Experience Definition and 469 Threads

So, I've been in community college for a year now and my original plan was to get out of here in 2 years as fast as I could. Tonight, I just met with a part time professor here and I have the opportunity to take part in some research with him and another student (or 2). This honestly sounds too...

Heat is a product of excited energy states of the fundamental particles that make up atoms, correct? So do the particles, themselves, get "hot" - or is heat just experienced as radiation on the macroscopic scale? Do neutrons, for example, have a thermal property at all?

So, I am learning about atomic clocks. I went to this website: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/simpletime.html And I started watching the atomic clock on that website tick away. It was ok and cool. At the moment, the website is frozen with "Loading..." for each time zone. When I started...

Hi guys, I am graduating with a math degree and I'm looking to get some leadership experience the summer after graduation in order to beef up my application for a fellowship I'm planning to apply to. Any ideas on how to do this? I'm looking to be not "just another hand" but someone who...

Hello all, I'm interested in any advice anyone can offer me. I graduated with a BSEE a few years ago and then worked in an electronics role for a little over a year. I saved enough money while working to quit my job, travel for awhile, and ponder my future. Even while working, I felt the pull...

Some time ago I made a thread about advice going to MIT. Now I am seeing how does the transfer process work in several universities, but I have find that it is a labyrinth. Each university site tells me to register many things, for example to do the SAT test, and then to PROFILE, which...

I'm doing a survey on the topic of "gas turbine blades stress analysis" to see what areas are not focused on in this subject. I've found that not many people talk about the aerodynamic forces on the blade. Am I missing something, are they included in the calculation or are they too small to...

Homework Statement Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution failed to do some torque. my first post so i don't know how to correctly write. sorry.

We go through an inordinate amount of fix in our photo labs (20+ gallons/week) and are interested in trying to recover the silver. An electrolytic cell seems like the way to go. Anyone have suggestions, tips, or advice in general?

Hello all, I will be attaining my B.A. in Mathematics in May 2014, and I really have no idea what to do from there. Right now I think my ideal future would be somewhere in cosmology, but it's really hard to make that call right now. I am currently involved with a semester-long internship...

My sister graduated about half a year ago, but she's having trouble finding a job. She doesn't have any work experience related to Bio but she worked at CVS and H&M before doing retail work. I'm worried for her. Every job posting requires work experience or a certificate. For those of you...

Hi, I'm two years away from graduating with a bachelors and I am planning to apply to grad school. I know that research experience is important, but I haven't had any opportunities play out until now. I got offered a research assistant position, but the research is not on science. It is...

I'm finding R to be the most frustrating mathematical computing language ever. A program that I wrote in Maple in about 10 minutes took me a whole afternoon to figure out how to write in R. I became so frustrated that I was cursing and throwing things at my computer. I'm taking a modeling...

Hi, I thought about what I wanted to ask and decided to rewrite my question more concisely. Has anyone had any experience with an applicant to physics grad school, who applied in a field almost totally unrelated to his undergrad research? Particularly, in applying to high-end schools? Any...

I have heard people argue that light doesn't experience time or space. That it is everywhere at once. I suppose that they base this on the relativistic idea that time and space are warped by speed, and that the closer an object gets to C, the more time slows down and space contracts relative to...

Maybe we are not fully aware of this fact: The neuroscientist did not discover the existing of a dream by studying the brain. He did not discover the existing of feelings by studying the electric path in the nerv systems. His knowledge of the existence of dreams came from another...

I have been working with projects that use Cobol, BAP and Smalltalk as mainstream programming tools for a decade. Now that my company is going bankrupt and my fate is coming to an end where I have to start from scratch, perhaps. I visit several websites to seek jobs in and out of my area but all...

This is my first time posting here, so pardon any faux pas I make. I'm a rising high school senior considering a career in EE as I apply to schools in the fall. I just had a few questions about the journey to a career in EE. 1. What was the college experience like? Is it easy to switch your...

These days, "Entry-Level" means 2-5 yrs experience. Anyone else noticed this?

Does light experience time? If you were a beam of light would you experience time? That's pretty much my question. From what I've heard light would not experience time because it's going at light speed but... What happens when light slows down? Does it experience time then? As...

Here goes another wild stab in the dark: As a quick refresher, I will be graduating with a bachelors in physics in a month. I was not successful in getting into grad school this year (I got waitlisted at UMN but was ultimately turned down, I also should have applied to more schools/bigger...

Does anyone know of any online resources for ds9 beginners? I'm being told that I'll be working with it this summer and my only experience with it is opening files (which isn't really experience). I have it on my computer and every time I run it, it just confuses the ______ out of me. Thanks.

Heya. Recently, I was hired at a local software firm and have been working there for the past week and a half or so. My co-workers seem like really cool people to work with, and the work environment is actually great. Right now I'm just an intern, but I want to actually keep this job. There's...

Hi everyone. I'm looking to take up electronics as a hobby. I also play the electric bass guitar and I've been seriously contemplating building my own in my spare time. The ominous woodworking aside, I was wondering if anybody had any experience with building instrument electronics from...

Have seen in a number of posts here on PF, suggestions that people get involved in online open source projects to help practice their programming skills. In particular projects with physics/science applications. Just wondering if many people have tried this and want to share their experience...

From what I can gather, the laws of physics are time sysmmetrical- the exception being the second law of thermodynamics. So could it be that our whole experience of time is driven souly by increasing entropy? Assuming that we live in a deterministic universe(controversial I know) all past...

I'm seriously considering Cornell for an undergraduate in mathematics. Can anyone share their experience (grad or undergrad)? Really any and all information would be useful.

I've done research with a professor at my university and I am curious what to put on my resume for this experience. Do I list it as a job, skills, or campus involvement? Currently I have this listened under my 'Work Experience' section: Research Assistant, Kutztown University • Assisted...

I am trying to prove why ultra large crude carriers and other kinds of ships can float, and why they are stable in water? The experiments need to be simple and doable at home. I also could use some formula for stability and dead weight and so on. Could someone please help me, maybe point me...

Hi, everyone :) Recently I've read a paper and found in that paper that the authors derived the wavefunction of moving free electrons from its own electric and magnetic field. It was quite a shock to me. So, for free electrons without external electric and magnetic field, why additional...

I am a bit wary about posting this, as I am pretty sure what the response would be if I claimed this was paranormal or some other weird stuff. So before we start, I do not believe in ghosts, I do not follow religion, I am very much a believer in the scientific method. I am not claiming to have...

I'm graduating within a phd in theoretical cosmology in several months and have found that it is very difficult to land a job in the industry without any demonstrated programming experience. Knowing that the academic road isn't for me practically, I've read books on C++ and coded a little, but...

First, I'll describe my situation. Also, I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask my question. If it is, please let me know, and (if possible) suggest a more appropriate venue for my question. I graduated with a BS in Math a few years ago. I worked for 4 years for a web app company...

I am asking this question in order to clarify something which I thought I had understood. First of all, let me say that I understand talking about the perspective (or frame of reference) of a photon doesn't make sense. Yet, after many searches in the web, I feel like there is a consensus among...

I've got a form to fill in for work experience over the summer and just wanted to ask a couple of really stupid questions (I haven't really filled in any proper serious application forms before) The form is available online as a word doc so would it be ok to fill it out on screen and print it...

Hi there, As the title suggests, I am looking to start learning my first programming language. I am a mature student (24) who has recently returned to school to pursue physics. A friend of mine who does physics suggested that I learn Fortran (90/95) as my first language. I am looking online...

Hi, I worked for a professor as a visiting student at XYZ university this spring on a research project. He delegated the supervision to one of his assistants who didn't really seem to care about the project. I should have worked with more focus instead of simply doing what he wanted me to...

Hi, Does anyone have any experience with this synthetic paper made by Decro? It is very similar to the material that those "Fatheads" are made out of. This paper comes in 44" x 100' rolls and is used to make banners, signs, etc. It has a base material of polypropylene. Just wondering if...

I have been tutoring two year 9 kids (a brother and a sister) at their house 6 days a week for two hours for the last nine months. Now, I felt that the pay was too low compared to the hours I spend there. So, I wanted to take up jobs elsewhere. I didn't want to tell them that the pay was the...

Next year I have been admitted to and plan on matriculating into a "mathematical physics" and computer science program. I feel my interests are likely to be in applied physics, in fields such as Quantum electronics, nano-physics, semiconductors. However I appreciate the Mathematics too much to...

Hello I am in my last year of high school, and I will probably study physics or mathematics at the university, though I don't know which subject. I am considering ETH Zürich, mainly because of its reputation, the study fees is very low and I will learn German even better when studying there...

Hey everyone! So, I'm about to get to work on a new theoretical paper that I'm really excited about. I'm basically tying two different theories together and showing how they interact with each other. I'm mostly writing this paper for my own benefit, to get these thoughts onto paper and hopefully...

Say for an electrician or a mechanic? just out of curiosityI mean just to get you started...because one has to start somewhere...right?

Complex systems is somewhat of a newer/emerging field. I can't do a good job characterizing it, but it is quite interdisciplinary and relies on heavy mathematical and computational modelling of various... well, systems that are complex. (Anything from ecosystems, to stock markets, to weather)...

Is it a good idea to take P Chem without taking any chemistry at college level? My high school had a strong chemistry program (we did organic in high school) but I haven't done any Chemistry in college. I am currently taking Quantum Mech 2, and will be taking Thermal Physics and Condensed Matter...

I saw my first Space X launch from near Cape Canaveral. I've been watching launches since 1966, and this was by far the quietest of this size vehicle that I've ever heard. How do you suppose they made it so quiet?

Hello, By next summer I'll have completed my bachelor's degree in geophysics at the University of Zagreb (Croatia). My GPA is perfect (5.0/5.0, although i know that a good gpa from a globally unknown university doesn't stand for much), my GRE's are great (General test, quant-170, verbal-160)...

Hey, I'm a year 10 student at a grammar school in North Yorkshire and am planning to apply for work experience at a Univerisity, but I have a few questions: Who should I apply to e.g. Academic staff, teaching staff, Emeritus & Research Professors or research staff. And just so you know I would...

Cosmo calculators and tabulators a primarily about the PAST expansion history and they give learners hands-on understanding by being able to vary the model parameters and see change. That's good. I sometimes notice a difference here at PF between how posters with mainly verbal understanding...

Dear all, I've just finished my second real lab experience (after my bachelors thesis). I spent 3 weeks in ISOLDE working on the beamline that would collect the data for my master thesis. The experiment was a huge success. I enjoyed it a lot, but at some point I just felt like I was...