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MissSilvy
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I'm a third year physics major and loving it but I. We learned a little fluid dynamics and continuum mechanics in classical mechanics and it was really interesting. I don't want to sacrifice taking more physics and math for engineering but I'll be staying an extra year for research.
I work in the machine shop for our physics department, so I can weld, solder, design, and machine various parts manually or on CNC equiptment. I also hang around our ECE department's electronics lab, so I'm learning how to solder, design PCBs, and various other electronics knowledge (signal analysis, how a bunch of lab instruments work and so on). I love physics but I also love most things technical and having a broad scientific education, not just my own small concentration, is important. I'd love to learn programming and I'm planning to take a numerical analysis and data mining class in the computer science department but I'm not sure if I want to follow a government, academic, or industry physics career. So my question basically is what engineering classes would be good to take?
I work in the machine shop for our physics department, so I can weld, solder, design, and machine various parts manually or on CNC equiptment. I also hang around our ECE department's electronics lab, so I'm learning how to solder, design PCBs, and various other electronics knowledge (signal analysis, how a bunch of lab instruments work and so on). I love physics but I also love most things technical and having a broad scientific education, not just my own small concentration, is important. I'd love to learn programming and I'm planning to take a numerical analysis and data mining class in the computer science department but I'm not sure if I want to follow a government, academic, or industry physics career. So my question basically is what engineering classes would be good to take?