Student Definition and 1000 Threads

I might not be the brightest bob in the bunch but I am having trouble with a simple quadratic equation. k^2 + (k + 4)^2 = 346 According to my manual expands to: k^2 + k^2 + 8k + 16 = 346 Everything is going fine until I see the 8k. Where did the 8k come from? Or is my...

am a little behind in my engineering curriculum but not to worry. right now I am taking Calculus 1 and Physics 1 for engineers, along with two excessively hard CSE courses. I have gotten **** poor grades thus far because well its really hard for me to study all of this in a given day. I just...

It's official! As of 1st of October I'll be granted a part-time assistentship, which will enable me to start my PhD. A bunch of research groups have already expressed their interest, but my first choice will remain theoretical particle physics. This means that I will also have to teach the...

I plan on entering into an engineering program net year as a first year entrant. My grades should get me into the engineering program if I apply for first year entry. But should I do this? I only recently (grade 11) started taking my school work as seriously as I do now. My marks are in the...

Hey guys...new to the forum and I am in desparate need of some help with some homework problems assigned to me. We are working on 2D Kinematics and I am at a total loss. Here are some examples of the problems we are doing...any help at all would be wonderful! Thanks: 1. A rocket is fired...

I studied stat couple years ago, and going back again...here goes... THe time needed to complete a final examination in a particular college course is normally distributed with a mean of 80 minutes and a standard deviation of 10 minutes. Assume that the class has students and that the...

In looking at the colleges in the Oregon area, I'm finding that there are not many that have an accredited Physics degree program. I am on track with completing my associates degree in the Oregon Arts Transfer Degree, and I'm wondering about which college in the United States offers a Bachelors...

Hello there! First, I really want to thank you guys for helping me out with my physics problems. I would not have been able to make such a good progress I have done in the last couples of days! I started a new chapter, it is about circula motion and I am having a hard time with this one: A...

Where can I find a student version of AutoCAD? I have looked and can not find one. Surely they offer one. I bought the student version of MATLAB and have been extremely happy with it.

Hey everyone. I'm new to this site and was wondering if u can help me with a work and power problem. :smile: Question: A 60kg student runs at a constant velocity up the incline described in the diagram in 4.5s. Calculate the power output of the student. The diagram was a picture of a...

I just completed 1st year engineering program. i have no summer job, i am bored, what to do for this month until school starts again.

i'm currently attending a community college in california, I'm a physics major, and i will apply to transfer to universities this fall. by looking through a lot of the threads here, i realized that prestigious universities probably have bad undergrad programs. so now I'm really looking towards...

Hello All, I am an elactrical student in the U.A.E University and I plan to do an electrical day and I don't know what to do in this day so Can I have your suggestion for this day and what kind of activeties, please?

I wanted to know what you think about virginia tech, I live in egypt and my college is offering a master's from there and I'm strongly considering it. so if someone has been there can you please tell me how is it.

Hopefully I'll be getting a laptop for my 18th (v. soon!) and I need advice! I've been looking at macbooks and they're so pretty...but how difficult would it be to switch from microsoft to OSX in terms of learning to use it? Can anyone advise me as to which would be the best for a student...

I'm trying to get perspective on what life is life for a physics grad student, namely on the social side of things. When I was an undergrad (UC Irvine), it seemed that the majority of the graduates at my school were dedicated, quiet, and exceedingly introverted. However, my sample size is very...

I need a book that will explain tha statistical methods that we use in the analysis of the laboratory exercises done in the first years of a physics course. Stuff like standard deviation, standard error etc and also in handling errors. I know the formulas and some general instructions on where...

I am currently attending a community college and I have completed 28 units and am taking 6 units right now in the summer. I plan on applying to the UC's but my primary choices are UCLA and Berkeley. Since I plan on being a theoretical physicist and getting a ph.d to study string theory...

I'm not mighty. I suck. Man, am I in a Donatella Versace mood. :mad: I swear if anyone walks in my office I'll throw things at their head. [SIZE="4"]GET OUT! grrr. I hate midterms. I hate neuroscience. I hate artificial intelligence. I hate essay questions. Especially when there's four on a...

I need some advise. My parents want me to go into engineering. For the most part(still undecided) I prefer physics(especially theoritical). They don't think I can find a job with a physics degree. At least not without a PhD(they have heard certain companies pay engineers to get a PhD). Keep in...

I am an electrical engineering student.I need your advice on what should i learn or so in summer to make myself a better electrical engineer and give more credit to my CV like what to learn other than college courses(ex:networking,programming...certifications) and what kind of training should i...

Well finals just finished and I am pretty sure that I did pretty well over all except for my Honors Physics II course. I wanted to get advice about this. My final grade for the semester just came in for Physics II and its a C+. I thought I was going to do worse but the scale greatly helped...

First and foremost I'm a newbie on here and just registered today but have been visiting for a while and find a lot of you guys very helpful. I registed because I wanted some advice on my current situation. I am an EE student who went to Community College for the first year and half and...

Dear all Hopefully this is an appropriate topic for this forum. I am an assistant professor of physics in a liberal arts college. I have had, and for the first time, supervised a senior thesis involving a calculation in supergravity. Although the calculation was original, in the sense that it...

Is the student not correctly taught if the intructor says: the photon has no rest mass but it has a m=E/cc dynamic mass? Could such a statement have missleading consequences?

I don't get it "But his mathematical feat won the praise of others, including the math and computer science teacher who got Gaurav interested in it." Why is this considered a "mathematical feat"? He's not actually doing any math. I admit it's an awesome bit of memorization and recitation...

This is disturbing on so many levels: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-03-16-pi-recitation_x.htm

A merry go round can be described as a horizontal platform in the shape of a disc which rotates on a frictionless bearing about a vertical axis through its centre. The platform has a mass of 150 kg, a radius of 2.0 m and a rotational inertia of 300 kg.m2.A 60 kg student walks slowly from the rim...

I am a high school student interested in cosmology and gr, qm, and mtheory. I find it fascinating to think about the origins of the universe. I need clarification on a 'simple' aspect of the gr theory. *Time is warped and slowed down (relative to another location) around greater masses *As...

I have just started studying my first physics class this year, and I am stuck on 1 question relating to vectors. I think my problem is understanding the question, I have completed all the other questions in the section fairly easily. This is the question I am stuck on. A stone is thrown...

I need some help regarding some stuff. I'm now a 3rd year student of physics, my Uni which is the most resp ectble and affordable in my country,which i was capable to go to. The uni use the old french system of education , you choose what you want to study(math , physics ,...),and they have a...

I am applying for the MIT Student Research Program. I have developed a mechanical mechanism for infinitely Variable Valve timing in reciprocating engines (which to the best of my knowledge no one has done so far. Electrical and hydraulic camless mechanisms exist but they are expensive. Mine...

I'm a Junior, in my 3rd year of Algebra I will probably just try a tutor, but... maybe somebody on here could help me for the time being. Here is an example of a test we take. ********** Solve: (6, -3) (-4, 1) Point Slope Slope Intercept Standard Intercepts ( , ) ( , ) **********...

Hi there, Was wondering if anybody could direct me to universities or companies that take on physics students for summer projects. I would ideally like to get a place in the US somewhere but so many places state US residents only. Can anyone help or suggest good places to go in the...

hey everyone, I'm going to be starting my first year as a physics major, I was wondering if there were any books that anyone would recommend, textbook or othereise that I check out. I was thinking about getting the Feynman Lecture on Physics. Any suggestions? Thanks :smile: dleacock

Nuclear Power: A Look at the Future 2006 ANS Student Conference March 30-April 1, 2006 http://ans.union.rpi.edu/Conference/ OK NE Students, get busy! I'll most likely be there. :smile: and since I have your attention - :biggrin: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear...

Please read, it's for a PLTW term paper! Hello, I am a high school student enrolled in the PLTW (Project Lead the Way: Principles of Engineering) Program, and I was instructed to do a term paper on any type of engineering. I have chosen aerospace engineering, and I am required to conduct an...

I can take one of the following 3 courses as a technical elective. I need to know which would be the most useful to me. My Math background: I have taken a year of Calculus, linear algebra, and diff eq (no partials.) Thermal Physics [text: Kittel "Thermal Physics"]...

Currently, I am working on my PhD in Physics (do not have a masters). My background is a BS degree in Computer Science / Mathematics. I have almost all the classes one needs to get an undergraduate physics degree. I am thinking of leaving the program recently since my 28th birthday. I am not...

I'm currently working towards my MSc in physics. Pretty much all I have left is to finish my thesis project. I hope to have the research portion done by december and my thesis written and defense done by february, so I've started looking for work. The problem is I've never had a job in...

Is it too late for a 37-year-old student to conduct a Ph.D research for degree?

Recently, a prominent university in my city, decided to implement a new dress code in 227 engineering colleges. The dress code states that students should not wear jeans, t-shirts, skirts or sleeveless and tight-fitting outfits and enjoins them to dress conservatively. This is because the...

Hi I am fresh student of nuclear engineering. I want to know why it is so important to make such cumbersome models for corrosion product and fission product activity in primary coolants of LWRs. What is importance of measuring corrosion and fission product activity. Hoping someone will answer...

Hello. I am a year 12 student and everyone around me is currently doing work experience (e.g. people interested in medecine are working in hospitals) and I am obviously interested in a Physics degree and was wondering if anyone could recommend a place for me to do work experience relating to...

i don't really understand question which concerns the classic example that demonstrate the conservation of angular momentum, a student on a free rotaing stool holds two weight, mass each 3kg, 1m from axis of rotation each, and he rotate with angular v of 0.75rad/s. moment if inertia of...

I am in the process of setting up one of those "free checking accounts" that most banks offer for students. I am looking at Wachovia, Bank of America and SunTrust (they have an ATM, where I will be). Does anyone have experience with these types of bank accounts? Also which bank should I go with...

Hello everyone. I'm a 17 year old high school student (grade 12) and I like math and computer programming :smile:

Hello guys , Could anyone of you please tell me what's the great fuss about a physics project. Sorry for being a little informal. My teacher wants me to do a project in physics and I don't know how to start with. I am interested in doing physics but the idea of a project takes...

Im currently a Navy Fireman at NNPTC, I am already experiencing the school and getting by... but i wanted to know, what kind of out look I am looking for in the future as far as civilain job markets or staying in the navy... thanks

I really want to study genetics, but I'm not too sure how to go about it. My dad is advising me to get a degree in medice first, but shouldn't i just study genetics as my first degree? Please give me some advice about what to do. I am at my final year at secondary school(high school) and I'm...