[samuel2]

I think cross-specializing with physics of energy might be quite cool. Then I could work on problems such as, e.g.,

- optimizing the placement of wind turbines to maximize energy capture

- determining the optimal size and type of solar panels for a given area.

[EricMausler]

Absolutely, I can see how that could be effective. The jobs may lean toward electrical experience. Power engineering is a subfield of electrical and may be relevant. I looked into it once for myself, seemed like a good fit.

Another field of tools that I'm looking at are the Geospatial ones. Being able to work with mapping software/data always felt like a good mix to me.

What tools are they teaching now? I studied on like AMPL for linear/nonlin prog, ARENA for sims, Matlab for general but it's been a while.

[samuel2]

yes, geospatial could be interesting. The tools depend on what the university / lecturer prefers, for me it was Julia for programming in math courses, JuMP.jl for optimization modeling, Python for ML courses.