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Hi, I am currently finishing my freshman year at San Jose State University. SJSU is not a very prestigious or selective university especially in the sciences. I was a bit of a slacker in high school, but I still managed to do fairly well ( >3.5 GPA, 2190 SAT I, lots of AP's). I ended up...

Is there any liquid that has lower density than petrol. one more point : it should not be a fuel.Is there any?

greetings, could you please tell me where i can find information related to gps receiver as i need to use it on my robot. if possible please give the websites where i can get all available gps receiver. i don't know what are the kind of gps available so i m not able to decide... thanks in...

I am attempting to transfer from a community college. After factoring in the Pell grant, state financial aid, maximum federal loans and work-study, none of the schools I've been accepted to are offering enough aid for me to attend. Even though I am an independent student with no credit, is there...

I have been looking for quite some time for a source of high quality prototyping parts that I can use to quickly make small to medium sized physical models without having to resort to making one-off parts which eat up time and materials. I think I have found the source here...

Does anyone on here fear the math that you study in academia (particularly graduate school) is just so useless to most of industry. Clearly, that's why people become professors, but I just get discouraged when most things I'm interested in are purely algorithmic or mathematical in nature but...

Hi! I'm slowly approaching my time for Uni and since the choice of what to study further will probably shape the rest of my life I am taking it very seriously, but the amount of information and careers to choose from is just overwhelming I thought this might be the right place to ask...

Hey all, First off, I appreciate you taking the time to read this and help me out, so thank you in advance. After high school I did 1 year of college at a highly regarded business school in my area. I started with International Business and switched to Information Technology. Being confused on...

I'm 6 blocks away from campus & probably 4 blocks out of range. I'm a student at the university so I do have the security code. I'm only 1st year EE, so I'm looking for advice. I can follow a schematic, but lack theory of operation that many of you have. Options?

I applied for my A level courses today and applied for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Maths (M) However, I did foundation tier mathematics GCSE and I've been told that my application to do Maths A level is at the discretion of the head of the department. I have caught up on the higher tier...

Hello I am a senior in high school and intend to study aerospace engineering at university.I have some university options but it would be very helpful if someone can provide me informtion about how well the departments are in those universites? My choices are -University of Southern California...

Hi I recently received my bachelor degree in ME and now I am facing a dilemma for my masters. I originally wanted to go into MSE abroad, but because of VISA issues I won't be able to attend although I got admitted. I have 3 choices: Materials Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics and...

I was a Music major for three years and have been Physics for the last 2. I have two more years and while I love learning(trying to) about Physics I have had an extremely difficult time. I rushed through the lower div courses and did not do well. I was not prepared for my first year of upper...

Hello guys I am from UBC, Canada, eletricial engineering. After second year, we are currently declaring options: two in my particular interests are "biomedical engineering" and "nanotechnology & micro-system". I have already investigated about the courses offered by these two options. But I...

Hello folks. I am a European student applying to MIT, Harvard, Princeton and Cambridge in the UK this fall. I have a strong passion for mathematics, I have self-studied for past two years, I went through 20 textbooks – 4 pure, 5 mechanics, 5 statistics, 3 further pure and 3 decision maths. I...

I'll be taking an Elementary Abstract algebra class in Summer B (six week session) at my University. It will likely be pretty intense. (I actually requested/petitioned the class and got it). I want to do what I can so that me and my classmates will survive do well in the class, so I'm...

Hello! I am posting b/c I'm not sure where to ask this question. My question is - I want to go back to school to learn programming, SW design and U/X. I want to study system architecture or comp sys engineering. My first bachelors was in mechanical engineering, but my undergraduate...

Hi all, I will be changing schools from a small liberal arts school as part of a 3-2 program and would like some help considering my options. It looks like I will be able to attend Tulane for engineering physics with a full tuition Scholarship or Georgia Tech for Electrical Engineering with...

What kind of undergraduate degree would leave the greatest variety of options open in areas of maths and the sciences?

Hi, I am trying to design an electrostatic generator that works well in high humidity. At the moment I'm looking at a van de graaf generator and covering the metal sphere with an insulator and only leaving a little bit exposed. Is this safe? And will it increase the maximum charge? My...

Hello, I'm in something of a unique situation. I was a Cell & Molecular Biology major, but I have since realized that I'm really more passionate about Chemistry. I am deeply considering changing my major to Biochemistry (the degrees have significant overlap at my university but are offered by...

I'm majoring in Physics (getting a BA) and want to go to graduate school for Electrical Engineering. During my first year and a half of college, I explored different subject areas and tried to figure out what I was interested in. Because of this, I don't have space in my schedule to switch...

I'm currently interested in going to grad school for math (most likely pure math) and eventually go into academia. However, it's pretty well known that this is very difficult and I should make my decisions very carefully. I definitely need to consider other options and the ones that seem to be...

As an undergraduate, I have a choice between working under two different professors in the Physics department at the university that I am enrolled in. One is theoretical, so my work would be in helping derive equations, and the other has a lab (not a super high-tech one, but a lab nonetheless)...

I have a pipe that needs to be 5 degrees below the external temperature outside(eg- 45 degrees outside means 40 degrees within). I cannot remove the pipe or anything, all I can change is the what the pipe passes through, for example if it passes a block of ice then technically the pipe would...

I'm thinking of doing an astrophysics degree and was wondering what career choices would be available to me after this with just the degree. I would hope to do a masters and so on but that may not work out. I know i could go into research with the college or university but other then that I am...

Hi, I'm moving to Chile in a couple of weeks (and I just turned 16) and I'm kind of lost. In a couple of years I'll graduate (from a really good private school that has the IB program), so I probably can get into the better colleges in Chile. The trouble is, apparently the physics programs there...

Well I'm interested in both mechanical engineering and engineering physics. Are there any further academic fields or career options that combine such interests/fields? thanks.

This is another one if those "if I do this then what can I do" type question. If I go into graduate school for Biophysics and earn a PhD, what type of career can I expect? Would it just be restricted to academia? Would I have to stick with being a post-doc for a long time? Biophysics...

I'm working on a project were I will be using Heating Plug Element- http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc.asp?ref=CSS_CSH&Nav=head01 I want to be able to control temperatures up to 1000 F using something likes this: http://www.omega.com/Manuals/manualpdf/M4636.pdf I would like to be able to...

Hi all, So, I didn't do so hot on either the GRE or the Physics GRE. I've always been rubbish at standardized tests, and these proved no exception either, even with studying. I know I scored low on the GRE for math (for a physics major). It's not as if I don't know the material, but it's...

Although I asked a similar question two days ago, I'm still seeking an (biased would be nice) answer. So far Physics major seems like the right choice, Physics is still my passion. But, there are always "buts", I would like a major more applicable in the real world. My major choices are...

Consider a situation in which two motorists, Arwa and Bao, share the same driving route but own different sized vehicles. Arwa fills up her vehicle’s tank at a station along her normal route for US$ p(1) per litre. On the other hand, Bao drives an extra d kilometres out of his normal route to...

Hello MHB. I have recently started using TeX to create math documents. I am using TeXworks. The pdf created by the software looks good but the font style is something I don't like. I would like my document to have fonts like that used in "Herstein's Topics in Algebra"...or something which feels...

All right if this thread doesn't get any replies i will staple my head to a wall I have started my masters in information technology and i was wondering whether my only option as a career would be only programming/software engineering and from what i have heard these jobs require some 100...

Hey all, I am a senior at a University here in california. I have 3 semesters left after this before i graduate. (5 year plan..) I am going to be getting a B.s Degree in "Professional physics: advanced study option". Basically they physics required for those intending on going to Grad school...

I've just started an MS program in physics, and I don't really have a clear career goal. I have realized that many people pursue MS degrees so that they can teach in high schools or at city colleges, and these sound like good options to keep in the cards. What is the job outlook for people...

Hello all, I have 2 questions: Can you double major is physics secondary ed and math secondary ed and go to grad school? Is it feasible to expect to do both 4 years? If you major in just math ed and minor in physics, can you go to math grad school? Thanks in advance

I am studying Discrete Mathematics and if I do a PhD I would like to base the research on or around quantum computation. Unfortunately I can't take any physics modules at all, so please ignore the physics modules on the pages; I can only pick from the maths modules...

Hi, I have 3D plot used to represent the amount of light that hits a solar panel. Basically what I would like is a way to have say 10% of the data red, the next 10% of the data yellow etc. The 3D plot is at a peak in the centre and then goes to zero by some function based on data, so there...

What would be the best option for a computer science graduate to have a degree in computer engineering? I've been looking for such a program that allows CS graduates to peruse a degree in engineering by studying only the core engineering courses they did not take in their first degree...

After a year of engineering undergrad, I'm finally beginning to figure out what exactly I want to do. I'm a biological engineering major and have been debating switching to physics and/or engineering for about a semester now, and the time is a approaching to actually make a decision. I'm...

How to start... So, say I get to know a decent amount of particle science, what next next? How would I go further? After collage, what would I do?

What sort of job prospects would I have with a BSc in Physics Engineering or Applied Physics? Are the odds good, or is this field an exceptionally competitive one? Can anyone here tell me what I should expect while studying for this degree and what I should prepare? Any help at all would...

So I'm finally ready to graduate next semester with a BS in Mechanical engineering technology. I've been thinking of my options now. I really don't want to be a technician, unfortunately I didn't really know the difference between an ME and MET degree until fairly recently, and then decided I'd...

Hopefully I'm posting this to the appropriate section. I am trying to figure out a formula for describing the number of possible answer "paths" that may be taken by an individual who is administered a filtered test format. In the filtered test format, the individual must select a passing...

For my first year at community college I was short ~$600 since financial aid didn't cover all my expenses, so when I went to multiple banks to see if I could take out a loan, they all labelled me as a credit liability because I didn't have any credit nor a job at the time. I had to borrow the...

I'm about to go into my final(3rd) year of a maths BSc in the UK at Warwick university, and am currently looking at what options I'd like to take given that I'm hoping to go down the path into theoretical physics academia. I currently hold offers for Imperial College's "Quantum Fields and...

So right now I'm working a job that I dislike. Of course it's only temporary, the goal being to allow my wife to finish school and save up enough money in order to allow me to enter graduate school with a minimum amount of debt. Up until this point I was bound and determined to get a Ph.D in...

I'm about to go to college in one year, so I'm trying to figure out what I want to do (which college I want to go to, what major, etc.) Right now, I am most likely looking at majoring in physics and doing the pre-med track. Of course, though, this is only tentative...who knows what I'll want...