Recent content by kdinser

See how you do in calculus. Math gets a lot more interesting once you get into calc.

jhicks, similar joke at my school, "IE's are engineers who can't do math"

If it's not ABET, then you don't want that degree from that university.

You should probably major in engineering and just take a lot of extra math classes. Maybe give yourself an extra year to graduate so you can fit it all in. Double major would also be an option. I doubt you would have much luck getting into a engineering grad program without taking quite a...

GO1, some professors that teach intro and general Ed classes seem to have the opinion that it's their job to demonstrate to freshmen students how much work is required to make it through college. Unfortunately, they make no allowance that an experienced student, who might be taking junior or...

vsingh165, it's likely you could work in those fields with a 4 year EE degree, but for any kind of serious design work, it's likely you would need a masters or a PhD.

It's perfectly normal. I went from psychology to premed (biochemistry), to getting burned out on school and dropping out and working full time for 7 years, and finally to electrical engineering. I'm probably on the more extream end as far as wasted college time goes, but I know many people who...

Thermo tends to be one of the weeding out classes in an engineering program. The material is fairly difficult (at least when compared to material that most students have dealt with at that point) both mathematically, conceptually. The labs tend to be graded much more harshly and in general...

I'm sorry to say, the only thing I ever get out of lectures is knowledge of what is likely to be covered on the test, but I don’t think it’s really the professors fault. Watching a professor prove something or doing an example problem in class is worthless to me, I’m too much of a "hands...

I found my error, I just plain forgot that arctan infinity was pi/2.

Homework Statement for an LTIC system described by the transfer function H(s)=\frac{s+2}{s^2+5s+4} find the response to the following everlasting sinusoidal inputs: 5*cos(2t+30 degrees) The Attempt at a Solution H(jw) = \frac{jw+2}{4-w^2+j5w}...

Thanks alvaros, my professor agreed that it was not a well thought out question. According to him, the solution manual indicates that the 2H inductor should be considered uncharged at t=0. I'm wondering if there was supposed to be a resistor in series with the 2H inductor that didn't make it...

Here is a good place to start http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm

Thanks for the help corneo, but I forgot what HTML does to extra spaces. Here is a link to the correct circuit. https://www.physicsforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11049&d=1191075148 If someone could get a chance to look at this before 3:00 pm EST and help me out, I would really...

I posted this is the homework section, but it looks like EE homework problems are getting more attention here. I'm pretty sure I've got this right, but I would like to make sure before I hand this is. V=10V DC source I1 = 1H inductor I2 = 2H inductor R = Resistor S= a switch that has...