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The Four Schools for Alternative/Renewable Energy-related PhD Research
I'm in the process of selecting the four schools I'll be applying to for my PhD. For a brief moment over the weekend I was overwhelmed by ETH Zurich because of their awesome MEST program. Even if the program turns out not to be as great as they make it to be, I sure applaud their marketing skills .. for that "brief moment," wherein I had also completed my application and verified I had every other requirement, I was prepared to leave everything in America and board a plane headed for Zurich. And oh, the school fees is dirt cheap ... like $1200/year ... but its the living expenses that get you!!!
So here are my four school choices, I have picked four schools ... two in the state of Texas
1. Texas A&M University ... because I have to fight my demons, and I am in touch with a few of the Professors in that program ... so I know where it is headed.
2. University of Texas : UT because its the only other school in Texas at par with Texas A&M, and they have two Professors working on renewable-energy type stuff and also they have faculty involved in energy economics.
3. University of Illinois: A world-class institution with faculty actively pursuing alternative/renewable energy research
4. Georgia Tech: GT is right there amongst the best of them in terms of engineering schools, faculty interested in engineering alternative/renewable energy as well as the presence of NEETRAC there will give me an opportunity to put my experience to use in a different way.