<p>Brief self-description:</p>
<p>ME major @ UCSD
3.81 gpa, end of junior year
previous research experience: geotech/earthquake engineering (summer); two quarters in material science lab
about to publish a paper as first-author, with guidance by a Ph.D. student
hobbies: electronic music production/djing, frequent reader of phys.org</p>
<p>i also enjoy watching how it’s made; i would really like to work at a state-of-the-art laboratory/factory and processing/testing things. i enjoy physics, did well in thermo, dynamics; i am comfortable with the EE side of things, thanks to what i learned in processing sound-signals and the like. i do love the art in design, as well. its still certainly early for me to be specializing in something, but unless it is too late to change to something better for my personality, i might be stuck in mat.sci (novel methods in processing/fabrication ceramics /w mech. properties). i like ceramics and mat.sci, but im not dying to be in this industry, and i have yet to see any job postings (as far as i am aware) for internships in mat.sci here in san diego. i might also be at a disadvantage to Chem.Es because of this. can someone verify if mat.sci/ceramics/composites is a stable field for a potential grad in about 2 years? are there other job fields that im missing that i should be searching??</p>
<p>thanks for your response!</p>