What are the future prospects and career on Computational Physics, Applied Physics, and Medical Physics?
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i'm an applied physics major, so i have been looking into some of these things fror myself. applied physics seems to be the most broad, so if you can't choose, it is the best, and also would keep your options open more for grad school. medical physics seems most likely to prepare you for a certain career path, though you can always switch without much trouble.\n\nif you know you want to work, i'd say all three are equally good, but if the math part is harder for you, maybe medical? if you want to continue you're studies, probably applied.\n\nyour department adivsors can give you much better answers than me, so talk to them.
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Many physicists go into information technology professions. I have seen quite a few, ranging from PhDs and bachelors, working in IT consulting, teaching, programming, and all sorts. It seems that stuff learnt in physics lectures can be translated into IT work too.
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Physics is playing an continually increasing role in the health sciences, but does have a significnt historical role as well. From the discovery of x-rays to the invention of magnetic resonance imaging, physics has led to the development of a host of technologies that permit the doctor to see inside the human body. Nevermind the fact that understanding the physics of optical systems allows lenses to be created which allow both patient and doctor to see. The emergence of lasers now allows for surgeries such as Lasik. Related to diagnostics and protection, physics is leading to the invention of a host of sensor technologies that allow for the analysis of blood, urine, and breath for various physiological parameters (proteins, toxins, etc.). Not only do these biosensors have applicability in the realm of clinical diagnostics, but they are becoming important tools in homeland defense. There are numerous examples of physics in health sciences, and what I have mentioned are only a few. In the coming years physicists will seek to explain more biological phenomena in the same way they formulated a quantum mechanical understanding of chemistry in the early twentieth century.
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There about 15000 working physicist is the US and probably more than double that in the world. In addition there are many working in teaching positions. They have many professional societies to communicate with each other. You might check out American Physical Society (APS) to start with.
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See excellant Wikipedia article (see source)\n# Medical imaging\n# Treatment of disease\n# Physiological Measurement Techniques\n# Radiation Protection\n# Medical Computing and Mathematics\n# Biomedical engineering
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Wonderful! You will have a lot of options. Mechatronics is the basis of robotics. Its where mechanical engg. and electronics fuse. This throws up a lot of avenues. Autonomous machines, vehicles, smart machines, nanotech, etc.
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Check out biomedical engineering if you get a chance... that is really the hottest engineering discipline right now...\n\nBUT, I would choose electrical engineering since you can do SO MUCH with that degree: Power engineering, RF/microwave, computers, software, circuits, system engineering, nano-engineering.... \n\nI also know of some electrical engineers who work as mechanical engineers... so in any event you are never really stuck... \n\nAlso, know that electrical engineering is the closest engineering discipline to pure physics... \n\nBUT choose mechanical engineering if mechanical doo-hickeys fascinate you... you are good with your hands... you like math.... you are comfortable using CAD tools on the computer.... you feel comfortable in a machine shop.... \n\nIn terms of the JOB MARKET.... as long as you get good grades in college you will get a job... TRUST ME. Good engineers are a rarity... ALSO, if you learn a foreign language like Chinese or Korean than the job recruiters will be knocking your door down.
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Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Human Anatomy
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chemistry,medicine,physics,neurolgoy................................
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I doubt that you should consider it as the "next hot field" as image processing is around for many years now. These days all basic algorithms and questions are pretty well researched and documented, hot topics are rather complex image understanding / computer vision problems. We are really far away to automatically understand images.\nFor sure, image processing is a very interesting field, as you work with "nice" things - images - and not with abstract data, and also there are many - rather hard and complex - open problems to be solved.
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My brother-in-law is an electrical engineer and designs ultrasound equipment.  So he combines electrical engineering with the health field.  Maybe you could get into something like that.  \n\nNuclear is very well paid, but the jobs are hard to find.  Because of the sensitivity of nuclear, they are unlikely to ship the jobs oversees.  I think nuclear will be growing in the future in the US, because people are starting to realize that nuclear is actually less polluting than burning fossil fuels.
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If you're considering this, you probably already have an idea of what area of physics interests you.  Look at the literature and see where this work is being done.  Think about someone in the field you'd like to work with.  At MIT, they won't let go of you until you really understand what's going on, and know how to think about it.  That's of immense value.  I'm biased, but it's true.
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If you like physics, but do not want a degree in physics, you should consider engineering.  Physics and math are the two core foundations of most engineering disciplines.
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Try electric fields, energy fields, bio-chemistry and genetics. Excellent research material, isn't it? If that doesn't satisfy, maybe, try out psychology and also positive uses of psychic energy.
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Are bhai.Me Hoo naa Sharuk..i think u r not ment for software development becoz u r being specialized in bsc phy.So try to get a good job like a physics tacher or other sciecne fields....\n\nSharuk hai No prob
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engineering\nteaching physics at a secondary or university level\nresearch
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get a masters and/or Ph.D in bioinformatics...must love computers and math!!