<p>He works as a Chem engineer for over 30 years. I went to the company for the summer of 07 and I was exposed to the engineering field myself. He worked here [Invensys</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invensys]Invensys”>Invensys - Wikipedia). In the past he worked for Aspen Tech, JGC, and also one of Japan’s biggest engineering corporations. </p>
<p>At international corporations (Aspen Tech and JGC was before I was born or when I was too small), the powerhouses of engineering are Cal Tech, MIT, and Illinois. Any of those colleges gain you instant recognition of your abilities much like how Harvard, John Hopkins, or University of Washington gains you instant recognition in the medical field. Yes, I know there are other powerhouses for engineering within the US like Georgia Tech, Purdue, or UT Austin (its petroleum engineering program however is elite with the 3 above) but those program’s prestige don’t extend that far outside the US (though still respectable). </p>
<p>For the individual programs, I’m not sure which one is the best. I did ask my dad over this summer which one had the highest pay and he said it was easily Petroleum engineers, but at the same time, he said the future outlook of the job is also the grimmest of all the engineers specialties.</p>