No, not necessarily. It is in the "wave" theater, but is more towards radio frequency wave propagation. Light and EM wave theroy share many similarities, specifically the geometrical relations... if you can understand one of them... you'll be able to understand the other.

Method of Edge Waves in the Physical Theory of Diffraction is really the Rosetta Stone to understanding wave propagation and the how to manage it.

If you are thinking career, think future. Everything we do is going EM somehow. From wireless telecom, networking, medical devices... to earth and spaced based technology.

How about applications for "Buckyballs"??

They are supposed to be a new form of solid carbon structure..

"A new allotrope of carbon - fullerene, and a particular molecule of that allotrope C60 (buckminsterfullerene or buckyball) has been named after him. The Buckminsterfullerene molecule, which consists of 60 carbon atoms, very closely resembles a spherical version of Fuller's geodesic dome (or Soccer ball). The 1996 Nobel prize in chemistry was given to Kroto, Curl, Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes.[2] "


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What about a paper on time? Time and and how it changes with speed has always fascinated me, as has time around black holes.