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Hey sorry for the late reply... I took engineering physics 20 years ago for the Comp. Sci program I was in so I am taking them again as a refresher before I apply for the physics school. I am also going to take EM non-matricular.

Thank you! Thank you! It's a great place to start.

Hello, as a software engineer I am used to having industry specific trade journals from ACM that discuss Operating systems, genetic algorithms, neural nets, etc. ... Are there any equivalent ones for physics that covers fusion plasma and it's topics such as electromagnetism, superconductivity...

It's actually not too terrible to leave a job after a year in the software industry. If you have a pattern of short lived jobs one after another which are NOT contract, then you might have problems.

I am under a similar circumstance. I got a low GPA (2.95) in Comp. Sci. however mine is due to having to work full time in order to support myself and my family. It's difficult to get good marks when half of your day is spent earning a living and paying bills instead of studying like many other...

Hello, I have been doing software engineering for over 20 years and I feel like it's time for a change before I get too ancient. I have been following and reading about plasma fusion for a number of years now and I would like to study this and be able to do some research in either a Ph.D...

I have been a software engineer for 20+ years and that is so true. I have seen many people try to do engineering because of the money but they do not have the brain, patience, or whatever it is necessary to be a good engineer. They end up frustrated, angry, and in some cases, feeling like...

Hello I am looking to pursue a master or Ph.D in plasma physics focusing on fusion tokamak reactors. I have an undergrad in Comp Sci and am starting the necessary physics work to apply to grad school. Besides electromagnetics, are there other areas I should focus on? What are the best websites...

awesome thank you!

I recalculated it using the average and yes I was able to get 8.8 m/s^2 again. So is it safe to say that whenever you're given two velocities and asked to find something between that you should find the average and calc based on that?

So my question now is how do I know which of the three kinematic equations to use? All three provide through algebraic methods the ability to find the acceleration? But I have gotten different answers from all three. The ciorrect answer being in the third one.

I assumed it was 100m/s because it starts off at 300 m/s and ends up at 400 m/s after 4000m and so the difference is 100 m/s. the other ones I have is the standard one: x1 = x0 + v0(t1 - t0) + 0.5 * a(t1 - t0)^2. Substituting in the values I come up with: 4000 = 300(40) + 0.5 * a(40)^ = 4000 =...

Homework Statement A jet plane is cruising at 300 m/s when suddenly the pilot turns the engine up to full throttle. After traveling 4km, the jet is moving 400 m/s. What is the jet's acceleration? known: x0 = 0m, t0 = 0s, v0 = 300 m/s x1 = 4000m, t1 = ?, v1 = 400 m/s Homework...