It's Been a While

As the title suggests, it's been a long time since my last post. I've aced Cal I and Chem I since then. I'm taking my Computer Organization and Assembly Language final in a couple of hours, and I'm starting Cal II next week. I have narrowed my field down to - most likely - Computer Engineering, though I may decide to do Computer Science instead, depending on the more I learn about AI and the specialties in the field and which areas I am most interested in. I've joined IEEE and have taken to trying to read at least one tech article a day. And that's about it school wise.

Since my last post, I've been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. I get the jitters, but still haven't managed to see dramatic weight loss from it (though to be fair, with ALL of the junk I eat, I also haven't gained any weight). Jeff and I are going to start trying for a baby later this year. My old Jimmy, that Jeff has been driving, died, so we have become a one car family. We got a kittem named Tux. What else???? That's about it for now.

Really, I'm focusing mostly on school and what I want to do with this second degree. It's going to be a hectic next few years, but it'll pay off in the end. (If only I could tell myself that about NOT eating chocolate!)

Foreign nations push into space as U.S. pulls back

Foreign nations push into space as U.S. pulls back

Artificial Intelligence

So, one of the things that I have been looking into lately that has really caught my attention is AI. It ties together several things I'm interested in...Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, Physics, and Consciousness Studies. So, that might be a route to go. Still got a lot to research though.

Better Direction

So, apparently within the last few days, UHCL has decided to offer a sub plan in Engineering Physics to the B.S. degree in Physics. This seems like it would be the best of everything that I'm interested in. Which means, I'd have the whole time while I'm earning my bachelor's to explore both the physics and the computer engineering side of things and narrow down my interests to find out what I'd like to do in grad school. I'm excited because I'd get to do both the theoretical and applied physics classes as well as the electronics and computer labs. Here is the link for the program.


Physics Program at UHCL

Carbon Nanotubes Trap Solar Energy

Carbon Nanotubes Trap Solar Energy

ScienceDaily (2011-07-14) -- A novel application of carbon nanotubes shows promise as an innovative approach to storing solar energy for use whenever it's needed. Storing the sun's heat in chemical form -- rather than converting it to electricity or storing the heat itself in a heavily insulated container -- has significant advantages, since in principle the chemical material can be stored for long periods of time without losing any of its stored energy. The problem with that approach has been that until now the chemicals needed to perform this conversion and storage either degraded within a few cycles, or included the element ruthenium, which is rare and expensive.