Experience Definition and 469 Threads

Hi all, I am a coming Year 4 Student majoring in physics in Asia. I started to think about my career path in the coming year, one thing for sure is that I would definitely go for a M.Phil Degree in my school that I am studying at right now. I have been thinking to go for PhD at oversea, such as...

So I am about to switch to mathematics, as I absolutely adore pure mathematics as well as applied mathematics and I cannot stand learning mathematics without going deep into rigor of it for now(I am aware however that at times one just has to quickly learn sth to proceed with a project). But in...

Has anyone ever became a non degree student/special status student at university to get better grades in undergraduate courses so you can apply to a PH.D program? What was this like? Did you receive financial aid? What classes did you take? How many semester did you do? Did you get into graduate...

With any luck I'll be completing my bachelor of science in physics this December. It will have been 6 years from start to finish, with several academic gaps, low research experience, and an abysmal GPA (from a combination of chronic illness, poor high school preparation, and overambitious course...

And if so, how much? Should the radius be thought of as zero, an infinitesimal, or as the Planck length? v2/r = ω2r If its zero, then you immediately run into a problem when trying to calculate it with linear velocity. v2/r = ar v2/0 = undefined OR ω2r = ar ω20 = 0 Which would mean that...

Einstein showed that the dustinction between past and future is an illusion using simultaneity, so, why do we experience a flow of time? Why is everything in the 'now' flowing toward the future, and not the past? Also, why do we all experience this flow the exact same way?

I'm trying to write an 1800 character (including spaces) essay that describes my previous research experience and contribution. I'm using a GRF previous research experience document as a guide line but I think it's impossible to include all of that into 1800 characters. I have provided a link...

I live in a country where people (unfortunately) have a culture of listening music at very high volume in their houses, frequently from their car. However I've been noticing that the sound some of the neighbours sound oscillates from time to time between a high volume and a "low" volume. I've...

In connection to the publication of my new textbook Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering, CRC Press has graciously offered Physics Forums three free copies of it to use as prizes in various competitions. This is the third and last of the contests, the previous two being the photo...

I work now as a technician on a military base. Looking to get my Bachelors in ME. The problem is I have zero experience in engineering ( as expected ). No internships, nothing. I guess my question is will I have to start from the bottom of the pay scale when I graduate? By the time I am...

Does electron gas in metals experience viscosity? Also, does highly charged plasma experience viscosity?

Hello from Belgium. Bruxelles. In 1815, Fresnel made, with Arago, the experience of Poisson spot. (or Arago spot, or Fresnel bright spot). A bright point that appears at the center of a circular object's shadow due to Fresnel diffraction. Arago and Fresnel glue a round opaque screen on a glass...

I intend to finish my bachelor in Computer Science 3 years from now, by which time I will be 24 years old. I'm very interested in technology and cutting edge fields like Computer Vision/Machine Learning, and I would like to work with something like that in the future. Not necessarily with...

I have been thinking about ways to quantify human sense experience. I know our experience of the world is subjective, though the world around is real and objective. How do we quantify our sense experience in order to measure our own subjectivity? I am talking in biological, and neurochemical...

I can't understand why a gas passing through a porous plug experiences change in its pressure and why does the cooling or heating process depends upon the initial temperature

I'm a domestic student planning on applying to PhD programs in physics this fall but I am concerned with my lack of research experience. I realize this is an odd position to be in but I'm deeply interested in physics and think I'm an otherwise good candidate for graduate study. I'm interested in...

My school doesn't really offer research opportunities for undergrad level. so i lack experience. being a senior student now, I spoke to a professor and arranged a year in his lab starting next semester. but i am afraid that won't be too much. Already handled my toefl, i am confident i will do...

If anyone has used or uses an oxygen meter and could offer some advice it would be greatly appreciated. I degassed a solution of potassium iodide for 10 minutes each time and did experiments. However to get a more accurate measurement of the amount of O2 present I've decided to use an oxgen...

Should I include my no-result "research experience" into my personal statement for graduate physics school? My undergrad research experience is basely: 1.) My professor suggested a field - dark matter - to me. (Back then, he was working on mostly Earth science observations, so I did...

How useful is experience with software like VASP as an undergraduate when applying to graduate programs in solid state physics?I'm not asking if they expect you to know how to use it,but can it come across as something important in the application?

I am trying to decide between ME or EE major. I like both a lot. I really like classical mechanics, especially written by V. Arnold or Mardsen that applies analysis and topology to mechanics, I genuinely love it! I am also studying Statics and Dynamics by Hibbler for fun in free time and it is...

Hello, I noticed something peculiar when looking at the Minkowski Diagram and I'm not sure how to interpret this. Let observer A be the reference frame for the diagram and B someone who travels with respect to A. The red line is the displacement of light over time. The blue, yellow and green...

Hey all, So I just joined this forum, thinking it might be a good source of advice for something. I'm a Junior year Physics major at a decent state university school, and I have a GPA of 2.87. I had a few internships in High School and a summer/part time coding job for some planetary...

Just curious on what everyone considers to be the harder calculus-based class in college.

I would like to know more about Duke's Master of Medical Physics program. Do any of you know about the clinical experience you can receive while attending? Also I am curious about the student to student experience that is most common during the program. To clarify, are students typically...

So does anybody watch the TV show http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5114356/']Legion?[/PLAIN] It's set in a/the X-men universe from what I understand (I'm not too well versed in which different universes/spinoffs exist). I don't consider myself to be a cinephile but this show is a work of art if you...

Any help appreciated. My thought experiment observations are marked with an *. I leave my origin and am receiving a continuous beam of photons from my origin. I accelerate to some a speed of (just say) 0.01c. I don't intend any math, but just in case it ends up mattering. * As I am...

Wikipedia says that the steric hindrance makes this a weak nucleophile, but what exactly is it about the N's that is sterically hindered? I realize that the N's are bonded covalently 3 times so each N has a lone pair e-, but is it the location on the ring that makes for steric effects for this...

Has anyone had experience with applying for the SULI program with a professor submitting their recommendation late? I submitted and requested everything before the deadline, but one professor was late and her letter was refused. This was my top choice for the summer. I have a good GPA, 1.5 years...

I'm trying to get some more work experience for my computer science resume since it's practically empty. All of the internships I've found so far are too demanding of my time since I'm a full time student. Would it be worth my time to create my own software and put that on my resume or should I...

Hi all. Just some moments ago I've experimented the diffraction phenomenon at home, in a situation I would have considered impossible. I did this because a guy that I know had experienced that too and I wanted to reproduce the experience: the diffraction from circular aperture. As far as I know...

It's finally here! (Over) Post your experiences and track the results here. I live in a small town near Philadelphia, PA and the line at the poll a few minutes after it opened was a good 50yds/100 people long outside the building. That would probably take an hr to get through, so I left...

Hello everyone, First off, the topic I'm about to introduce is a general one, and applies everywhere, not just in North America. The issue I would like to introduce is the experience requirement for every single position. Some people here responded to this as a secondary discussion to another...

Hi, I am a mechanical engineer who has worked only in start-ups, for past 3 years. Main experience is Mechanical design CAD with bit of FEA. Problem is I want to move to a more traditional company. I had had an interview with one of the largest oil and gas company for role of design engineer in...

So I was solving a problem and I had to find the solution for ∫dx/sen(x) and I found this, but because the forum is in french I wasn't able to understand the solution :P (especially the last two steps) Thanks!

Hello,I am a current GCSE student(going into Y11) and my ambition is to become a theoretical physicist. My goals is to study physics at oxford...As physics is not a vocational course does it require work experience? I know friends who want to do medicine and are applying for WE in...

Hey guys, I have something to say, is not a question, i just want some guidelines about me college experience. Here is some background info: Currently, i am working 40 hours a week (Monday-Friday) and lectures in college at night (Electric Engineering), 18 hours a week with 4 subjects...

I will try to be as literal as I can. I was researching about the black hole, according to NASA and much other organisation a black hole form when a star collapses under its own gravity. "Stellar black holes form when the center of a very massive star collapses in upon itself". Gravity is...

Hi, i'm looking for an explanation to this answer of a past paper that I'm doing, it's from OCR (A level) G485, question 1 b ii) the question on top, and answer on bottom i don't understand why would the point experience a negative electric field strength when it's getting closer to a...

Hey all, Is it worth killing yourself to try achieve and maintain a high GPA 3.5-4.0 if you're most likely going to go into industry straight after undergrad? Or is it more valuable to seek out industry experience to get an edge over other candidates when you do go into industry? This is in...

I desire to study physics at university and thus I am required to participate in work experience. The issue, however, is that I am ignorant to what work experience would be extremely valuable on a person application for studying physics. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Hi there, I'm a junior in undergrad, and so far I've had a summer of research experience at an REU, just started research at my current school in December, and am doing another REU this summer. I'm a transfer student and at my previous school there were literally no research opportunities...

Would it be a bad idea to take AP Physics (Mechanics) in 11th grade with no prior Physics experience? I'm currently in 10th grade taking Honors Precalc and Honors Chem. I'm taking AP Calculus BC next year, but I'm not sure what science classes I want to take for 11th/12th grade. I was also...

Hello I have noticed that there are hundreds of ways of teaching one theorem/concept in maths, often very complicated with pure math terminology the likes of which I find an absolute nightmare! to very basic and just using similies. It always "blows my mind" that there are so many different...

Do creatures as tiny as flies feel sorrow, love, anger. Are their brains programmed to do most basic of tasks like finding food or do they exhibit some community behavior?

So everyone says that your should eat 5x a day. I've done that for years believing it's a healthy habit. But I was always hungry and couldn't lose weight. Now I've started eating 3 times a day, larger meals of 500-600 calories mostly based on fat and protein and I feel great! I have no need to...

anyone with experience in this programm? I wanted to know if its running on GUI like ANSYS Workbench or i need to work with codes programming like in ANSYS Classic

Can it ever be harmful to discuss what tutoring experience you had as a undergraduate in your statement of purpose. I wrote 250 word paragraph how I was hired by a department at my university to tutor upper level undergraduate physics classes and what I got out of the experience. Do you feel...

Hi! I'm a high school student, aspiring to pursue a career in Astronautical Engineering. I always try and ponder on questions about everyday aerodynamics and physics. So, here's a question from you from an aspiring scholar. It is known that, at high velocities, pilots in super-sonic jet...

Re. time dilation muons, CERN. Given the accelerated muons were observed to have a lifetime increased by approximately x 29, What happens to the observers life span? Thank you.