Slow Week

Hey everyone,

Because of the recent exam last week, this week has been incredibly slow in terms of office hours. Everything else has been going great however, and I expect things to pick up as the final is just around the corner.

Thanks,

Nik Uppaluri

Almost Over

1. How on earth do we only have 2 weeks of classes left?!?!

2. Absolutely no one showed up this week.  But that's ok; I had a lot of homework to do anyway :)

3. Party time!  In response to Hannah's post....
       -Favorite cake: depending on my mood... probably either chocolate or red velvet.
       -Date: Don't plan around me.  I commute from home via bus (transferring downtown so I have to be                leaving campus by 5:30 at the latest so as to get through downtown before it clears out and becomes a          bit sketchy), I work weekends, and I have 3 of my classes have very time consuming final projects                instead of exams.  But if it's a Thursday, late afternoon/early evening it's possible I'd make it because I         have a commitment at 8:30 PM on Thursdays that I stay on campus for.

Happy studying!

Tourists are annoying

They walk into the room and get amazed by it every week.

Today's Session

Today's session went well. My class has an exam tomorrow, so the students were pretty stressed, but we covered a lot in the thermodynamics chapter, which was definitely the most confusing one for them. I think I had six students come in today, so it wasn't too hectic. However, when the session started, I was kicked out of my room in the Hillman, because it wasn't reserved, but we were able to find a free room nearby to use.

-Mike

Silent Week...Again

So this is I believe the 4th straight week where I had no one show up at my office hours. I know there is an upcoming exam next Monday so I was optimistic that there would be some more people, but there was unfortunately no one. Hopefully the tide will turn around next week and people will show up again like they did in the beginning of the semester.

Strategies for teaching fluids

Much of my physics knowledge comes from what I learned in high school. Since I didn't learn any of the remaining units while in high school, I was a bit nervous about teaching them. I have tried to compare current units to previous units (ex. teaching Bernoulli's equation as I would teach conservation of energy), and it seems to be benefiting the students who have visited me. I will try to use the same strategy with following units, but I think I may run into some challenges with various forms of thermodynamics.

Another lonely UTA session

For the 2nd straight week in a row no one has shown up to my office hours. Hopefully this week will be different and I will have my usual students come back and ask insightful questions once again.