Experience Definition and 469 Threads

Hi PF, I am an undergrad who recently started getting much more involved in his research (basically I am a HEP code monkey). Anyways, most of the technological aspects of the work were completely unknown to me, I started from scratch. And I found that, looking for the answer to one glitch...

Mechanical Eng. with no experience ! I just got my BS in mech eng. But I do not have any work experience related to Mech Eng. what should I put on my resume?? Will employers even bother to hire me ? (my gpa is 3.4) Any suggestions would help.

Hi. This is a very helpful forum, but your latex feature hinders this. It's very tedious to use, and for a particularly symbol/equation heavy question, the asker (like me) is often put off having to spend another 20mins getting the question set up to ask. And not everyone has a scanner so...

True story of "ghost" experience... I was 20 years old. I was married with a infant daughter. We lived in a small rock house in the woods built by my great-grandfather. The house had a history of paranormal activity before we moved in but we were unaware of it until after these things started...

I'm narrowing down my choices and would like actual students' experiences instead of what uni websites say about these programs: Aerospace - Ryerson Engineering Physics - McMaster Honours Physics - McMaster Physics - Waterloo Mechatronics - Waterloo Mechanical Engineering -...

I'm currently in my senior year of EE and still can't find an internship. I am set to graduate next fall with no issues. I really (really really) want to get a masters in furthur EE courses but have heard of people having problems finding a job with too much academia and not enought...

I'm nearing completion of my undergraduate education, and despite my initial excitement about physics, I seem to have hit a wall and been completely demotivated. I want to go on to graduate school in physics, but my undergrad experience has me second guessing this desire. I've been met with...

Has this topic ever been discussed on these forums? I came across it here: http://www.neardeathsite.com/reynolds.php According to Victor J. Stenger all the people claiming to have had NDEs have never actually been dead, because their brains were still alive. Death is not longer defined as...

I recently read an article about Joseph Kittinger which stated that in a skydive, he was subjected to a G force of 22 m/s^2. Disregarding fluid resistance, don't objects in free fall always experience one g?

Warning: mature subject matter! It was my birthday yesterday and I got a special unexpected gift. Kinda of embarrassing to ask a doctor especially if it's not something dire, so I though maybe I could ask you guys. I was given a special massage...orally...Which for me is extremely you...

Homework Statement A bird stands on an electric transmission line carrying 2210 A, as seen in the figure below. The line has 3.32E-5 Ω resistance per meter and the bird's feet are 3.80 cm apart. What voltage does the bird feel? Homework Equations R=sigma(L)/A I=V/R The Attempt at a...

Does any here have experience with antidepressants? How long have you taken them? Do they make it harder for you to think? How effective have they been for you?

Today I was at our bookstore grabbing my copy of Goldstein and Jackson for THAT semester of grad school and I decided to pick up some notebooks and paper too. I've come to realize that I've become very picky about paper and pencils! I look back on my undergrad work and I can barely read any of...

Hey all, I just graduated from a small-ish northeastern private liberal arts university known more for it's law and communications departments than it's science education. It's a fairly respectable school but a small physics department, about 50 students in total. I plan on taking a year...

I'm a 20y.o. physics student at the university of durham UK. I've never had a job, so I reckon by the time I graduate etc. it'll be hard for me to get started with a career because of my lack of experience. The job market isn't exactly fruitful at the moment, people are being laid off...

I am going to transfer from a CC to the state flagship university

Does a photon experience time or space? I have follow up questions for your answer

Hi, I don't mean to bash hard working undergrads but I would be curious to hear other peoples worst/dumbest/funniest teaching or marking experience. I'll start things off with a quick one: -I was once marking the hwk assignment of a first year physics class and one particular...

http://www2.studentsreview.com/articles/article.php3?article=how-to-choose-a-career.txt According to this article about choosing your major in college, it states that the experience curve for engineers is flat compared with professions that require lots of experience like MD's. I am a...

When studying advanced mathematics and physics do you find that your brain is quickly able to understand new concepts and complicated looking math equations on the page? Is anyone here actually able to pick up a book, say "Linear Algebra" and read through it understanding it easily like a...

Graduated with a BSME last year and have not had any luck finding work. I was wondering if it is possible to take the exam and have the license activated when I acquire the neccesary experience? I have also heard that in the state of Nevada, work experience is not required; does anyone know if...

Hello, I'm in the process to apply for several jobs tomorrow and next week. I have two strong internships even though they are unpaid. In the linguistic sense; I was working in demanding tasks. However, can I say in my cover letter that I 'worked' or should I explicitly say I 'interned'? In...

Just saw Star Trek like an hour ago with my friend and it was great! :biggrin: I've never actually seen the show but I think I can make time. How did you guys like it?

I have had a question in my mind for the last while that frankly I don't have the education to even try to answer. (read why not to join the military before university). Considering our understanding of physics, do we have freedom of choice or are all things that happen following a kind of...

Electric Motorbike Does 0 to 60 in Under One Second! http://gas2.org/2009/04/27/electric-motorbike-does-0-to-60-in-under-one-second/ "...All this gives the driver a G-force three times more than that faced by a skydiver during freefall!" Isn't that ... zero?

ok I'm beginning to read a bit of kant... so what i understand is that we can only GAIN KNOWLEDGE by using concepts and applying it to experiences. it goes to say that we can not know god in this case because we can never experience god? a question someone asked me when i was discussing...

I'm a physics student facing unemployment for the coming summer. I made it to couple of interviews but it seems that didn't get the positions because of lack of actual real world programming experience even thought the positions were aimed for a physicist. Well, I thought that now that I have...

UT's nuclear engineering program? How is UT's nuclear engineering program? What is the cost of licing like there? I am thinking about transfering there because it may be cheaper tuition than where I am at now.

I was thinking about buying some text for my own enlightenment but I cannot afford even most of the used text. However, I have been seeing plenty of international editions really cheap. What I want to know is has anyone had good experiences with international editions? i.e. they aren't lacking...

I'm currently in college studying mechE and physics and currently making plans for summer. I can't take classes and I already do have a job but I am looking for something perhaps engineering-related? My dream would be to take an internship but I'm only going to be a sophomore and have little...

Everyone seems to say that experience is more important that education, but they also say that education is the key to success. Employers want experience, but people with MSs and PhDs get paid more than people with BSs. People with BSs get paid more than people with a high school degree, and...

Hello First off, a little background information. I'm a second year physics major planning to go to grad school, so I'm looking to start doing research (preferably this summer). The trouble is, I've only taken intro physics courses so far and am not close enough to any professors to ask for...

Hi everyone, I am currently writing my personal statement for the application to grad school in pure mathematics. I am aware that grad school comitees usually want to hear about the specifics of your research experience: the project, your role in it, etc. However, my only research...

I am a senior computer engineering major at a university in the US. My overall GPA is 3.4 and my major GPA is 3.85. I've had two summer internships and one 6 month co-op. I'll be going to the workforce as engineer to one of the companies that I've worked for right after graduation. After...

Einstein espoused in many of his essays the opinion that there is no logical and direct path from from the world of experience to a set of concepts to describe and understand/organize that experience. The concepts and ideas that we use to describe nature are free creations of the mind. For...

I'm started college in September and I have a bit of a headstart since I've already studied chemistry and I noticed the teacher was teaching some inaccuracies to the class (for the sake of simplicity?) and I wasn't trying to undermine him or anything but I cleared it up and said how it really...

I sent an article to ApJ for a while ago. This article is a summary of the results of my research in a relevant subject. It was sent 1,5 months ago. The answer from the editorial board so far is that it is in progress. How long does it usually tend to go from it is submitted until we get a...

Hello all, I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. At the moment, I'm writing the essay for my college application (I know, I know, but please read on). I'm transferring from a community college, and I decided to transfer as a physics major. In a nutshell, I'm trying to come up with...

With supplemental summer coursework, I can finish a degree in physics and engineering in four years. If i decide to finish with this route, I will surely have little to no research experience as an undergrad. My academic goal is a phd. I know how important research experience is for phd...

It is said that the electrons in heavier atoms have speed close to that of light and therefore undergo relativistic effects? May I ask why is this so? What is it in heavier elements that caused such a change to the speed of the electron? Is it related to the energy-mass equivalence formula?

Hello, anyone with some experience in Comsol? I have a few basic questions on the RF module thanks!

Do you find these creatures attractive? i think they have been made into a parody of what the chick/arty people think is cool. And the way they walk what the, who thought that up? And the clothes? a lot of them make the wearer look a real plonker. Yes i watched a fashion show on tv and...

This question arose when I read the Rietdijk-Putnam argument or "Andromeda paradox". Let's arrange two inertial frames of referance like usually, S being considered stationary (could be you sitting in a chair) and one that moves with a relative velocity v with respect to S, S' (a guy walking...

Hello, I just graduated from Penn State this past May with a bachelor's degree in math and a minor in psychology. I tried out the NYC Teaching Fellows program for a few months, but I've recently quit my job there. As I'm still living in the city, I was wondering what sort of jobs might be...

I know that Moseley's experience with X-Ray showed up the relationship between Z (atomic number) and the frequency of K and L X-Rays. So he could correct some Z value in the Periodic Table. Neverthless, I would like to know who for the first time found out that the sequencial numbers int...

I got my B.S. in mathematics from a no-name university, thought that engineering would whet my appetite for physics, took a few chemical engineering and materials science courses, and am now in the non-thesis no-research M.S. materials science program at the University of Florida. I have no...

From Newtonian theory massless particles wouldn't experience force of gravity. Then from General relativity prospective gravity is ripples in space time due to a massive body so other objects move in the straight path in this curved space-time hence this objects appears to move in a...

Does anyone know if it is worth doing both Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering? Does it help or hurt? Anyone know of a person who has done this and what was there outcome.

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Homework Statement For U(w)=sqrt(w), prove that U(pie(x)+(1-pie)y) > pie*U(x)+(1-pie)U(y) Homework Equations sqrt(x)=x^(1/2) The Attempt at a Solution I have: sqrt(pie(x)+(1-pie)y) > pie*sqrt(x)+(1-pie)sqrt(y) so... (pie(x)+(1-pie)y)^(1/2) > pie*(x)^1/2+(1-pie)(y)^1/2...