Why in the World Should I Get a PhD in Engineering?

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Professor C. Fred Higgs III, who is the John and Ann Doerr Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University, presented a brief talk to engineering students entitled “Why in the World should I get my PhD in Engineering?” For additional information or access to the anecdotal survey data he mentions as inspiring, please visit: graduate.rice.edu/whygetPhD

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@randomistmech Жыл бұрын

OK this is a bit long winded. Let me give my view as a doctor of Mechanical Engineering: As an Eng. graduate you are an inexpert generalist (no offense, I was one of those once). A PhD teaches you to be a specialist, and to become more specialist, but also equips you with the tools to generalize at a specialist level. A PhD holds some value, but not much. In industry you have to demonstrate your worth, so don't ever expect an easy job. Will the financial investment be worth it? Well, unless you're a genuine genius and are prepared to work HARD to make it worth it, probably not. BUT, it does open up roles that are simply not available to Meng or BEng graduates

@karisreavis9259 6 жыл бұрын

Great presentation. I am currently working on a Master's degree and I think I have been convinced to go ahead and get my PhD.

@tomoyamazaki8867 6 жыл бұрын

that makes two of us bro, thanks

@salvo7842 5 жыл бұрын

Three of us! I started with a master but i was accepted as a PhD student.

@Lil_Dwag 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations, you guys all played yourselves.

@turtletrading4207 5 жыл бұрын

Don't. Not worth.

@shreeswarajpanchal4362 2 жыл бұрын

same

@drivepals9678 3 жыл бұрын

Great answers and really inspirational!!

@lordydaddy 7 жыл бұрын

Good job Fred.great seminar.am just done with my MSc .hope i can pursue the PHD

@eagl0215 5 жыл бұрын

Waited 11 years since my undergrad to finally decide to go for a MS but recently entertaining to do PhD where I would have more time to learn more and in depth.

@alexandrep4913 10 ай бұрын

That's not really why you should go into PhD. Masters is for in depth knowledge and goes in depth as much as PhDs. The difference in PhDs is you actually generate new knowledge. Masters is for applying it in application.

@GamingTechReview 3 жыл бұрын

I wanna be this professors student! Respect ✊

@3141nando 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video and presentation.

@seunajijola290 3 жыл бұрын

So much depth and insight

@cedkize7608 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing presentation Prof. Thanks for all the inside out on PhD. It was immensely helpful for me to better and deeper understand the principle behind PhD in engineering. Now I would like to ask a question. What should I do to choose a GOOD FIELD that I will do my PhD on so that I can get companies contacting me all the time and get the $500 per hours consultation that you spoke about?

@DCC72 5 жыл бұрын

Look at the NAE grand challenges as a start. Inspire yourself. Many other technologies are hot like additive manufacturing, synthetic bio, ethical AI, optimization, smart cities, etc. Too many.

@sonofatlas1372 2 жыл бұрын

I’m going for it once I get it it’s a wrap new and better engines coming

@aesclamadoca 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome talk!

@michaelsweet4232 2 жыл бұрын

A PhD will have very, very limited returns outside of academia. Inside academia, most people will slave as adjuncts. Why spend 4-6 years of your life to then earn 40k a year? In fact, I recently read that many universities are now getting people to teach for free! Get a masters and then go to work and earn money in the real world.

@12krinson 5 жыл бұрын

Great presentation

@salvo7842 5 жыл бұрын

I am paying for my PhD. I already have a high salary position but my value on the job allows me the flexibility to pursue a PhD. So i can't accept the stipend since it is incredibly low.

@DCC72 5 жыл бұрын

It's very low for those coming from work. Very high for those coming from undergrad debt. But still great for 99% of the engineering world because you're paid to only get your PhD. No better deal out. Right?

@singhatar0912 3 жыл бұрын

Fred well is it necessary ?

@richardwalters9348 2 жыл бұрын

Very relevant and informative.

@refresh_page 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing facts, thank you for fuiling my ambition for a PhD

@JamesWattMusic 6 жыл бұрын

My advice is to try as hard as you can to get a job at a chemical plant off 225. Thats the real world. or a semiconductor facility, which there are only a few in TX.

@muskangarg6410 6 жыл бұрын

Is it just about a job?

@DCC72 5 жыл бұрын

Real world:) I think my former PhD students at Intel might disagree. But I hear you James. There surely are other invaluable paths to a purposeful career.

@JamesWattMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Intel is the real world and doesnt require a PhD to work there. Yeah at this point I would advise anyone to leave Houston to get experience in the future.

@fggamesoft4949 9 ай бұрын

Why not? You will pick materials work design learn make stuff for a good reason, like computers or constructions or machines the planet is huge and learning never ends.

@fggamesoft4949 9 ай бұрын

Never give up.

@OneNour 7 жыл бұрын

thank you

@McDiculous50 3 жыл бұрын

I love it!

@mohammedfaizan9198 6 жыл бұрын

Prof. I am not able to decide topic of my deep interest because the case with me is that whatever I want to study I want to study it in depth...what should I do?

@DCC72 5 жыл бұрын

Look at the NAE grand challenges as a start. Inspire yourself.

@JamesWattMusic 6 жыл бұрын

the first two myths are actually true 100%. The last 3 myths are myths. There a jobs out there but you will be severely limited in what you can do with a PhD. Be careful what you study and what experience you gain in real industry from day 1 undergrad.

@DCC72 5 жыл бұрын

Don't take my word. Look at the link in the KZfaq summary (graduate.rice.edu/whygetPhD ). It has the survey data from over 60 engineering PhDs who gave 1 single reason the PhD benefits you (see here: gpsdocs.rice.edu/recruiting/HiggsWhyGetPhDsurveydata.pdf). No need to create any fake news here. Check the responses for yourself. 1 or 2 concur with you James, but it's rare.

@pitlessboy3430 5 жыл бұрын

@@DCC72 Could you include where the survey respondents are working? Or at least the proportion in academia vs. industry.

@DCC72 5 жыл бұрын

@@pitlessboy3430 let me go back to the raw data and do a quick calculation Oliver. It's a good question. I hope I have such info

@neon-3467 2 жыл бұрын

just don't include it

@marcolee1632 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is the Faculty Director at Rice University. There is a conflict in interest here. His faculty has a lot of money to gain by people signing up to his PhD program. Be cautious, people.

@marcolee1632 2 жыл бұрын

@Flow Jabz Bachelor's degrees are cheap and primary degrees are needed. PhD are not essential and are tremendously expensive. Be careful what you sign up for.

@fmartin59 Жыл бұрын

To further buttress your sentiment, most senior level engineers (30+ years) at literally any company will tell you they're not interested in being a college student since no real world benefit.

@clown3663 11 ай бұрын

@@marcolee1632To be fair, PhDs aren't exactly something you'd get for the money.

@softwetbread248 2 ай бұрын

Phds are fully funded, its not like masters. you dont go to school anymore, you are working an actual job. Saying this is a conflict of interest is the same as saying a company marketing itself is a conflict of interest.

@bell8758 3 жыл бұрын

Does he mean that you don’t create with a PhD but you prove?

@firstlast9813 4 жыл бұрын

Why he look like that guy from vine?

@ValHustle 4 жыл бұрын

This prof has some solid points, but closer to the end he starts digressing and begins talking complete bs. Turning down 1M in funding... looking down on investors, etc. Such b.s.

@cesarmadmax4170 4 жыл бұрын

Good advertising

@irenakaminska1216 Жыл бұрын

Would,you,to,do,dr,mazur,

@user-ui4kg7mv1c 10 ай бұрын

Till yet is there any person on entire world EXCEPT "Dr. Raja Haroon Latif" who is "PH.D" Engineering. Certainly not because in "PH.D" Engineering the new system of "Engineering" has to be design and evolve and then to write it in "PH.D" Doctrine book of Engineering. Which is not possible for so called Engineers because their "Perceptive IQ" is too less. For example; In 1996 Dr. Raja Haroon Latif had discover the "Doctrine of Electro magnetic Scaling" and that was Doctrine discovery in Electrical engineering then there after he had created a new "Electrical Engineering System" of "Electromagnetic Scaling" and has written his "Doctrine Book" on it. Then it becomes "PH.D" of Electrical Engineering. So he is the first person on entire world who has his "Doctrine of Electromagnetic Scaling" Engineering Doctrine.

@user-ui4kg7mv1c 10 ай бұрын

The "PH.D" in Engineering is written as "PH.D" and not as "Ph.D"

@elir.torres8642 2 жыл бұрын

A better question is build a business so you don't have to fave racism, low wages, age discrimination at 60 years of age.

@Booer 6 ай бұрын

4 min in and im bored af

@nkd3047 6 жыл бұрын

Successful people who dropped out of college: -Bill Gates -Paul Allen -Michael Dell -Steve Jobs -Elon Musk -Mark Zuckerberg and of course....OPRAH! Successful people without PHD's: -too many to list

@jessicajames5412 6 жыл бұрын

Nikhil Das Why is your name not in the list?

@jacquesflame4238 6 жыл бұрын

People have different definitions for sucess. For you it may be having a high salary but for them it could be doing what they are passionate about or teaching

@jacquesflame4238 6 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@kokwah5517 6 жыл бұрын

Nikhil Das a PhD is for a different purpose of life on a individual. Basically about involvement on a subject they are so passion to go further in knowledge through research. Why not!? It's a kind satisfaction of accomplishment not everyone understood!

@DCC72 5 жыл бұрын

So that's 3 by your count:)