Weird Science with AEP
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The School of Applied and Engineering Physics is home to engineers with an identity crisis. What type of classes does an AEP take? What does an AEP do after graduation? Where on campus do they spend most of their time? Are they scientists or engineers? The typical student in this field has a pretty hard time answering these questions, but if you ever need to know a thing or two about electrodynamics, quantum mechanics or the difference between a Fourier series and a Fourier transform, he or she can definitely help you out there.
Endless problems sets, chalk-covered professors and solid chunks of the day spent in Clark Hall laboratories are all par for the course. Some call it pain … AEPs call it enlightenment. Realizing how to perform that integral in a sudden moment of genius is definitely one way of experiencing climax at 2 a.m. on a Friday night.
Cornell promises a shiny new building for the physical sciences by 2010. That’s great news for next year’s freshman class. In the meantime, an AEP’s fourth floor view of the Arts Quad and Cayuga Lake in the Circuits laboratory has been blocked by a massive patch of sheet rock. Is nothing sacred?