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Hello everyone, So my university opened some Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates and part of the application requires a motivation letter. Here is what I wrote, I'm open to any suggestions or improvements, Thanks in advance!Respected Sir/Madam, I was very excited when I learned...

I'm sorry for yet another one of these threads, but I'm curious if this will lead me to a better reading for me. I want to beef up my math background so I decided to take a look Hassani's Mathematical Physics and I planned on reading the parts on vector spaces (finite/infinite), complex...

So let me start with my high school habits. Basically I never cared about school. Always more concerned with my current girlfriend than getting good grades. I actually dropped out because of one of them, and cashed in my California High School Proficiency Certificate my senior year. One of the...

hi all. I am a student of Nuclear Engineering. i don't have access to FRAPCON's source to make some changes and make it suitable for my studying but I have access to executable version of FRAPCON. I'm looking for some suggestions to work with FRAPCON on WWER reactors that help me to publish...

I'm looking for suggestions of resources to learn introductory E&M and "modern physics" (I'm thinking relativity, QM, particle) conceptually. This learning is out of self interest. While my focus is for conceptual understanding, this doesn't mean any suggested resources should be devoid of...

ok so I'm in a private rented property in the uk, been here years and don't plan on moving out any time soon, however in the winter I've been finding its ridiculous trying to heat the 1 room in the house that me and my partner spend so much time ... the living room (lounge to some people), its...

It appears that I will be assigned to teach a modern physics course centered on quantum mechanics for those with almost no math background and I am searching for a suitable book. Essentially, this would be the modern physics equivalent of Paul Hewitt's Conceptual Physics book. I thought of...

My professor wants me to make a 15 minute oral presentation on black holes for an event we have going on on campus. How should I structure it? I think I have a pretty good understanding of the concept of a black hole, but I don't want to get caught off guard during the 5 minute Q&A section. My...

I am going to be applying to grad schools in the coming months, and plan to apply to many schools. I'm looking for programs in quantum computation, quantum information, quantum optics, etc... (related research often falls under many different names). These programs generally are categorized in...

Hi guys, Please give me some suggestions about etching TiO2 TiO2, MgF2, and Cr2O3 are sputtered on silicon substrate. The top pattern is TiO2 with the linewidth of 346nm. I would use E-beam to transfer pattern. The photoresist is PMMA. The possible etchant I have searched for is hydrogen...

Dear Physics Forum advisers, I am a college sophomore in US with a major in mathematics and an aspiring mathematician in the fields of computation theory and cryptography. I recently revised my course workload with my adviser, and he suggested some variations in the workload for me to choose...

Hello! I am new here, not a native english speaker so expect bad grammar. Anyway, I am one year away from going to college and half year from choosing a career. Would you help me giving me some suggestions? I love physics and math. I consider myself very good on physics and average on math. I...

Hi:), I'm doing the IB and I'm doing my extended essay(EE) in physics. I've thought of so many questions and I even started experimenting on a few but they haven't really worked out. I was doing one recently(the effect of the length of a pendulum on its time period) but apparently, I won't be...

So I'm planning on making the seat belt to work as a kill switch for an automobile using a Reed switch and a magnet. But I'm confused as to whether I should buy or make one. If I should buy it where should I go? Please give me your suggestions as I have to find the most efficient way and I have...

I will be taking Chemistry 1 in the fall for undergrad science majors and am looking for a good study book to brush up on the basics. I took chemistry in high school two years ago and don't want to be re-learning basics that I was expected to know beforehand (sig figs, conversions, etc). Any...

Hi everyone, I'm looking for an introductury book (or several books) on modern physics that explains the history and experiments the led to the understanding of the atom, the electron, avogadros number, Plancks constant, rutherford, quantum mechanics etc. I want an idea of how all the...

I wasn't sure if this was better here, or somewhere in the Education sub-forums. I'm not in school, though. This is just for personal use; for fun and for research. At a glance: Looking for downloadable encyclopedias/knowledge-bases (non-Wikipedia, already have), and suggestions for research...

Hello guys! i am electrical & electronic engineering, 2nd year (almost done) hopfully 3rd year in the upcoming term after summer, and i chose my modules for next year but i haven't taken any computing or microprocessors module as I am really bad with them, but I am buying an arduino next week...

I am looking for suggestions pertaining to preparation for the GRE Math Subject Test. I plan to take it around fall semester. Which text preparation books are the best?

Hi I am studying engineering, as you know the maximum level of calculus reached in engineering is Multivariable Calculus and some vectorial calculus (Im not including courses like Differential Equations or others where there is also applied calculus) so i plan to self study more advanced...

I'm interviewing someone for a senior controls engineer position (this is the same position I hold now). I'm having a hard time coming up with technical questions that would separate him from a less experienced guy but can still be answered within the span of a short interview. I have all of...

I have an opportunity to present an extra credit project for my advanced calc class. Basically it's calc 4 with a focus on generalizing everything calc 1-3 to R^n. I've never been presented with this kind of opportunity so I'm clueless as to possibilities. I'm not looking to stun or dazzle the...

I am studying Electronics and Telecom Engineering and beginner in Robotics.I want to make serious start from scratch with interest but confused from where to start.So can anyone give some suggestions for 1.As a beginner in robotics ,are there some simple and basic robots or circuit designs...

I'm currently writing up a homework assignment on a Hidden Markov Model. This involves long strings of conditional probability formulas and lots of subscripts. Here is an example of one that I think is really hard to read. Any ideas how I can condense the spacing in the subscripts or make it...

If you had a rotating object like a tire or barrel that you wanted to distribute compressed air to while it's rotating, what would some ways to do it? One way I'm thinking is just a tight seal at the axis, but then there would be a lot of friction. Any other ideas??

I am taking an intro electrical circuits course which requires that I write extensive lab reports. I just completed a really simple lab about calculating resistance when configured in series and parallel, etc. In my intro I'm writing a short explanation about resistance, and resistors, and...

I am looking for an introductory reference to the subjects 'Probability and Statistics' intended to be used for self study.By an introductory reference I mean an undergraduate level text that would teach me the subjects from the very basic to an advanced level.I wish to focus primarily on...

I'm preparing for my Foundations of Geometry Course by self-learning topics before the semester starts. I've been reading Geometry: A Comprehensive Course by Dan Pedoe, and it's covered a lot of good topics. Any online resources you recommend?

I am an EE graduate and I haven't had any pre-exposure to any signal analysis and communications course (I did mostly machines, power systems and control systems(where I have known about frequency domain)). I want to start learning about communication systems, from the early radios to the...

Greetings, So I am currently finishing up my Sophomore year in mechanical engineering. I am having a hard time deciding if I want to go back and retake a few classes such as Calc 2 and Calc 3 since I got C's in those classes or is it just a waste of time? Because if I retake the courses I may...

I need a nice pile of books that cover stark effect on semiconductors and metals and Fowler Nordheim tunneling for my thesis. Any suggestions?

Hello, I am in search of some movie suggestions that incorporate different concepts such as sound waves, magnetic fields, doppler effect, transmission of light, inverse square law. The movie doesn't need to necessarily incorporate all of those concepts. I am working on a school project and need...

To start off, I am a freshman majoring in physics and I am a girl. Over the past few months in college, I am beginning to feel like I don't fit in. Because I am not as smart as others, I am questioning if I still want to major in physics. To be honest, I am very good in biology and understand it...

Happy Thanksgiving to you! I am a high-school student and I'm a senior. I'm very interested in engineering and programming, and also space. Could you please help me decide what profession or career to choose? I mean major in college. The first thing that comes to mind is Aerospace engineering...

Any ideas on how I can clean up the following? void HtmlParser::parseTag(std::string::const_iterator tagBegin, std::string::const_iterator tagEnd, node & thisNode) { /* tagBegin: pointer to the '<' character that starts the tag tagEnd: pointer to the '>' character that ends the tag...

Ill be attending a masters program this spring semester and they require a Placement test. I am wondering what's the best way to get back in the swing of things.? any good suggestions?

Hi all, I'm looking to pick up a good textbook specifically focusing on the physics of energy (bonus points if it also includes some engineering applications), meant for someone at the level of first or second year physics undergrad. Ideally, I would've liked something like this course at MIT...

well,, i still have one and a half year to go,, so you might think that this is a little bit early but this is really a concern for me,, i really don't know what should i do after i graduate,,, I'm majoring in physics and I'm going to be honest I SUCK AT TEACHING ! I'm considering having masters...

Hi, I need suggestions for picking up some standard textbooks for the following set of topics as given below: Ordinary and singular points of linear differential equations Series solutions of linear homogenous differential equations about ordinary and regular singular points...

Hi, I am just starting my studies in earnest in Physics (woo, Freshman!) and plan on eventually seeking a PhD in theoretical physics. I was wondering if there were any "cannon" works, textbooks that almost every one knows or has studied from at some point, that I should start looking at...

Well, first, I'm pleased to say that my school's Society of Physics Students chapter has just elected me to the position of head of the chapter! \o/ Well...more like we only have 7 people, our current club President is busy with her student teaching duties at a high school, and I was the only...

I am writing a science fiction book, and have had a lot of fun writing it so far. However, I am facing a technical astronomical problem right now that I would appreciate some advice concerning: I am looking for a plausible scenario in which one of a pair of "fraternal" twin suns is about to...

My major is physics, and this is my second year of college. I looked those jobs on AIP and it really makes me nervous... Why most careers need PhD physics and Engineering?! :L I'm frustrated right now. I took one semester of computer science; I found that programming is not my thing. :mad:Give...

I just bought a whiteboard for my wall, but I have a minor issue. While the top of it had brackets to secure it to the wall, the bottom of it has nothing to attach to the wall. Anyone have any suggestions on a good way to secure the bottom so it doesn't pop up when I'm writing on it?

Hi PF community! I'm currently doing a research paper on artificial satellites, and I've made a list of things that I'm going to explain in it, but I'm worried that it won't be enough. So, I was wondering if you guys could help me to add more topics to my list and how to approach more widely to...

Is it advisable to use Serway-Jewett Physics for scientist and engineers for iPHO prep? What about Young Freedman University physics?

Hi, I took Advanced Calculus and we used 'Calculus, a complete course' by Adams. However, I couldn't learn most of the topics actualy. So, I want to learn Multivariable Calculus; double-triple integrals, Stoke's, Green's Theorem etc. What are the good books you know that I can follow easily? Thanks.

I want to delve into the topic of the way the mind works in terms of storing and retrieving memory, and all sources that I can find through Google (wikipedia etc) seem to cover this from a psychological perspective without going into any detail as to how the individual neurons/synapses network...

I haven't studied material science anymore after high school and I do not know what is coexistence curves to answer this question. Can anyone suggest any book giving a good background of the concept coexistence curves? I searched the web and cannot find a good book suggestion and a good...

I am currently in Year 12 (high school) and have been doing a wine-making experiment for chemistry. This has involved crushing grapes, taking their juices (removing the skins), pouring them into flasks and leaving them to ferment with yeast. The aim of our experiment was to see how the amount...