So from what I've seen for some grad schools, you are offered 2 or 3 different pathways to obtain the M.S. in ______ Engineering discipline (in my case, Electrical).
A class-only option where you complete X units before you are awarded your degree.
A comprehensive exam option where you...
I'm about to finish a Physics BS and head off to an MSEE program, and I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents.
For the love of all that is right in this world, APPLY FOR THOSE INTERNSHIPS/REUs.
I spent my entire first year here (UCLA) undeclared, thinking I wanted to go into engineering because it...
Overall, it's pretty decent. If you were eyeing plasma or condensed matter, I'd give it a look. If you haven't decided on a concentration yet, that's okay too. There is a fair amount of freedom simply because the number of upper-division classes is somewhat small (I could get away with only...
I feel kind of the same way about Physics right now. I like E&M, and I used to really enjoy plasma, because (selfishly enough), I felt like it was "mine", since everyone else I knew was busy enjoying quantum or astronomy here. However, after my REU this summer, I feel less motivated to continue...
Currently in the middle of planning it now. Unfortunately, I've done a pathetic job of trying to narrow down on a single engineering topic (photonics (EE), controls (EE or MechE), plasma (from either side), MEMS).
I don't really have much preparation in the way of it yet, but two people in...
Would you be able to comment on how easy/difficult it would be to show some sort of competency in programming if one were applying with another technical Masters' degree (EE and Mech. E in particular)?
As the topic asks, I'm wondering how experimentalists (specifically in Physics) market themselves to potential employers. I can see some theory/computational people listing programming skills on their resume if they've worked with simulations or modeling, but I want to know what experimentalists...
Rejected:
Northwestern MRSEC
Berkeley COINS
Cal SUPERB-CSIS
DoE SULI
University of Oregon Materials Science REU
Wooster Physics REU
UNLV REU
SRI International REU
Waiting:
SIU Carbondale
Cornell Materials Science
Accepted:
PPPL NUF REU @ General Atomics
UCLA Applied Math REU...
I'm in an abstract linear algebra course right now, and the prof has explicitly stated that we are allowed to have a supplementary text for practice, but most of the HW would be written by him. With that said, I am trying to pick one of the 3 following:
An international edition of Linear...
For a parallel-plate capacitor, you can write the potential difference across the plates as
V = E*d
with as the potential difference, E as the electric field, and d as the separation distance. You can rearrange for E
E = V/d
If you look at V, we can relate it to the capacitance, C, by the...
Junior in Physics.
Linear Algebra - Friedberg
Intro to Quantum Mechanics - Griffiths
2nd Quarter E&M - Griffiths
and maybe a weekly seminar: What students need to know about careers in engineering.
We had guest speakers every so often, some of who were from the Physics & Astro Dept. and some from other Depts. (like a Chem prof at our school who was talking about methane hydrate and alternative energy)
Our meetings are only once a week and they're late enough in the day to the point...