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[MedTech Engineers] Bioengineering Graduate Student Transferring to Different Program
jrajpu3
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Hello Everyone,
My name is, and just a couple months back, in May, I received my bachelor's degree in Bioengineering, with a concentration in Cell and Tissue Engineering; upon completion, I spent the next couple of months in attempts to find a job that relates to the biomedical field, notably medical devices, biotech, pharma, and medical R&D, with no luck. I eventually decided to pursue a Master's in bioengineering, this time focusing on Biomechanics (at the moment I am going the non-thesis route, but I am considering changing the degree status once I find an appropriate lab).
I didn't just enter graduate school hoping that it would improve my chances of finding work, but to also gain a more in-depth understanding of the field and how it can be applicable to industry. I essentially felt, after getting my BA, that I had obtained knowledge in so many different engineering/scientific fields, but didn't really have a solid background in any of them, which I feel is key when trying to promoting yourself to an HR manager for a company; it could be the curriculum itself at my university (I felt that the major was more focused on research and academia, biomolecular and biochemical engineering but not so much on macro-scale, medical devices or rehab devices commonly found in clinics/hospitals, or on FDA/ISO classification).
I'm currently half a semester in, and I still don't see any potential future for myself in industry, which is why I feel like I should just leave the program altogether and transfer into the master's program for mechanical engineering, with a primary focus on fluids, heat transfer, and mechatronics. For all potential engineers, or engineering students out there, what are your thoughts on this? Are my reasons strong enough to make this change? I also want to mention that my university is in Chicago; biotech must not be a big deal here because at annual career fairs at my college, only two-three companies show up to recruit. We're basically thought of as biologists or something, so this is another reason to leave this program.
My name is, and just a couple months back, in May, I received my bachelor's degree in Bioengineering, with a concentration in Cell and Tissue Engineering; upon completion, I spent the next couple of months in attempts to find a job that relates to the biomedical field, notably medical devices, biotech, pharma, and medical R&D, with no luck. I eventually decided to pursue a Master's in bioengineering, this time focusing on Biomechanics (at the moment I am going the non-thesis route, but I am considering changing the degree status once I find an appropriate lab).
I didn't just enter graduate school hoping that it would improve my chances of finding work, but to also gain a more in-depth understanding of the field and how it can be applicable to industry. I essentially felt, after getting my BA, that I had obtained knowledge in so many different engineering/scientific fields, but didn't really have a solid background in any of them, which I feel is key when trying to promoting yourself to an HR manager for a company; it could be the curriculum itself at my university (I felt that the major was more focused on research and academia, biomolecular and biochemical engineering but not so much on macro-scale, medical devices or rehab devices commonly found in clinics/hospitals, or on FDA/ISO classification).
I'm currently half a semester in, and I still don't see any potential future for myself in industry, which is why I feel like I should just leave the program altogether and transfer into the master's program for mechanical engineering, with a primary focus on fluids, heat transfer, and mechatronics. For all potential engineers, or engineering students out there, what are your thoughts on this? Are my reasons strong enough to make this change? I also want to mention that my university is in Chicago; biotech must not be a big deal here because at annual career fairs at my college, only two-three companies show up to recruit. We're basically thought of as biologists or something, so this is another reason to leave this program.
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