On 2/14/06, Olin Lathrop <olin_piclist@embedinc.com> wrote:
> > I believe this is the ultimate goal. I am sure they are not wasting the
> > money but I think they could spend the money better elsewhere.
>
> I don't know why you say this, although I recall you have a "history" with
> RPI.
>

This has nothing to do with my history with RPI. I believe RPI is a fine
engineering school. I only had problems with the particular Chinese
professor and the environment of Troy. Anyway that is history...

Maybe my perception is wrong here. I am sure this research is important
but I just feel too much money has been poured to a few areas and
engineering is well overlooked by government research agencies.
For example I find out many professors in the engineering fields can
not get enough funds. They spend way too much time to get very
small amount of fund from the industry, On contrary, the other professors
in the field of medical science and  bio-technology are get millions of
dollars from NIH or other research agencies. I think that is wrong.
Again, this is just my personal perceptions and maybe I am totally wrong.

For foreign graduate students in the States, those who get easy
scholarships (quite some in the field of science) often can not find a decent
job in the States. For example, most of the foreign PhDs in the field
of Biology science can only be Post Doctoral Fellow in the university
for years (earning US$3000 per month) since they can not find a job
in the industry. During their study, they do not need to worry about
their scholarships though. Those in the field of engineering can find
a job (earning US$5000 to US$10000 per month when graduate) but
often have to struggle for fund during their study. This is only
my observation though and I am not so sure how true my observation
is.

Regards,
Xiaofan

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