Xiaofan Chen gmail.com> writes: > > On 2/14/06, Olin Lathrop 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. I know many frustrated professors in biomedical sciences who struglle for funding. Huge prject do get a lot of funding, but then the cost of research is also high, I bet way higher than in engineering. Total amount of money going into biotech is larger, but there may be more researchers in the field too. Competition for the grants is very stiff, I believe only 10% of NIH applications are funded. > > 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 I would say that how much a person makes is a personal choice, at least in biotech field in the US. It is hard to find a job in industry first time, but it can be done. Being a postdoc for life is a personal choice, there is a lot of foreign PhDs in biotech industry. (BTW, I am PhD in biotech, working in industry after "normal" 3-year postdoc.) Regards, Sergey -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist