Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
From news@aol.net Mon Jan 9 18:06:49 1995
From: princemike@aol.com (PrinceMike)
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Subject: Nuclear Engineering or Nuclear Physics or Physics?

I'm looking for some advice pertaining to my major in college. I've
completed the first two years of an engineering curriculum and now must
decide on a major before I transfer to a four-year school.
My current line of thought goes like this: If I get an nuclear
engineering degree I could probably work in industry(nuclear power plants)
or research just the same. I am kind of drawn to doing fusion research,
not neccessarily cold fusion though. The work currently being done at
Princeton seems very intersesting. But would a degree in physics or
nuclear physics be more beneficial there? My fear is that if I get one of
these academic type degrees than I'll be less attractive to industry and
be stuck doing research even if I find out I don't enjoy it ten years down
the road. This question is made harder given the decreased financial
support of research and the proprosed elimination of the Energy Department
all together by the new Congress.
I should note that I am a graduate of the Navy's Nuclear Propulsion
program so I do have some background in the engineering line of work.
Any advice?
Mike H.
PrinceMike@aol.com