各位前辈好，由于版上土木/水利PhD的文章很少，且小弟的背景十分多元，各个领域都有
尝试过，故想问版上的大大请大家帮忙看大概落点会在哪里，并询问土木/水利近年在国
外的发展状况(去年申请时有跟国外的教授聊，说美国最近花大笔的钞票砸在土木领域上)
。
虽然今年想申请2024 Fall的 Civil Engineering (CE) / Hydraulic Engineering / Coa
stal Engineering 博士，但想说都到美国了，仍想辅修CS或做跟CS有关的研究，目标是
毕业后留在国外工作并且拿身分。
现在在某国内老字号营造厂担任现场工程师，专业领域为:海岸工程的数据/图像分析、感
测器(RPi、Arduino)应用于土木领域、以及决策分析；熟悉Python、Matlab、qgis和GEE
，也熟悉机器学习。
以下是个人的背景资讯:
[Background]
NYCU CE MS GPA: 3.88 / 4.3
NCTU CE/HE BS
[Test Score]
TOEFL: 104 (W29 / L28 / S22 / W25)
GRE: 320 (Q169 V151) AWA 3.0
[Experience]
Intern@国内顾问公司(2months)
Intern@资策会(6months)
Research Assistant@NYCU(1year)
Field Engineer@国内营造厂(2023.01~present)
[Publication]
Master thesis*1
National conference paper*3
1st author*1 (Sustainability, IF=3.9)
3rd author*1 (Environmental Modeling&Software, IF=4.807)
[Awards]
2020年经济部水利署第七届水利青年营-First prize
国立大专杯棒球(乙组)一般组-冠军
[推荐信]
硕班教授*2、实习主管*1、公司老板*1
[List]
梦幻:UMich, CMU, UCLA, Princeton, UMN
主要:NCSU, UFlorida, PennState, UCI, Northeastern, UDelware
主要还是按照USNEWS来排序的，加上国外做海岸工程的名校又甚少，故以UMich和CMU为最
想要去的两所(以可辅修CS作考量的话)。
另外，其实我也有申请2023FALL的Program，虽然有收到NCSU、UFlorida和UDelware的全
额奖学金，但因教授都为助理教授就拒绝了，而Penn State也有开出(flow measurement+
ML)的邀约，虽然很心动但考量当时的选校策略失误，故决定再战2024就忍痛放弃了。
也想请问版上，有没有仍在国外奋斗的土木/水利奋斗的学长姐，亦或已经业界上班或者
转型至CS领域成功的学长姐们；当然，除了美国外，荷兰的大学包括University of Twen
te和TU Delft也都有再观望，希望版上的大大们能给我一点亮光指引方向。
若有任何意见都欢迎指教，非常感谢。

I’m already working in the US and strongly recommend you not to study PhD in civil. I can sense that you have intention to pivot into CS, so stop wasting your time in civil and just apply for MSCS. Get out of school as soon as possible and land a software job. I got my MS in civil and took a coupleof CS class, also trying to break into tech. Butdue to visa and the lack of training in CS compared to average CS grads, I’ve sacrificed so much time and effort and still don’t know whether I’d success. So think twice. I’d only recommend PhD ifacademic is your passion, otherwise, getting MSCSis a no brainer, even if it takes extra 1-2 years. Another thing is, H1B is becoming harder and harder to acquire, so there’s that.Most civil companies in the US are also obsolete and old, and those that integrate new technology don’t pay that well either, your years put into civil would not worth it at all, financially.

土木phd只有一个目的：EB1或NIW，除非你想教书你应该现在就开始读OMSCS，浪费很多时间了不要听台湾业界学长姐话唬烂，土木要留下很困难的你还想搞marine这种非常niche的，基本在找死你又想转CS又嫌老板AP，你转CS谁会在乎你老板是AP还是P你去年就该接了offer赶快出来，看不懂你到底在干嘛BTW最近东岸在搞离岸风电，没看到团队简历里有phd

I don’t use Ptt that much anymore, but feel freeto PM me

你没身分 too young; too simple

这板的人都很友善 愿意和你说一堆