Hello! I am a junior in electrical engineering. I am thinking about going to grad school. I would like to focus my research on nanotechnology and how it can be used for cancer treatment. Do you have any recommendations for pursuing something like that? Will I get accepted in grad school with a 3.58 GPA? What grad school even are there that would have a program for this?
Start with the research journals for that field, and look at the institutions where the research is being done. That will let you know where the research teams are located.
That’s a great idea. I didn’t think of that. Thank you so much!
Nanotechnology is pretty narrow, even for a graduate degree. Most of those programs are probably concentrations within a materials science or biomedical engineering program.
At Northwestern, the program is in the mechanical engineering department, and there are some scientists there doing research in nanomedicine. At Johns Hopkins it’s in materials science and engineering, and there is a focus on biotechnology within their MS program.
Thank you! I figured it was pretty narrow, and even if I found a school that provides nanotechnology, it would be hard to find one that does research in the area I am interested in.
look at Vanderbilt’s REU program in nanotechnology–could be a good opportunity for a rising senior.
Check out Vinse: Vanderbilt institute of Nanoscale science and engineering: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vinse/
Vandy doing Nano tech can be done as minor in undergrad or graduate school: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vinse/nano-minor.php
misunderstood question I guess so edited for this even though I know commenting at all is probably too late - Virginia Tech has a professor doing cancer research. Have you looked at SUNY Poly CNSE? I am pretty sure some of the research we saw going on were cancer related.