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Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2016 Yeah I use textbooks because you could literally skip all lectures and tutes and go off lecture notes, tute questions and textbooks to get you through to good marks.

Good luck with thesis man! Gonna start mine next year :spzz:

It's because all the extra stuff learnt in 1112 is applied again in 2134 any way.

Only about 120 students did ELEC1112 when I did it. Most students do 1111 in semester 2 (about 600 or so). Not sure what is going on with ELEC1112 from sem 1, although you do learn a few more things in it compared to ELEC1111 in sem 2. If you are studying BE ME, you are advised to do MATH11X1...

To the new faces; Welcome to UNSW !!!!!!! To the old faces (don't take it personally), welcome back to another year of awesomeness at UNSW !!!!!!! For those who don't know this thread serves as a general discussion thread for UNSW students. Please keep all the miscellaneous and off-topic...

Sorry guys have been very busy lately and missed this. Post up your study plans for 2016 at UNSW.

I skipped half my 9 am tutes any way back in the day.

All good mate. I'm curious. What do you study and where?

You can use Q = mC \Delta T ONLY for the case when heat is transferred over convection or conduction. However you also have to take into account the thermal equilibrium of the whole system, including the environment (if there is no wind, then you can take final temperature as ambient air...

One reason is that the circuit could have several different components in it with different temperature coefficients of resistance. However, the coefficient itself is not a fixed constant for the material. So if you still only consider the one element, you can only approximate the...

Not necessarily. There might be a region where the relationship between resistance and temperature is linear however it depends on many different factors, including the material and hence the properties of that specific wire (thickness, current ratings, etc). Also when you are closer to the...

Make sure you understand the difference between a voltage source and voltage drop. The reason why you get the power loss across a resistance as P = I^2 R is because the voltage drop across the resistance is V = IR. Electrical power is always given by P = VI. But, because there is a voltage...

It is dependent on the environment. Heat energy can be transferred over but it still depends on the environment. The whole system will attempt to reach thermal equilibrium. P = I^2 R just tells you how much electrical energy is transformed into heat energy.

You need a very high current in order to increase the heat a lot. It depends on the wires used as well. In most practical situations, you can avoid this by using thick wires. The thicker the wiring and depending on the material and type of wire, the lower the resistance of the conductor...

Indicate when practical literally means that. If the roundabout is tiny and you have to drive like a race driver with hands at quarter to three in order to indicate left, then it obviously isn't practical and is unnecessary. So yeah, always indicate out of multi lane roundabouts and only do it...

Chemical engineering does involve a fair bit of chemistry. However, the main role of chemical engineering is to maintain systems that deal with chemical processes. If you want to get into more research/laboratory roles, then consider industrial chemistry or just chemistry where you can be set up...

Choose whatever you find interesting. The minors are not accredited at all. They only show on your academic transcript but the final degree doesn't mention the minor you completed. You can talk about what you learnt in a job interview, but if you are relying on your minor to pull yourself up...

A typical mechanical engineer can find themselves designing, maintaining and developing machinery, equipment and large scale systems. Do you enjoy applying yourself to solve problems involving mechanical systems? This can include dynamic systems such as moving machinery or machines in work...

Go to O-week. See what gets to you and what you like. Try to keep in mind how you are going to find your settling into uni as well. It depends from person to person. Some spend no time with ECs at all while they are at uni. Some others can spend over 50 hours a week involved in ECs during their...

Not really. I've been in situations where there is too much water from rain on my mirrors and have had to rely solely on head checks as I pretty much had no mirrors. Also if you frequently drive on a multi-lane highway/motorway which consists of merges, you'll get into a crash quite easily if...