Most Interesting Thing One Has Been a Part of as a Result of
Having a WKU Physics Degree.
“To be honest, the WKU physics degree has helped in almost
everything I've done. The training I received in how to break down
problems into their smallest components and solve them individually
has been invaluable. The most recent job I've done where physics was
"directly" involved was when some…personnel were hired in the mid
1990's as subcontractors at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to work
on the Deep Space Network (DSN).”
“Made two trips to Russia for US Government to conduct
radiation surveys of abandoned strategic missile sites, and heavily
contaminated sites chosen for dismantlement of nuclear weapons”
“Supersonic flight test probing of the SR-71's sonic boom
signature utilizing a F-16XL flying in close formation.”
As can be seen in the plots, there is some influence on what you
want to do with your physics degree as to how much money you make.
Industry and professional jobs typically pay more than academic
(though that can’t be said to be surprising). However, the key point
that can be made is that in many instances, “physics” is not
ostensibly a part of the job title!
Physics is not the stereotype that involves long hours in a sterile
lab with no human contact gazing at incomprehensible equations. It
teaches a broad approach to problem-solving, and those skills, as our
graduates can testify, can be applied in a wide variety of
disciplines.
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