PopSci has compiled an amazing list of 30 college labs that would tempt anybody to re-enroll. If you know any high school juniors or prospective grad students, pass this along. They just might reconsider their initial choices.
30 courses are pictured below, click through to PopSci's 30 Coolest College Courses in the Country for descriptions.
Missouri University of Science and Technology: Experimental Mine
Career: Industrial demolitions
Learn to: Blow things up extremely well
George Washington University: National Crash Analysis Center
Career: Safety engineer
Learn to: Propel a sedan at 60 mph into a roadside planter
University of Alabama at Huntsville: Propulsion Research Center
Career: Rocket scientist
Learn to: Make things that go very fast and very far
Northern Kentucky University: Barton Lab
Career: Geologist
Learn to: Study Martian living conditions here on Earth
University of Maryland: Space Systems Laboratory
Career: Spacesuit designer
Learn to: Test out new astronaut gear in zero gravity
Colorado State University: Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory
Career: Mechanical engineer
Learn to: Make a 2,300hp engine stronger and cleaner
Texas Tech University: Wind Science and Engineering Research Center
Career: Atmospheric scientist
Learn to: Hurl planks at walls to measure hurricane damage
Cornell University: Game Design Initiative
Career: Videogame designer
Learn to: Create your own game
University of California at Merced: Dawson Lab
Career: Marine biologist
Learn to: Dive with jellyfish
Carnegie Mellon University: Robotics Institute
Career: Robot designer
Learn to: Construct autonomous SUVs
New College Florida: Peruvian Amazon Field Course
Career: Rainforest biologist
Learn to: Follow rare animals up 150-foot trees
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Toy Lab
Career: Toy designer
Learn to: Build toys and test them on actual kids
University of Florida: Lightning Research Laboratory
Career: Building lightning-resistant objects
Learn to: Catch lightning—millions of volts of it
Montana State University: Subzero Science and Engineering Laboratory
Career: Antarctic explorer
Learn to: Look for life in 250,000-year-old ice cores
Stanford University: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Career: Condensed-matter physicist
Learn to: Capture 3-D images of molecules using powerful x-rays
University of California at Berkeley: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Career: Alien hunter
Learn to: Create software that looks for signs of extraterrestrials
Utah State University: Center for Integrated BioSystems
Career: Genetic engineer
Learn to: Clone a mule
New York University: Interactive Telecommunications Program
Career: Interactive artist
Learn to: Design interactive videos for a 120-foot screen
Stanford University: Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability
Career: Development entrepreneur
Learn to: Build low-cost incubators for premature babies in Nepal
New Mexico Tech: Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center
Career: Bomb expert
Learn to: Create your own diamonds, using tons of explosives
University of Houston: Sasakawa Intl Center for Space Architecture
Career: Space architect
Learn to: Design lunar pods for NASA
Colorado School of Mines: Humanitarian Engineering Program
Career: Globe-trotting engineer
Learn to: Generate electricity for rural villages in Ecuador
UC San Diego: CA Institute of Telecommunications & Info Technology
Career: Virtual archaeologist
Learn to: Excavate a fortress in Jordan using virtual reality
College for Creative Studies: Transportation Design
Career: Mass-transit designer
Learn to: Design a hydrogen-fueled car with wind turbines attached
U.S. Geological Survey: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Career: Geophysicist
Learn to: Measure lava flow on volcanoes
Penn State Univ.: Humanitarian Engineering & Social Entrepreneuriship
Career: Community-based engineer
Learn to: Create biodiesel fuel—in Kenya
University of Hawaii at Manoa: Marine Option Program
Career: Scientific Diver
Learn to: Tag animals near a coral reef in Hawaii
North Carolina State University: Forensic Analysis Lab
Career: Forensic investigator
Learn to: Analyze human remains
University of Wisconsin: Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
Career: Stem-cell researcher
Learn to: Observe monkeys for biomedical research
Boston University: National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory
Career: Bird-flu researcher
Learn to: Study pathogens with leading infectious-disease specialists
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2 Comments
Well... I don't have that cool of a school but I'm still itching to get back to it anyway.
may those schools help in developing a robot in the form of suit to wear it quadriplagic patients
and receive voice orders taking its energy from their body heat
it is my dream for humanity
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