[peter.pan]

Hi,

I have been admitted to 3 top North American graduate schools for a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

I have the options of pursuing my thesis on following topics. Though I have interest in propulsions, I am confused as to if it will find applications to industry and if I will have a good career in that field.

• Propulsion, esp Gas Turbine Engines
• Numerical models for predicting particle flow phenomena
• Plasma physics with applications as flow actuators, flow control
• mutli phase flows
• CFD applications to nano tech.

I kindly wanted to know which field has the most potential in the days to come. Though my primary interest is in propulsion but I am equally concerned if that will help me get a good career.



Also what are the options after doing a PhD in fluids in North America/rest of the world. Apart from academics.


I look forward to your thoughts,


Thanks

[Aeronautics El. K.]

Since you're going to do a PhD in one of these 3 top North American universities (I take it it's probably MIT, Stanford and Caltech...) why don't you consider pursuing an academic career instead of working in the industry?