Hello, I am a mechanical engineering student. I saw mostly scholarships have master's in material science opportunities. I want to know which niche has the most opportunities to get fully funded scholarships.
I am not interested in chemistry!
I have interest in Electric, coding, AI, and mechanical.

Let's assume a fictional character destroys a pure concrete wall and shatters it into large rock-sized fragments, how would i determine the character's energy output on the concrete wall in Joules/cubic centimetre? And how would i determine the output for other destruction methods such as more violent fragmentation into small pebbles or vaporization. Formulas would be appreciated too

For some context, I have seen these feats alot in anime as well as power scaling communities. Im no enginner but I would just like to know. Thanks in advance!

I'm an independent scientist looking to do some research* because of silly reasons** and wanted to see if there are organizations of researchers out there doing similar things in materials science or related fields...? I love the idea of applying my expertise towards solving a seemingly unimportant question and treating it like a full-fledged scientific endeavor. Thanks!

* chemical and structural characterization of a standard cookie formulation as prepared in the oven and microwave + a possible subsequent recipe/process optimization study of a microwave-based cookie

** I was sad to discover that the Hot Pocket crisping sleeve was discontinued 2 years ago and went down a rabbit hole to learn more about how and why microwave susceptors work with crusty doughs