Recent content by bentleyghioda

I definitely think SFU was a good choice for me. I live nearby, which has made the transition a bit easier for me. I'm just finishing my first semester so I don't have too much experience with different professors, but so far I have found all my professors to be really good. Something I really...

I am studying physics at SFU right now. If you have any questions let me know and I'll try to answer them.

Not to be nit picky, but General Fusion is in Canada.

Which part of Canada? I only really know about western Canada, and if you're interested in going o school in BC then the University of British Columbia or Simon Fraser University may be good choices because of the nearby D-Wave Systems. This is a company working on building a quantum computer...

I'm in a somewhat similar situation as you, except I will be starting my undergraduate education in physics this fall. From the information I have collected, plasma physics is the way to go if you what to do research on fusion. At the present time, fusion is still in the research phase, and so...

I know you aren't looking at Simon Fraser University anymore, but seeing you have interests in particle physics and cosmology, I think it may be a good school for you. SFU has a research group working with the ATLAS detector at CERN, as well several research groups studying cosmology. I will be...

Do you think it would be beneficial to take some proof heavy math courses that are designed for math majors? For example, would I gain any tools from these classes that could be applied to physics?

Thank you for your replies. I’m not sure what courses I will be taking in the future, but I will keep in mind that many upper level math courses require proofs.

Hi, I’m going to be entering my first year of University this fall to study physics. In my second semester I will have to take a linear algebra course; however, my school has two different lower level linear algebra courses, and I must choose one. One course is focused more on applications of...