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I believe the REU I accepted coins it as a research "internship".

Accepted Florida (Gainesville) REU, if anyone else is going there let me know!

@ dabibbler If there is anything you could tell me about the department/school in general that would be great! Like the quality of professors, facilities, the city of Gainesville, the school itself? Thanks!

Got an offer from the University of Florida for Materials Engineering Research, anyone else going there or know anything about the program?

@collinsmark I think I had an error computing the specific volume, and if I correct it with the specific volume of 0.09833 m^3/kg, the I get a quality = (0.09833 - 0.001044) / (1.6729 - 0.001044) = 0.05818 Sorry for the confusion but I think I found my mistake with the incorrect computation...

Homework Statement A 4 cubic meter rigid vessel contains 0.04 cubic meters of liquid water and 3.96 cubic meters of water vapor at 101.325 kPa. What is the quality of the saturated vapor? Homework Equations Specific volume of saturated liquid at 100 C and 101.325 kPa: 0.001044 m^3/kg...

@lenny56 Congrats! If anyone has heard from the following, I would love to hear. I applied to these schools: Vanderbilt Engineering (have not heard) Northwestern Physics (have not heard) Alabama Engineering (have not heard) UCSB Engineering (have not heard) NNIN Engineering (will hear...

Were you accepted at NC State? Looked like a great program, I applied there but didn't expect to hear anything since my major is not math. I was just curious if they'd already made decisions.

Is anyone here applying for engineering (specifically materials/mechanical) REU programs? If so, any news thus far? I've applied to about 12 universities and haven't heard anything yet, getting anxious.

Of those, I applied to Alabama only and have not heard back. Good luck to you on all of those!

Homework Statement The velocity v of a skydiver is well modeled by a differential equation: m*dv/dt = mg - k*v^2 Where m is the mass of the skydiver, g = 9.8 m/s^2 is the gravitational constant, a k is the drag coefficient determined by the position of the diver during the dive. Consider a...

That's great to hear! Thank you very much for sharing. I'm crossing my fingers since most of my applied schools just had their deadlines close, so I should hear something soon. I've also heard that coming from a small university helps a lot, which I would be from. On a side note (in hopes...

I applied there, have not heard anything as of yet. I, personally, would not expect an offer though; I'm not a mathematics major.

I'm really hoping for one this summer, I applied for a handful so I'm crossing my fingers. However, like you said, I would be nervous/feel unprepared, but I also think a lot of it is learn-as-you-go as well.

Do you guys think I would have a decent chance at an engineering REU with relatively little physics course completion (physics I and II, thermodynamics)? I have mathematics completed up to and including differential equations, chemistry I and II, little research at a small university, and a 3.9...