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I know there are about a million of these posts on here comparing EE and physics, but I'm interested in more specific information. I'm currently a biological engineering major who's planning on switching to EE or Physics after this semester. At this point, I'm leaning towards physics because I'm only interested in the physics oriented EE subjects anyway, and if I take some EE classes with a physics curriculum I could always go to grad school for EE if I choose to. But not necessarily the other way around...
I've heard that accelerator physics is a good field for people who are sort of on the fence between EE and physics. I'm curious about how the jobs & research differ between the two fields. It seems that there is a lot of overlap between them and I'm having trouble distinguishing between the roles that either a physicist or an engineer have, at say, a national lab. What might one do that the other couldn't? Also, what jobs might be in common between the two?
I appreciate any responses
I've heard that accelerator physics is a good field for people who are sort of on the fence between EE and physics. I'm curious about how the jobs & research differ between the two fields. It seems that there is a lot of overlap between them and I'm having trouble distinguishing between the roles that either a physicist or an engineer have, at say, a national lab. What might one do that the other couldn't? Also, what jobs might be in common between the two?
I appreciate any responses