Recent content by austinmw89

  1. A

    Help me choose 8 out of these 14 courses please....

    Recent conversation with my advisor went like this: Me: So I'm interested in a lot of areas and don't know what to specialize in Advisor: Just do whatever appeals to you Me: Ok, well I liked electronics and computer architecture, so I'm thinking about VLSI Advisor: Oh, don't do that. Anything...
  2. A

    Help me choose 8 out of these 14 courses please....

    Hi! I'm just beginning my MSEE program and am planning to do a mix of the "Sensing and Information" track as well as the "Signal Processing and Communications" track at my university. I've narrowed my course possibilities down to 14 courses, but I'll only be able to take 8 or 9 of them. I don't...
  3. A

    Find the Angle Theta for E Field in Glass Below Boundary | E Field Problem

    So if the boundary condition for the E field is [normal X (E_1 - E_2) = 0] I get [normal X E_1 = normal X E_2]. How do I go from this to tangent?
  4. A

    Find the Angle Theta for E Field in Glass Below Boundary | E Field Problem

    Problem statement: The E field measured just above a glass plate is equal to 2 V/m in magnitude and is direct at 45° away from the boundary, as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the E field measured just below the boundary is equal to 3 V/m. Find the angle theta for the field in the glass...
  5. A

    Essential ECE Probability Course for EE MS?

    Hi, I'm currently taking classes to catch me up to speed to do an EE masters program (did my undergrad in something unrelated, but already accepted to the MS EE) and I have a lot of freedom in choosing what courses I feel that I'll need to prepare myself. Is a course in probability something...
  6. A

    What is an Extinction Spectrum? Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles

    Thank you, that clarifies things a lot. Does this mean the resonant frequency for my nanoparticle colloid is just at the wavelength corresponding to the peak of its extinction spectrum? Also the extinction specta for my particles (5, 50, 100, 200nm) is moving toward smaller wavelengths as the...
  7. A

    What is an Extinction Spectrum? Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles

    I have a reference extinction spectrum (plain water) and an extinction spectrum for a colloid solution. How do I use these to get the absorption spectrum for the colloid? Any help is greatly appreciated!
  8. A

    What is an Extinction Spectrum? Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles

    Would someone please tell me what an extinction spectrum refers to? e.g. for plasmonic gold nanoparticles. Is it the same thing as reflection, absorption, or transmission spectrum? Something else?
  9. A

    Help with ECE scheduling please

    How about this as preparation for an MS in signal processing and communications: Spring 2015: Elementary Modern Physics Probability Theory in ECE Electric Circuits Engineering Computation Summer 2015: Introduction to Electronics Introduction to Software Engineering Fall 2015: Discrete...
  10. A

    Help with ECE scheduling please

    Thanks for the reply! I've found out that I unfortunately need to retake electric circuits and modern physics because the courses I took did not cover enough according to the syllabi, so I'm probably going to take 10 classes altogether. Here's a little more information on the prereqs for each...
  11. A

    Help with ECE scheduling please

    Hi all, this spring will be my first semester in Boston University's LEAP program which is a program designed for non-engineering bachelor's degree students to earn their MEng or MS Eng in 3 years. I'm currently looking at the ECE program planning sheet and am not quite sure what classes to...
  12. A

    DE: Critical Damping Oscillating?

    I'm having a problem understanding a critical damping model. I know critical damping is supposed to return the system to equilibrium as quickly as possible without oscillating, and a critically damped system will have repeated roots so the general solution will be: c1e^rt + c2te^rt But what...
  13. A

    Modeling with Linear Equations (DE)

    Nevermind, figured it out! I had to solve y(t) for t then solve v(t) to find the velocity that it hits the liquid at, then solve y(t) with that velocity, then find the time it takes to hit the bottom of the reservoir, then add the two times together.
  14. A

    Modeling with Linear Equations (DE)

    I copied it word for word from the book the problem doesn't list any units. Here is the exact problem from the book I'm using...
Back
Top