UCC Elec Eng

iceman_2001_ie

I'm starting this thread for all those of us who frequent (or frequented) the "Yacamini - feed the poor artists Institute"

If you have anything you want to complain about, please make sure we all know who it is, but don't mention any names.

I'm a recent Grad by the way, and YES forth years - there are jobs out there. Just pull your finger our of your @ss, forget about the Analogs/Intels/Citibanks of the world, and find some Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) in Ringaskiddy or Little Island.

D-Generate

I am putting Elec Eng down on the CAO this weekend. Wanted Micro-Elec Eng but they are all together now again.

Molly

I can't figure out why anyone would go through the pain of micro elec :P . 2 modules in 4 years is far too much

dudara

I find it very hard to understand why anyone would choose micro straight from the leaving cert. It's grand to specialise in it after a year or two, but to start in it from scratch just seems too much to me.

Anyway, good luck D-Generate, you should have no worries about getting into Elec Eng. The points have been abysmal the last few years, which in no way reflects on the difficulty of the course

damien

I still sometimes wake up in the middle of the night with bad memories from that course. Can't believe how low the points are. People going into it need to know they are in for a very bumpy ride.

iceman_2001_ie

Control....



AAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Molly

Specialising in it after a year is even silly as you don't really do any micro until second year. It's not like there is anything done to do with micro in first year really. It was essentially the same course for almost all of first year bar one module.

nesf

iceman_2001_ie wrote:

Control....



AAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

ROFL

dudara

The scary thing is that Iceman isn't joking. Control can cause grown men to cry like babies

dudara

Just got sent this link for Real Ultimate Engineer Power

solice

thing is, i have heard all the horror stories about control and although the lectures seem ok, difficult but managable i know i am in for one big shock when i turn that exam paper over in april! im scared, very very scared!!!

daveirl

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solice

daveirl wrote:

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easier said than done my friend,

D-Generate

So the majority of posters on the Cork forum actually did this course? Kind of weird!

solice

D-Generate wrote:

So the majority of posters on the Cork forum actually did this course? Kind of weird!

or are doing. plenty more people who are doing the course do read this "cork city" thread. they are all waiting for somebody to post something about the lecturers.

sound_wave

...so...about those lecturers!

iceman_2001_ie

I'm pretty sure I saw Gregor looking at Boards.ie last year.

I might be mistaken...

solice

for a while there i wasnt able to get access to boards from the elec eng building. thought ger had blocked it for some strange reason

dudara

I've never had any problems accessing boardsie from elec eng. Are u sure that you weren't trying to access it when it was down. Jer doesn't tend to block access to sites at all.

daveirl

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dudara

Now don't u mock him...

whatalanger

Ralph is the man. I wonder how much he spends each year on those calendars in his office

dudara

He buys a lot of them in the sales when they're cheap, but still, he does like his calendars.

daveirl

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iceman_2001_ie

"I know I did it too but perhaps we should talk about people here"


DaveIrl,

I assume you mean we shouldn't...

daveirl

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iceman_2001_ie

I've made some great friends among the staff and postgrads of the department, and I believe that any reading these pages, will see the funny side of most things.

DaveIrl, I think its best if you remove anything that might be offensive.
Apart from that, it should be kept light hearted.

By the way, I spent many hours in Ralph's office, down through the years - those posters rock - Kylie in her underwear!!! That would NOT be tolerated anywhere else in the world, because some anally-retentive, lesbian, militant psycho-b!tch, would object on the grounds of sexual harassment.

Keep up the good work Ralph.

solice

most annoying thing about the elec eng building? the network keeps crashing! the week of the christmas break when we had 2 reports due it just went kaput and again today when we had another one due. its a right royal pain in the ass

dudara

The server has been through a lot lately. At the moment, the replacement part required won't be delivered until Monday, so hold tight.

solice

dudara wrote:

The scary thing is that Iceman isn't joking. Control can cause grown men to cry like babies

Had the control exam today. [WHIMPER]M...A.....M.....M......Y.....!!!!!![/WHIMPER]

whatalanger

control exam was easy peasy, lemon squeezy

radiospan

solice wrote:

most annoying thing about the elec eng building? the network keeps crashing! the week of the christmas break when we had 2 reports due it just went kaput and again today when we had another one due. its a right royal pain in the ass

It's down again (partly). They probably aren't in a huge rush to fix it until after the summer though.

solice

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It's down again (partly). They probably aren't in a huge rush to fix it until after the summer though.

I would expect that, Ger aint exactly known to rush into anything so i wouldnt expect him to be fixing it again too soon

dudara

While it should be fixed as soon as possible, Jer is also the administrator for the entire engineering network, including Civ and Process. The last few faults with the eleccad server have actually been mechanical, and the main delay in repairs have been due to delivery times of parts.

This time, I actually don't know what's wrong, as the fault hasn't affected me directly.

daveirl

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CathalMc

Speaking as someone who's right in the middle of studying it, heres a hint for final year. Don't do DSP unless you really, really want to work at it... it'll bore you to tears. The IIR filter stuff at the start is interesting enough but everything after Christmas is... unpleasant.

(ah'roight daveirl!)