Guidance Definition and 443 Threads

I really need some guidance on what to do with my life. I'm going to do my best to organize my thoughts into an understandable manner, but forgive me if it sounds like I'm merely venting, as I have a lot on my mind. Basically I started out college in Mechanical Engineering, and after about a...

I am working on a project that will require me to program a cnc like system that can adjust its code based on readings that it receives from sensors as it is running its program. Could anyone give me some pointers on where to start looking for this kind of software? I'm finding my weakness...

Hi everyone, I want to do an MS in Astrophysics. The thing is, I completed my BE in Mechanical Engineering in 2009 and I had been working as an Assistant Engineer at Taj Hotels (The hospitality arm of the Tata Group). I was in charge of installation and maintenance of DGs, boilers, chiller...

So i came to know about this GOOGLE SCIENCE FAIR couple of weeks ago and I am thinking about participating in it . I want to do a project related to physics . But i have no idea what they expect me to make . I am sure with my level of physics knowledge there is very less possibility that i will...

Hi guys, this is my first post on the forum as a joined just a few minutes ago. So I'm stuck in a very complex situation in life. I really want to become a physicist but duo to some reason it's not an easy choice for me. My only parents have enough money to support my education up until my...

Hello I am a grade 12 student looking to be a physicist. the school course is hardly satisfactory so I did a hell of a lot of self study, I'm wondering in which direction i should head next. I did high school physics in grade 9, calculus in grade 10, first yr uni physics g11, and intro to real...

iam starting 11th grade this year and i want to appear in IPHO for the next two years. I am pretty talented and i am aiming for two golds. i have about ten months for the qualifier in my country . i know all theory and i have a pretty good grasp . i have solved many problems from resnick...

Okay, so I am in a community college going for an Electrical/Electronics A.A.S. I currently work on a 1 MW generator powered by a diesel engine converted to run on landfill gas. I want to pursue a path that I can use my 5 years of experience doing what I do now to get a good career. Now I was...

Hi everyone, I work as a mechanical engineer in Ws Atkins in the analysis and asessment of offshore structures. We are producing a MatchCad spreadsheet at the moment to do what we call a stiffened joint check. I am posting here to try and get some advice on how to approach and/or solve my...

Hey all! I am gearing up for next year to do a senior project, I want to knock it out in my spare time for the next 10 months. Ideas are: 1) Laser guided missile- 2 phase motor, one to go up then again to go to 'lazed' target. 2) Wifi barrier- setup focused jammers to create a 'wall'...

I am a physics major at Wabash College. I am going to graduate in the spring with a BS in physics, but I have no direction for where to go afterwards. I enjoy physics, looking at the rules and structure of the universe and figuring out how it works. I would, ideally, like a job where I can be a...

Hello I am new at pspice and actually i know only how to place parts and wire them.. this is the circut and this is what i did so far i need to know the voltage and the power on R1. i don't really know where should i start :/ thx.

I have a question but have not seen an example or find anything in my textbooks so would love some advice on how to understand the problem. Its a theory question on partial derivatives of the second order... T=T(x,y,z,t) with x=x(t), y=y(t), z=z(t). Find the second derivative of T wrt t So...

I am trying to perform a CFD simulation of a 70 degree sweep Delta Wing at different angles of attack (aoa = 20, 25, 30, 35 degrees). The inlet flow is at 25m/s. I have made a spherical Far-field boundary with the sphere radius of 5 times the root chord length of the delta wing. Because of the...

hi i am high school senior and looking forward to becoming an engineer. my first choice is software engineering because i like working with computers and i am good with math. if any of you guys can provide any information/advice realated to the career it would be appreciated. i have heard that...

hi Im accepted in physics major at university I really like physics but our univeristy is somehow weak about this,weak books for studing and everything... just formula and heavy sentences that you don't learn anything. just need them to passing the exams. I want to feel physics and touch it...

Hi I am looking for some advice. Would like a bit of guidance into any good resources and specific maths/physics disciplines to study in relation to what I would term 'sports classical mechanics'. Not looking for any university or specific course references at the moment unless you think...

Homework Statement two charged particles held fixed in the xy plane are: q1= +3.0 μC, x1=3.5 cm, y1= 0.50 cm, and q2= -4.0 μC, x2= -2.0 cm, y2= 1.5 cm. (question 1) What is the magnitude and the direction of the electrostatic force on q2. ? (question 2) Where would a third charge q3= +4...

Homework Statement Find the area of the region that lies inside both of the circles r = 2sin(x) r = sin(x) + cos(x) Homework Equations A = (1/2)(int from a to b): r^2 dx (I apologize because I do not know how to make calculus look proper in text form) The Attempt at a Solution...

Homework Statement System with 3 charged particles red, yellow, and blue. The blue and red have a positive charge, while the yellow has a negative charge. The blue particle lies at (0,0). The red charge lies at (d1,0). The Yellow charge lies at (d2cos(θ), -d2sin(θ)). The Fon blue is (0,-F)...

I am currently a Sophomore at Northern Arizona University in the Mechanical Engineering Department and I am struggling to decide whether or not I want to go to Grad school or not. I recently talked to one of my father's friends who retired from Motorola, he was Vice President of one of the...

Looking For Guidance In Choosing University! Please Help! Hello everybody, I am a Grade 12 student from Canada about to apply for university. I am hoping to get into university for Aerospace Engineering and am considering several different Universities.. I am considering the following...

hi, i just joined this forum *checks watch* 2 mins ago, and this is my first forum i have ever joined, so excuse me please if I don't know forum rules, or the "forum way of life". I got to this forum after looking things up related to physics and college. Anyway, I am a 10 standard kid, who...

i am new to this forum so if i do any mistakes then kindly guide me. i didnt know where to post this question of mine. i was wanted to go deep in physics, but in India not much importance is given to this field as a career and i was never motivated nor did i receive any help from any of my...

Please guide me how to prepare for interviews for the post of RF engineer and/or DSP engineer. I finished my masters in electrical engineering and am looking for a job in these two fields. Topics and concepts that I must prepare and also the practical skills one must possesses (I have...

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate some input from people who have taken IT or Comp Sci courses before. The situation is like this: I did business in college, but ended up implementing business systems. I did some programming and enjoyed it, so now I plan to take a formal Computing diploma...

Hello every one, I do not know if this thread is in the right place, if it is not I can repost in appropriate place. I do not want to bother any admins or high users because of my error. I always had a passion for physics theoretic but never found myself good at math. Currently I am pushing...

Choose from the following: Engineering Business, Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Energy. I will be specializing in the 2 majors of Mechanical Engineering - (i) Solid Mechanics and Machine Design and (ii) Energy and Environment. This minor will hold side by side with the 2 majors.

I'm presently pursuing my undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering, and I need help in choosing a thesis topic in Renewable Energy(as that is what I want to pursue my future in). My university is not equipped with state of the art labs, though they manage to meet the requirements of having the...

Hello, I thought I would post here since I'm trying to prepare for my upcoming semester. I am transferring from a community college to a top 50 university to major in physics. However there is a bit of a snag and I could use some advice.. I have taken diff eq, linear algebra, calc I - III at...

Hello, I have just joined my family business, we assemble DDC panels and power supplies. While I pay more attention to business management in general, I also am sort of fascinated by electronic devices and such. Now, I have absolutley no knowledge about science or engineering and have forgotten...

This month I surprised myself in a fashion unusual for me. Having attended less than 20% of my lecture courses throughout this academic, continually abused drugs and alcohol, gotten into severe financial difficulties, and ruined my relationship with my parents, I estimated that my average mark...

Hi all, I'm almost positive this comes up frequently but I feel like I need some sort of confirmation from other math majors who have gone through undergraduate and then graduate programs. First and foremost, I am having trouble confirming if I'm really cut out to be a math major. I'm...

Hi all, I would like to know how to design a thread/screw to induce a specific stress on an object. What I have in numerical data is the stress itself that is required. The application is very similar to that of a threaded car jack. By turning the thread, it will lift up the load that was...

This might be a long post. So thanks in advance for reading it and trying to help. First, some background on me. I am a student at a community college, and during the fall will be my third semester at the college. I was following a premed course schedule, but I have come to a realization that I...

Hi, everyone. I haven't posted on this site for some time...at least seven months or so. I want to "re-kindle" my discussion that I started here: My Previous Thread The meat and potatoes of the story is that I excelled in Undergraduate School and obtained a B.S. in Mathematics with a minor...

Hello, I am a student with a chemistry project. However, I am not quite sure what I would like to do the project on. I am fairly ignorant when it comes the recent findings and happenings of the chemistry world. Some of my areas of interest would be biochemical, nuclear, and energy related...

First I may give you some background information and information on relevant classes taken: Not that it really means anything anymore, but I was in the top tier of class rank in high school with a 3.91 gpa. High school: Mathematics up to APCalculus, APBiology, APChemistry, Astronomy...

Hello all, This is very long and I apologize! I tend to be somewhat thorough, haha. I have a couple of things that have been weighing on my mind that I hope someone may have some insight on. Mainly, I am concerned with my preparation for grad school. Specifically I am worried about my...

Hello To you all I am new to the Physics Forum, so I am trying to learn all that I can. I hard difficulty with my Electrical Engineering program at my school, so I switched to be a Physics major with a minor in math. The problem is, I don't really know what I want to do in Physics. I new...

Greetings Everyone! I'm new to the forum, it was one of the only forums I found with an Electrical Engineering forum. I've been toying with getting into Electrical Engineering as a hobby and I figure now is as good as time as any to get into it. This is just for fun, it's not for any...

HI all m Shivam Dhir from India. just completed my high school and abt to start college 3 months later in India. Ill be aplying to diff colleges next month. i wish to become a research physicist cum engineer. i want to have a firm ground in theoretical nature of physics as well as its...

Next semester I am transferring out of my community college to a top 50 physics school in the U.S. Sadly I was off cycle at my college and I did not have a chance to take Multivariable calculus (they only offered it in the fall, and I still needed calc II). I did take Diff eq & linear...

Hey guys, I am having issues with E&M. I am taking it again this summer and I am scared to death. Last time I took it, I wasn't able to withstand the load and drop out before the deadline. I am very good in Math, but the teachers are horrible.I was able to pass the first test with a horrible...

I received a B.A. in Physics which was essentially pre-engineering. I then went on to study Chemical Engineering. During my first semester I realized that the engineering world was absolutely not for me. I absolutely love Physics however and thought of pursuing more physics education. I...

So here's the story. I am a 20 years old student about to finish his B.Sc in Physics in Leipzig (I will get my degree this very semester), and the situation which I am facing right now is a bit troublesome for my future. Even though I am getting my bachelor in physics, I want to do my master...

Homework Statement A 50kg sprinter ran a 100m dash in 10.97s. This sprinter set the record for the 100m dash at normal altitudes. Assume that she accelerated uniformly for the first 12.0m and then traveled at a constant velocity to the finish line. Homework Equations a) What is the sprinter's...

Hi I have taken a very rudimentary course on antenna theory, now i am interested in further deepening my knowledge. I have bought myself Balanis's book on antenna theory, I need some guidance regarding what chapters should i study as it is quite a large book. Secondly, after i have got...

Hi I'm a bit stuck on a problem I'm trying to figure out. I am trying to design a damper, the layout is show below: (apologies for the poor 'cad' drawing!) So far i know: I for the beam, how much energy needs to be absorbed by the damper (4500j) and the stroke (15mm). The maximum loading...

I was experimenting with some physics and the mathematics started to get a bit tougher than what I'm used to. I had a professor who looked at what I'm doing, offered to guide me, and told me to do some research on the variational principle. At the moment, I am in Calculus II. I did a couple...