Hi I'm currently studying in the physics department.
You may don't know but physics and chemistry people do depend on mathlab.
And it's heavily used in Sri Lanka.
If you ever got a chance to visit
http://nifs.ac.lk/ you may see the reality.
Most of the engineers don't use but researchers who involved actual algorithm design use it for early prototyping.
My dream is to be a RFIC designer ( currently working as a firmware engineer but I hate engineering), and that subject is totally full with math and mathlab. Today modern physics is called computational physics. where a computer is involved in the process.
You won't be able to design a simple nand gate if you don't know the basics of computational electro-magnetism.
Trust me it's real R&D and it will take time , more time. But unlike an engineering job, it's won't be boring, you are dealing with cutting edge and bleeding edge problems. And everyday would be a new day.
