fightorflight

My interest is primarily in optimization. I am inclined to go for a PhD after this. So, what industry I could get into is not my immediate concern. However, because my experience is in using FEA in conjunction with optimization algorithms, I considered applying to one or two scientific computing programs. But since optimization generally falls under OR, it is my first choice. Anyway, thanks for the advice.

Details: GRE: 332 (VR: 169 QR: 163 AWA: 3.0) TOEFL: 109 (R: 30 L: 30 S: 24 W: 25) Undergraduate score: 89/100. Silver medal, Osmania University, India in Mechanical Engineering 2 years of experience in a large organisation and 1 year in a start-up as a physics simulations Engineer. Expertise in non linear finite element analysis and structural optimization. My interest is in Operations Research/Optimization/Scientific Computing. Which universities in the United States do you think I have a fair chance? Personally I have seen a few other websites suggesting these universities: Reach: University of Wisconsin, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech May/May not: Ohio State, University of Massacusetts-Amherst, University Of Washington, Texas A&M university, UT-Austin Safe: NCSU, ASU,