Free Post Week of 9/6

     Not Enough Books, Not Enough Kids

        I am astounded by the fact that the enormous selection of text material in the MSU library does not have many books on material science. I searched through the catalogs and through the library to only find a few books on material science, none of which were a basic introductory book. Out of the 10 questions I had, I could only find the answer to one of them and the book was printed in 1970, so hopefully the information is still relevant. I now must search the internet for a source of information that can actually answer my questions.

       I can't say I'm extremely surprised at the lack of information I could find though. There are not many people who have even heard of the degree I'm pursuing, and I have yet to meet any other student that is also involved with this branch of engineering. Although, I imagine as I continue my college career and expand into more complex courses I will meet other in the same field as me. I hope as time goes on I can meet other kids just so we can get together and do classwork together, since currently all the kids in my dorm are in the Lyman Briggs college and I cannot work on any homework with them. I am actually envious of all these kids, and desire to find other students with similar courses as me to work with. My interests will probably be sparked even more if I can find people to work on my preparatory engineering classes with.


      There is an even greater demand for people with this degree than I thought. There are only 21,000 jobs, but since there aren't many people going after this degree companies are searching for people with it. They will always need people to study materials and find ways to be the most efficient and save the most money, so this information is exciting to me. I hope the outlook is still the same when I graduate.


"Material Science and Engineering Overview." Sloan Career Cornerstone Center, 2013. Web. 9/10/2013.
http://www.careercornerstone.org/pdf/matscieng/matscience.pdf