Speedrunning my Electrical Engineering Master's
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- A (not so) quick overview about doing my Master's! I graduated in September 2021 with a Master's of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering, specializing in silicon photonics. Feel free to leave any questions for me in the comments!
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0:00-1:11 Intro
1:12-3:53 My Bachelors, MEng vs MASc
3:54-6:21 What even is photonics?
6:22-13:26 Fall 2019: 3 courses
13:36-14:06 How to save 80% on electrical eng textbooks (not an ad)
14:07-19:50 Winter 2020: 2 courses
19:51-24:10 Summer 2020: My two thesis topics
24:11-29:08 Fall 2020/Winter2021: Bad News Bears
29:09-36:28 Summer 2021: The home stretch - Наука та технологія
Pretty good run. Time lost on buffoon clarification segment but nice pb on the discounted illegal textbook split. My heart sank when you almost threw the run on the thesis title but way to clutch up. WR might be in the cards if you keep praccing. I believe 🙏
Illegal textbook is by far one of the hardest trick, there a large chance you get softlocked if the police catch you
Easy time save on not doing an unpaid ad for Overleaf. Additionally, are we fine with a runner admitting to illegally saving resources on Indian versions of textbooks? I mean, I'm cool with it, but idk about the community as a whole. Also, going for completion a whole semester ahead of time, then finishing up with a ~30 page extra thesis... gotta be some efficiency lost in there, no?
Overall, solid. I'm sure he'll work out the bugs on his next Master's.
The girlfriend skip at the end was also very clutch
He believe
Major time loss by not immediately failing.
Oh, so he's brilliant AND devastatingly handsome. Genetics you cray.
same thoughts
i'd smash him and im straight
😍😍😍I wanna be his Lab Tech or Assistant😍😍😍
There’s a German saying about electrical engineers. “Gut aussehend und in der Hose mächtig, ich studier Elektrotechnik” (im a german EE Student)
@@sugandesenuds6663hab ich noch nicht gehört, aber mach was soziales von daher😂
It's crazy how wide "electrical engineering" is. My recently-retired dad was an electrical engineer who was a college professor and has ten patents, and he wouldn't have the slightest clue about what you're doing.
Congrats on graduating, and best of luck on the future. I sure hope you'll still have time for your fantastic deep-dive videos. (I pushed the Schon series on my dad.)
Some places basically don't do electrical engineering but split it up further. Like my graduate school was communications and it is basically a subset of electrical engineering (and would contain photonics as they are very important for fiber optics)
@@meneldal This is the world I'm in, radio and light. I have a very firm grasp of it all and 10yrs experience in the field and its still very much black magic at times.
Didn't go to school for it, almost literally stumbled into it and accidentally found out it clicked in my brain like nothing I've ever studied.
@@crabmansteve6844I have a degree in EE and interested in telecommunications/communications. What would be your advise for someone who wants to get into the industry?
Bobby, my Dad got his BSEE in 1960, then went to work on the space race. He worked at General Dynamics then McDonald Douglas, he had a special interest in inertial guidence systems. He wrote the 12 volume test procedure for the Gemini program. When we got to the moon, he was awarded a master's on the basis of his work in the field. That was a different age. He worked as a professional registered engineer his whole life. Always fighting to ensure that EE's never work for other than another Professional Engineer. Myself I am just a polymath who loved his Dad... You have a real gift, you will go far...
I'm a plasma physicist and I've just discovered your channel via your series about Jan Hendrik Schön.
Mate, let me tell you... Your videos are truly impressive. You deserve way more subscribers and I'm pretty sure your channel's growth will be exponential.
Heading to your patreon page right now.
Thanks a lot for your content (and for adding English subtitles, much appreciated).
Cheers from France!
what does a plasma physicist do?
Cool breakdown! My masters thesis was also on silicon photonics, but it was more to do with the impact of ionizing radiation on photonics in space systems. I was a research assistant so I was fortunate to have my tuition covered and also have the opportunity to present my thesis research at some conferences. My thesis was that I developed a methodology for modeling the radiation's effects due to electron-hole pair generation within waveguides in simulations in the Lumerical software suite. Whats really satisfying is that now other researchers have published results citing and verifying that my methodology works for creating reliable results that can be compared to real life single events caused by ipnizing particles. Radiation effects in photonics is a very very young and exciting field!
Sounds very rewarding
ok but can you do calculus tho ?
Man wtf did you say about my momma?
@@tarantinowilson true!
It's amazing how you can manage a youtube channel while doing your masters, I know grad schools are intense specially the part where you start reading papers and have to search and decide your research direction. It's frustrating and you went through it successfully. My heartful congratulations for your current and future achievements. Love your channel and your content.
Hello there
@@endurovro hello :)
Wow! I would've thought you had a journalism focused degree based on how entertaining and informative your documentaries are
I'm a graphic design student so this is so far out of my realm, but you made this incredibly interesting to listen to; you have a wonderful charisma in front of the camera and it's fantastic to learn from you about your subject of study and the world you're in. I came here from the 3-part documentary you made, and I'll definitely be sticking around.
I've heard it said that "In undergrad they lie to you as a joke" - ie everything in undergrad is super-oversimplified to the point it's almost a lie. As you worked toward your Masters did you feel like undergrad was a lie? I don't have a Masters, but I kind of felt that way after I got hired.
I felt that more so progressing from 1st to 4th year in my bachelors. My specialty dealt with a lot of quantum mechanics which is some of the most unintuitive physics you can learn so I never had a big 180 reversal in my masters. My master's was really just diving deep into Maxwell's equations and photonic circuits
It's called a model for a reason.
No lmao, masters is just as useless as an undergrad in a lot of fields because you don't have hands on experience doing the job, so you'll probably have to throw most of it out the window when you start. I generally don't hire from schools if they don't have a co-op program because kids who have been on co-ops will have actual experience whereas people who just have the piece of paper don't know how to actually do anything for the first 6 months
@jshowa o I also agree on this, as someone who did 6 co-op terms. There are plenty of co-op positions that are only meant to scoop up cheap labour with little emphasis on actually teaching students any thing useful. I had 4 months typing in component numbers into an online database. They marketed the position as meant for someone with engineering physics knowledge. It was mind numbing.
And I know from a lot of friends that not everyone can get in the co-op program due to grades, income situation, or other circumstances. Technical clubs (ex: a Mars rover club) are also good examples of non co-op technical experience.
I'd always recommend first years try and get into co-op, but some of the brightest people in my program didn't do it and they're doing fine in good jobs now.
@jshowa o obviously if they do well on the actual interview and can show that they have the relevant experience I don't care at all about their education. I'm just saying that the piece of paper is not going to influence my decision to hire you or not because I'm not a draconian institution who thinks it's 100% necessary
As someone 1 semester away from beginning my master’s, I really appreciate your open and honest perspectives!
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I have gone through a big part of your video catalog at this point and I can't believe your videos aren't getting more attention. Your video essays are super good and I really hope you keep at it even while you have much greater and personal responsibilities because you're really, really skilled for your view-count. This video was also a very nice insight. Please keep at it. Also, your channel seems to be having a blow up at the moment.
This is wild, so great to hear your experiences! I'm starting my masters thesis (alongside coursework), but am only in my 1st year of grad school right now. It was particularly cool that you were able to get the fab turnaround in 2 weeks time, that's crazy (I'm not in EE, but your story was just that good, doing mine in essentially OR/optimization).
2 months actually! But yes that's a pretty rapid turn around for this sort of thing, and getting it tested was surprisingly easy as well. Thankfully that 2nd fab run came back much better and I got some useable results.
Hey dude if you wanna upload more about your research and what your time at school I'd be down with it. Always love to hear about other peoples journeys especially in fields I know nothing about. It's pretty inspiring, I myself have been in and out of post-seconday multiple times since graduating Highschool and have yet to decide what to do. Just accumulating debt and wasting time. Thinking of heading into Computer Science next, and you talking about your path is really inspiring! Keep it up my guy and love the documentaries!
Okay so I've watched a couple of your long-form documentaries (the US particle collider and the Nobel Prize faker come to mind) and was amazed by the quality of these videos. Listening to your academic background makes perfect sense; smart guy makes smart videos. Anyhow,I find it difficult to enunciate how I WAS NOT PREPARED TO SE AN ATTRACTIVE GUY TALK TO ME ABOUT ENGINEERING; WOWZERS.
Please keep doing what you're doing. The world needs more people passionate about science and engineering, especially those who share their knowledge with the world (and for free!) Best wishes from South America!
Going through my first year of University. Been procrastinating work and studying but your passion makes me excited to learn.
Hey, I'm an Engineering Physics grad too! My BS and MS were focused on space physics and space systems engineering though ✨ fun to see the wide differences in EP university/degree focuses
I’m about to enter the last year of my EE bachelor’s with intentions to complete a master’s program, but not sure what I’d want to concentrate in just yet so this was very insightful! Your deep dives into scientific fuckery have been my favorite way to pass what little time I have to myself this summer semester. Your time management skills must be impeccable for keeping up with these videos while completing your MS though bc as an undergrad I feel like I barely have enough time to watch them lol. At least they’re educational 😌
this is legitimately one of the best channels ive stumbled upon
i wanted to write something smart but i have no idea what to say, so, ur doing great!!
Great title and video! You made the idea of grad school a lot more approachable to someone who has been considering it. Thanks!
I double majored in ee and physics for my undergrad and got a masters in ee and finally dropped out of a phd in rf. Now im working with superconducting materials, thanks in part to work in superconducting nanowire photon detectors i did during internships. Photonics are super cool.
Thanks for posting this. It is interesting to hear the difference between your program and my MBA program. BTW, great quality videos - I only found you in the last few days and have really enjoyed your content.
Congrats on graduating! My Engineering Physics course was more general physics with a dash of (what feels like) almost every branch of engineering under the sun, but the 'weird niche' part was spot on.
Every branch of engineering sounds similar to my mechatronics stuff, I had in Mechanics and mechatronics facuty. They taught us like mechanical engineers, plus a bit of everything. then forgot that programming was in their programme, still mad about that, lol
Great video. It's good to have an insight on how master's degrees work there. Keep it up
thanks for the textbook tip. On my second year of EE undergrad and have a long way ahead, but textbooks are always gonna be there. On the rest of your vid, nice to hear all sorts of info
Loved hearing about your grad school experience! Also noticed the Disco Elysium background on the monitor :^)
might also do this with my first sememester of med school, cant wait to see more of your vids.
I have a good friend who presented and defended his Ph.D dissertation in August 2021. (His degree is in Communications though, not Engineering. ) He gave me a brief explanation on the process and we watched him present it via Zoom. But having not gone to college myself, I found it very interesting to get a more in depth explanation on how it all works. Thanks and congratulations!
Thanks for the video! Perfectly timed for me as I’m on my gap year before applying for grad school. And I love the Secret Base Seattle Mariners in the background.
I was hoping someone would catch that haha
This was a really interesting video! I'm now in process of thinking about getting Masters in biomedical engineering, but I probably should just work for some time in the field and find a topic I want to explore further as I'm still not sure what exactly I want to do. Defended my bachelor's thesis and engineering project remotely too, but I and other students was in university while all the commission members were separated
Awesome, I'm planning on studying EE for my Master's! Can't wait
Been absolutely binging your work despite the fact that I’m a law student with BA in phil who has ALWAYS been terrible at science and hated it. Somehow your videos have me enjoying the basics :)
Also love seeing a fellow Canadian
Congrats! I'm currently deciding whether to pursue an MEng or MS for aerospace engineering so this video was pretty insightful. From what I've gathered, it seems as though an MEng is useful if one is set on entering industry work directly following completion of grad school, while an MS is more useful for continuing research. I do like the aspect of writing and defending a thesis instead of just relying on coursework though, it seems more well-rounded and requires increased motivation on behalf of the student. If anyone can tell me more about the differences between the two paths please do.
I see that dorktown poster on the wall in the background and I immediatly understand why you structure your documentaries the way you do. Heavly influenced by them. Not a bad thing whatsoever as they are amazing and your work is amazing too.
He just wanted to say that I'm happy to see your channel is exploding right now. I reckon you should have a 100k followers by next month if it keeps up like this! I also like that you have the domain of science poster on your wall there. Hope to see some more of that great content soon, I especially like the series and longer duration video's!
I also have an undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics and I also started my Master's of Science (MSc) in Electrical Engineering in Fall 2019 at a Canadian university (U of A in Edmonton). I later switched to the PhD program in which I am right now. I work in micro/nano electronics and solid state devices but I know people here that also work in photonics and I have been trying to do some photonics stuff myself, too. I really liked the Ninov and Hendrik's videos, and it really surprises me that the biggest fraud in physics history happened in my field basically (half of my lab works in organic semiconductors and devices btw, but not me I work in inorganic semiconductors). Great to see a colleague doing nice stuff and hope you're doing nice after graduating from your Master's
Hey, I really enjoyed your video. I have applied to UBC in the same course, as an international student. I am glad I found your video. It gave me a good perspective of what I can expect my grad days will look like, if I get admitted. Hoping to get admitted to UBC.
Technically, Jan Hendrik Schön was attempting a Nobel Prize any% glitched speedrun
can confirm that international editions can work for math as well, though I didn't go beyond PDEs
the real pain is when the professor picks an obscure textbook (..usually because they helped write it)
great vid, makes me think about also getting a master's in electric as a computer engineering student
Very interesting. Very different layout for in Canada vs Sweden.
I have a bachelour's in Electrical Engineering and a Master's in Embedded Electronics. A bit more hardware centric but I have also some Photonics courses to boot (including wireless, microwave amps etc).
The Indian/Indian subcontinent version book thing is a pro tip that applies to most fields (or at least most STEM Fields).
Your content is stunningly unusual. Your choice of topic is on point, because they are generally a one sentence thought that people might have and then forget about it because they can't possibly see themselves going down that rabbit hole, all that investment only to entertain their lone self. You, do. And you bring it to us as well.
Thanks for the video. I did student teaching and asked my coordinator if I was going to fail and not be awarded a teaching credential... He said we would already have talked about this if you were going to fail. You're doing fine
LaTeX is godly and I’ve deadass used it for all of my assignments for the past two years.
I love your Disco Elysium wallpaper. I use the full size pic of that wallpaper myself.
I came upon your channel through the Nobel piece. Very similar interests you've described in this video. Thanks for creating!
Thank you for the Overleaf tip!
Fun fact regarding international textbook editions: In the United States, publishers cannot legally restrict the resale of international editions outside of their intended market, according to a Supreme Court ruling in 2008 (Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). So at least if you’re in the US international editions are legal as well as economical.
I just got a degree in physics and i work at a semiconductor foundry. Im exploring masters programs, i have a lot of thoughts on this video and questions but alas i know you are prob a busy individual. Incredible content mate keep it up
Love the sedra and smith book in the back
Wooow, you're a real trooper. Thank you for sharing your experiences- this has been a super interesting journey to hear about and I'm glad it worked out for you!
BTW I just started House of Leaves a couple weeks ago and that book lives in my head rent-free even when I'm not reading it, it's sooo good :]
Haha I kept that there intentionally for the joke, I haven't started it yet
Congrats brother
I just finished watching the Bog videos cause they just died (I bet you’ll be getting a lot of new viewers). I’m liking your style my guy. Keep up the good work
Step 1. Invent Corona
Step 2. Fake your own death using Corona
The Boggs are playing everyone for fools
The States have similar mechanisms (IEEE, State laws) to Canada's oversight in terms of who is and isn't an "engineer", with the difference being between an "engineer" and a Professional Engineer, that's Professional with a capital P. It's like the difference between that handyman who can help out with plumbing and a Plumber, note the capital P. Engineer is a job title, usually linked to a degree, Professional Engineer is more.
PEs in the States need to have passed a long exam (which includes some questions on ethics) as well as have (four, I believe) years of experience in the industry. This Principles and Practice of Engineering exam to gain a PE actually comes after a different, arguably harder exam, the FE - Fundamentals of Engineering exam, which (although still industry specific) is more broad and maths-based. It includes some ethics questions as well.
Recent graduates have to study hard to pass this (FE) exam, and those who graduated long ago don't face good odds, statistically speaking.
I could be wrong, but all 50 states require PE credentials to do certain tasks. I know one needs a PE to stamp construction drawings, for example, but whether or not a State or two have exceptions to this is beyond my knowledge.
House of leaves in the bg??? never thought id see one of my fav books in one of your videos :0
Im doing a PhD in Electrical and Computer engineering (more computer engineering, architecture and on-chip systems) with the thesis based on "Machine learning accelerators using Silicon Nanophotonics", I saw your post on r/photonics so I came to check out your video. Very informative for people wanting to get into this field. LOL at the Lumerical simulations mention; unless you have a really good GPU based server those things can take eons!!! Also, all my publications upto this point (all 9 of them) are based off of simulations, device level using Lumerical and Matlab and then system level simulations using Python or C++ (SystemC). Your work on reducing bend losses (from what I understood) sounds fascinating, is there a publication associated with this? About the RI gradient for this, will this cause any higher order mode activation? Again, if there is a publication with all the details I would like to read it. NVM I found your thesis and will give it a read. :) Good job on getting your Master's degree!! :)
Thanks! I toned it down when explaining in this video but the bends are actually multimode bends designed to work for TE/TM all the way up to TE4/TM3. Also I cut a line about a machine learning for electronics course I went to once, and then dropped haha.
The thing at 17:30, about the exam consisting of a prof quizzing about question they invent on the spot. That's basically how every university exam is in my country.
At the most, you also have a written exam before that. No graded homeworks, presentations only for easy exams and projects only for a few labs.
Ok so I dont know shit about anything but... the idea of the photon path bending seems very interesting... also ofcourse an update on what you might do on youtube moving forward... nice tease with that Seattle mariners doc poster did not get one myself😭 good vid though👌
Hey, I've been watching your videos ever since your "The man who faked an element" video exploded, and I've gone through and listened to each of your deep dives at least twice. As someone who's doing a bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering, any tips to get me through undergrad, besides the 80% cheaper version of the textbooks?
Interested in grad school, though for the social sciences, but this was a pretty cool video to watch. Good job!
It's always interesting to hear how different university systems work. Where we have separate "coursework" and "research" masters degrees, its sounds the two are combined in Canada. That's a great way to do it. It also means I could've avoided the need for an MPhil on top of my coursework masters ... though I could've avoided the MPhil and gone straight into a PhD had I done more research credits during my coursework degree, where one can elect smaller research-based units of study. Oh, well, we all end up the same in the end ... :)
I did my honours in pharmacology and am doing a second undergrad honours in engineering - but I stand by electrical engineering is magic
I have lived in an apartment directly overlooked by my university's Photonics Lab this entire school year and this is the first time I've learned what Photonics actually is lol
Thank you for pointing me to overleaf! I am hating all the citation workflow software I have encountered to date! I looked at the tutorial for Overleaf and it looks MUCH more intuitive.
Still in my first year of my undergrad eng at Carleton lol. Congrats!
During my Griffits course, I always though about Wave Guides as super boring stuff tbh xD but hey glad you liked it
thank you for reinforcing my decision to not pursue a masters after finishing my own engineering degree lol. i'm glad it sounds like it worked out for you but i would crumble under the required self discipline. was very funny that you mentioned your girlfriend do the standard canadian student tree planting summer job lol, i've had multiple friends do the exact same thing
As a grad students in a soft social science, this both sounds just like my experience, and also totally alien haha.
The desktop background is Revachol from the excellent video game Disco Elysium!
I teach at a high school in Ottawa, and you'd be a verrry interesting guest speaker for my grade 12s who are trying to figure out their uni path.
Please feel free to reach out to the business email listed on this channel's About page!
@@BobbyBroccoli I'd love to, but it doesn't seem to be there 😅
I've been watching your stuff since the SpongeBob days. I miss those vids but I'm glad you're doing what makes you happy.
I think I go to the same school as you. Had me with eng phys.
Wow that's quite the rare set of amibos. I bought the same set back in the mid 2000's before all the Nintendo band wagoners.
Electrical engineers are the left-field, stealth superheros of (oddly) science (they're supposed to be engineers). Amazing subject which has led to so many fundamental contributions to modern science, it is amazing that it isn't more widely known or understood. I'm a geoscientist (supposedly) by the way. But even there, the role of electrical engineers in geophysics is massive (if you know the details of what goes on behind the curtain at least).
I really feel you with those Buffons.
I cannot agree more about the importance of Latex. It's crazy how counterintuitively simple it is compared to Word after a bit of practice.
bro whattt this is the same guy who makes those videos? nice didnt expect
Oh, nice, Saleh Teich 'Photonics'. Nice book :) I have it too :D
The special Indian edition thing is true for indispensable Mechanical Engineering texts as well
Have you published your masters thesis anywhere that is accessible without a paywall? I'm pretty interested in the specific silicon architecture you used for your simulations and the final piece you submitted to be manufactured.
Try giving Increased signal capacity in wdm and mdm networks via subwavelength grating engineering a search
Hey, I remember you had mentioned in another video your value of engineering degrees. I did a bachelor's in engineering and business. I cannot speak for the master's programs, but I am also now working on an IT development team (backend).
I think it's really important to stress the value of research and jobs performed by engineers, but I think the problem is we far too often devalue "unskilled" or other professions. Many engineering departments act more like "boys clubs" with a very elitist feel to them (I hated this, my brother loved it). By contrast, that same thing can be projected onto engineers by physicists or mathematicians. In my experience, bachelor's degrees are far more similar to each other than different. The most important part of college is about learning how to learn and proving that you know how to learn. Whenever you get into your field, there will be a ton of onboarding and learning of new systems/processes. No matter what degree or field you enter, you will have to learn new tools (all companies use different sets of tools, and use those tools differently) and you will have to learn all the organizational-specific processes. I think the most important thing is to not value the degree or job title more than other positions/organizations, but treat everyone with respect and understand that an enormous amount of skill is needed to perform basically any job. Quite frankly, I'd much rather be working in ADO/Profisee/MS SQL/etc than flipping burgers. And that's before considering the pay discrepancy. All that being said, I certainly agree with you that other degrees shouldn't value themselves over engineers. But I also believe engineers shouldn't value themselves over business, arts, associates, or GED. If nothing else, this pandemic has shown that the most important people in society are in fact among those valued the least.
Congrats on the masters too. So glad you've mentioned Bragg so many times, I've done a lot of papers on XRD citing Bragg's Law
I'm planning on writing some fiction set in the US of 1990-2010 and MAN is this useful. I am aware that US and Canada are different countries, and 2022 is not quite the nineties, but i'm not from the US, not even UK, i'm a rando from somewherever, our educational system is quite different and has it's own complicated background, that is to say that these educational systems are much closer then the one i know well to US's.
It's difficult for me to get my hands on detailed info about the general structure of the educational system in all it's forms. A bit trickier then just googling it, it's common knowledge and therefore usually not very well documented, except for maybe the lawyer speech, but that stuff is, too, difficult to get hands on and decipher into something actually intelligible, even with my skill of writing and reading unreadable texts in english. And this video gave me a bunch of hooks for research, so thanks!
Also, very interesting.
That being about this video and your content in general, it's bonkers good. Your science history videos- i'm not sure towards what genre they lean, essays i guess, whatever- they're awesome! The production, details, research behind it all - it's real good stuff, i love it.
P.S.: At the end of writing this comment i had a brilliant idea. I should get a pen pal who is currently suffering through en educational institute of some sort. That'd be useful. I won't do that probably, because i am terrified of people, but that'd be useful.
P.P.S.: I talk too much.
Love the "Steve Jobs sweater".
14:00 well cheap is a relative term. As an Indian those books are still quite expensive for me, I prefer libgen and scihub. Yeah but they are cheaper than the NA edition.
Yeah in India most university students just study from library textbooks or pirated ebooks .
The US engineering system is just like what you describe in Canada. In order to legally call myself an engineer (and stamp/seal any drawings) I had to get an accredited engineering degree, work for 4 years, pass an ethics test, pass a technical exam, submit a supplemental experience record of my work, and get other professional engineers to give me references. After that you get a professional engineering license and you can seal drawings and are legally considered an engineer.
I found it odd that he thought it was different. If I remember correctly, most Canadian standards and policies are rewritten copies of the American standards because of the long-standing business relationships.
That Indian textbook tip is actually clutch dude
That sounds so cool! I am in a field where I have to do a mandatory master (Science of education) and I am hoping to get a PhD after so I can do research in my field. It's so intersting to hear from other people from other countries, escpecially about the financial aspect of education. I pay about 20 Euros for a semster and work as a tutor, research assistant and teaching assistant on the side. Lucky enough to still live at home though.
Hey the school you go is very similar to mine, especially when it comes to the various programs and degrees in the engineering faculty
Hi, the video was intresting. Could you please let me know the softwares you used for you photonic device simulations?
I used Lumerical!
Sounded like a pretty fleshed out run on your interesting field.
One thing for people aspiring to be Canadian P.Eng’s (specifically in Ontario) is that the ethics exam isn’t exactly a walk in the park. I’ve known and worked with a number of EIT’s who had to retake it multiple times to pass.
Ahh interesting, good to know. I'm still 2 years away from that so I haven't read up much on it.
I mean, that’s to be expected when society pushes people away from studying philosophy, humanities, and other fields which focus on humans and society. It’s not profitable to have people understand the complexities of society. Because of that you get a lot of people in STEM who think they’re geniuses because society tells them that STEM is prestigious and it’s what “smart” people study, but have no understanding of how the topics they study actually translate to society and its betterment. AI has really highlighted this issues in recent years.
@@alexj7440 I think that it's less relevant to society's whims and more dependent on the curriculum taught in the programs themselves. All engineering (that directly involves safety) should be performed with the inherent understanding that people will be killed if your solution does not work 100% of the time. I've had some good professors who illustrate this issue and a class specifically focused on workplace ethics. Some STEM-focused individuals tend to think too much about the problem itself and not how their intended solution will impact people in real-world scenarios, but this is more of an issue with the types of people who pursue STEM in the first place. You're absolutely right though, ethics is ever important!
Be sure to link your paper here when it's publicized. Just a bit of extra flavour for this video.
bro you are so fuckin smart bro, congrats on gettin ur degree
Will attempt this too, but with glitches.
You said that silicon photonics only took off recently, but all our telecom infrastructure has been built on fibre optics for years. For things like routers and switches, is all the data processing now done with photonics? Was it always that way?
Optics predates the field of photonics by many centuries (think 1600s, Newton, etc.), photonics really only came into existence with the knowledge that light is quantized in photons, and really took off with the invention of lasers in the 50s. Fiber optics has powered telecomm for decades, but you still needed to convert light into electricity to process it in chips, and convert it back to send it out in fibers again.
Silicon photonics is a subfield of photonics that uses planar silicon waveguides to process light in photonic integrated circuits. The concept has been worked on since the 90s but really only reached economic viability in the 2000s, and has exploded in the 2010s.
@@BobbyBroccoli Interesting, thanks for the detailed response
Oh snap I’m reading house of leaves right now
house of leaves is so good
lmao i had to go and do some research when I saw those Homestar Runner™amiibos
By any chance, did you go to Carleton?