating with a BSEE in June 2006. I will NOT go into
management, I want to do design work. I am fairly certain that I will be
able to do just fine in design work without "moving up" into project
management.

I consider myself to have a lot of both theoretical and practical
experience. I have worked on many real projects as well as theoretical
practices. I do not believe I am common among what normally is produced
by my university [a statement which likely makes me look crass]

-- 
Martin Klingensmith
http://wwia.org/
http://nnytech.net/


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