Best Energy/Power Engineering Graduate Programs

Engineerer
Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:50:00 +0000

My interest is in electric machines focusing on energy generation for use in renewables and non-renewable resources. The power industry will also have open opportunities to work in construction and transportation (vehicles) industries. I have a MSEE in optics/electromagnetism and found that many EE optics jobs I am not qualified for since I do not have enough work experience (I work in engineering consulting). The optics industry isn’t booming these days in my experience, at least from the standpoint from a person without 5+ yrs of experience or without a Ph.D.

Ideally I would like to work in research, design, or test and evaluation and from what I’m gathered, power engineering has work in the lab and on the field (definitely away from the office since I am trying to avoid getting another office job).

Any thoughts? I know Big Ten conference schools have some decent energy/power programs.