Der Morgenstern
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APPLY FOR WORK TERMS AKA. CO-OPS. I cannot stress this enough. Put this shit in bold. Apply for anything that looks remotely close to what you're studying.
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APPLY FOR WORK TERMS AKA. CO-OPS. I cannot stress this enough. Put this shit in bold. Apply for anything that looks remotely close to what you're studying.
King Richard
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Der Morgenstern
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Work terms are semesters you spend working in a job related to your field of study, getting paid.
Episteme
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I have to design these from scratch for my big project.
The first one is a De-Ethanizer column, used for separating Ethane from Hydrocarbon saturated streams during the production of LNG and LPG. Ethane can be used as a refrigerant for cryogenic processes or as a catalyst to boost reactions. It can also be steam cracked into Ethylene, which can be used as plant hormones or to be turned into polymer plastics such as polyethylene or PVC, along with other shiz.
The second picture is a Brazed Aluminium Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger used in the cryogenic liquefaction process of LNG. Works by injecting multiple streams of refrigerants (Nitrogen, Propane, Butane, whatever) to cool down a stream to below -100 degrees Celsius.
WOOO THE MORE YOU KNOW. :Spin:
We've got the same over here and it is a requirement to complete 3 months worth of engineering experience to complete our degree. I was working in an iron ore mine working with explosives as product quality and process control as well as manufacture.
To get a job, it's pretty darn competitive. You send out hundreds of resumes and sometimes you get nothing back, it prepares you for the real world. Knowing someone that works in the industry helps alot as well. IMO, get in on this as soon as you can. The more experience you get, the easier it is for you to get a job after you finish.
The first one is a De-Ethanizer column, used for separating Ethane from Hydrocarbon saturated streams during the production of LNG and LPG. Ethane can be used as a refrigerant for cryogenic processes or as a catalyst to boost reactions. It can also be steam cracked into Ethylene, which can be used as plant hormones or to be turned into polymer plastics such as polyethylene or PVC, along with other shiz.
The second picture is a Brazed Aluminium Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger used in the cryogenic liquefaction process of LNG. Works by injecting multiple streams of refrigerants (Nitrogen, Propane, Butane, whatever) to cool down a stream to below -100 degrees Celsius.
WOOO THE MORE YOU KNOW. :Spin:
We've got the same over here and it is a requirement to complete 3 months worth of engineering experience to complete our degree. I was working in an iron ore mine working with explosives as product quality and process control as well as manufacture.
To get a job, it's pretty darn competitive. You send out hundreds of resumes and sometimes you get nothing back, it prepares you for the real world. Knowing someone that works in the industry helps alot as well. IMO, get in on this as soon as you can. The more experience you get, the easier it is for you to get a job after you finish.
Der Morgenstern
Trailer Park Bacchus
The coolest thing about steam cracker is that they speed up gas faster than the speed of sound during the process.
Also, hydrocrackers are cooler.
Also, hydrocrackers are cooler.
Episteme
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Hydrocrackers are indeed cooler, mainly used for the petroleum industry though especially to get jet fuel and diesel. Bloody thing works at ridiculous temperatures and pressures.
Der Morgenstern
Trailer Park Bacchus
Yea, my dad was a process engineer and my older brother is a petroleum engineer. It's amazing what they've told me about in regards to how these systems work. They have two hydrocracker units at the main Syncrude complex and my dad managed the construction project for the second one that was built.
Episteme
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Nice! I'm still trying to get into the oil & gas industry even though I've got a job lined up in mining. The demand for LNG is gonna go through the roof in the future and it looks to be alot more interesting and challenging, especially with gas being found in extremely deep waters and the technology for Floating LNG plants is starting up with Shell in 2017. As soon as I graduate I'm going to apply for jobs everywhere in the world, hopefully I get a hit.
Matt
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Well three weeks into school and I really haven't done any homework or anything. This weekend we're playing at Xavier though so that should be cool.
Vimana
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So far college is a little more intense and tiring than high school, but far less lame. I don't have to wake up at six AM and meander for 7 hours straight, I don't have any classes on Fridays, and my longest class is only an hour and fifty minutes. The best part is that there's less bullshitting in the classes. Each class of the whole semester is mapped out, so teachers aren't giving useless busywork to take up time.
Vimana
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Bump. I need help finding a college in California. I have some requirements:
1. It needs to offer teaching, classics, and a number of foreign languages. Those are the things I plan to study extensively.
2. It has to be easy to get into. My grades in high school were shit and I only scored an 1880 on the SAT.
3. It must be relatively inexpensive. I probably have to pay for 15% of it, so I need to be able to afford that. I may be able to get a job a bit above minimum wage because I plan on spending enough time in China before in order to become fluent in Chinese.
1. It needs to offer teaching, classics, and a number of foreign languages. Those are the things I plan to study extensively.
2. It has to be easy to get into. My grades in high school were shit and I only scored an 1880 on the SAT.
3. It must be relatively inexpensive. I probably have to pay for 15% of it, so I need to be able to afford that. I may be able to get a job a bit above minimum wage because I plan on spending enough time in China before in order to become fluent in Chinese.
The Ozzman
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The Ozzman
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I knew they added another 800 to the composite score. You think 1253 is bad? I got a 1030, brah (1545 equivalency). You shouldn't have any problems getting into a decent school out there.
Vimana
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I hold my grades by Asian standards as a result of going to probably the most Asian school in the country. My grades in high school were D's and C's, and, at best, B's or A's. I am not completely sure how things are weighed in the college selection process, but maybe I'm overreacting due to years of hearing stuff like "oh my god, if I don't get good scores on midterms freshman year, I'll NEVER get into a good college."
Zephyrus
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King Richard
Hello there
All of those standardized tests are a waste of time and effort. I don't understand why they're still offered.
And before any of you artards says something along the lines "dur but good schools require them," no, no they don't. I've been accepted to the Purdue engineering school and never even considered taking the SAT or any of those other tests.
That or maybe I'm just badass, who knows.
And before any of you artards says something along the lines "dur but good schools require them," no, no they don't. I've been accepted to the Purdue engineering school and never even considered taking the SAT or any of those other tests.
That or maybe I'm just badass, who knows.
Episteme
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Doesn't it get to a certain point in the US where you can enter college as a mature age student without actually doing SATs, but you just need alot of money?
come to Cal State Long Beach! We have two degree options in Classics: Roman or Greek civilization. We also offer courses in the following languages: Swahili, Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese with many of those offering majors, minors and/or certificates.
If you were to major in Classics, you'd obviously take Latin or Greek language classes depending on your emphasis, and from there it'd be very easy to pick up a double major in either. You can also pick up a single subject teaching credential in Latin if you wanted to teach Latin at the junior or high school levels. There are also a ton of study abroad options for Classics majors.
I'm an advisor for the college of liberal arts, which is why I know so much about all of this. Here's a link to the Catalog page with descriptions of the programs for both and a listing of all the courses offered:
http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/catalog/current/cla/classics/index.html
If you were to major in Classics, you'd obviously take Latin or Greek language classes depending on your emphasis, and from there it'd be very easy to pick up a double major in either. You can also pick up a single subject teaching credential in Latin if you wanted to teach Latin at the junior or high school levels. There are also a ton of study abroad options for Classics majors.
I'm an advisor for the college of liberal arts, which is why I know so much about all of this. Here's a link to the Catalog page with descriptions of the programs for both and a listing of all the courses offered:
http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/catalog/current/cla/classics/index.html
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