Job Prospects for AEP engineers?

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<p>I have heard that AEP majors find it difficult to find a job in comparison to other engineering majors due to the more theoretical and abstract nature of their major. What's the story on this?</p>

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<p>AEP is Applied/Engineering physics correct? I asked the question here and got great answers.
[Applied</a> Physics/ Engineering Physics, A good field to get into? : Physics](<a href=“http://www.reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/aa3pr/applied_physics_engineering_physics_a_good_field/]Applied”>Reddit - Dive into anything)</p>

<p>Engineering physics is a very diverse field. They have the knowledge of Mech-Es but some other stuff as well. Also research and academia are huge parts of Applied Physics. Personally I hope to leave Undergrad and go into grad school to do even more research and with this field it’s also large into becoming a professor. Read the link I provided because I got a lot of good information there.</p>

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<p>Probably the more typical AEP path is to specialize in grad school, and get a job based on that. The AEP majors I knew went on to PhD programs. That same “more theoretical and abstract nature” makes it, arguably, superior for that plan, though the tradeoff may be less immediately applicable training for most conventional BS entry level jobs. However, there at least used to be substantial opportunities to direct your program of studies in various directions via free electives.</p>

<p>If you’re looking for employment straight out of undergrad,as an AEP major, I would think the best strategy is to use free electives to build up a substantial expertise in one of the reasonable applied sub-areas, or affiliated areas (eg EE for semiconductors, lasers, materials science, whatever).</p>

<p>Another strategy for non-PhD employment might be to do above, but then do a 1 year M.Eng. in the more applied discipline (eg. EE, ME).</p>

<p>But I’m just speculating, talk to people in the department, I’m sure they can help you.</p>

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<p>They seem to do very well for themselves:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/student-services/engineering-coop-career-services/statistics/upload/PGS-Inserts-AEP-2008-WEB-READY-2.pdf[/url]”>http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/student-services/engineering-coop-career-services/statistics/upload/PGS-Inserts-AEP-2008-WEB-READY-2.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>What a great pdf. Exactly what I was looking for. I hope the OP gets a lot out of it as well.</p>