My younger brother got his BSEE from Tennessee tech, and his MSEE and PHd in Plasma Physics from Rensselaer Polytech. He was one of about 5 people in the country working on the programming for the containment field for the fusion reactor until the funding dried up on that project.
Now he does computer modeling as a private consultant for the automotive industry, designing parts and running them to failure on the computer without ever physically building the parts. He bills his time out at $1,000.00 per day and he's got people waiting in line to hire him.
He still calls me for engine-building advice!
A civil engineer must have designed the female body. Who else would have put the playground next to the toxic waste dump?
Jerry