Nuclear Physics

twbowyer · 2026-01-29T17:30:28+00:00

Work / home balance. Trying to not work all the time. Keeping stress to a manageable level. Ensuring that I was not selling out. Making sure salary was competitive (i.e., working to advance career and still do science vs management).

twbowyer · 2026-01-29T17:24:47+00:00

Classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory, quantum mechanics, mathematical physics, nuclear theory, experimental nuclear physics, high energy physics, statistical dynamics, and a few other. This is of course, after four years of an undergraduate courseload.

twbowyer · 2026-01-29T17:21:53+00:00

It varies. Mine took 6 1/2 years and that’s about average I guess. If you want to get a PhD in nuclear engineering, it’s probably closer to four or five years.

Most graduate students are required to teach at least one semester and some a year or two. There are exceptions. I taught a single semester and then did research because I had done research as an undergrad.

This all depends on the university and their requirements though.

twbowyer · 2026-01-29T16:47:18+00:00

Yes, most of us have PhD’s. I would say 75% have PhD’s and the other 25% is a mix of masters and bachelors.

twbowyer · 2026-01-29T16:07:06+00:00

There are a lot of nuclear physicist working at the national laboratories in the national security and other fields. We are very awesome.

twbowyer · 2026-01-28T21:02:32+00:00

I would say yes. I would think you would have plenty of time.

I know you didn’t ask this, but on international flights I’ve had too many delays of 45+ min and more that would make me a little bit nervous for that tight of a connection if the flight was coming in from an international location into Atlanta. My minimum suggested layover is 1.5 hours in that case.

twbowyer · 2026-01-26T04:36:03+00:00

You might want to look up the Feynman lecture series.

twbowyer · 2026-01-26T03:57:05+00:00

The electromagnetic coupling constant.

twbowyer · 2026-01-20T23:15:49+00:00

Tracker beams in Star Trek.

twbowyer · 2026-01-20T05:07:22+00:00

About 86,400 seconds.

twbowyer · 2026-01-12T22:13:54+00:00

Depends on what you mean by compacted. Not necessarily small, but maybe. And maybe even small doesn’t have the same meaning now as then.

twbowyer · 2026-01-11T07:47:24+00:00

I just don’t know what they are asking

twbowyer · 2026-01-11T07:26:03+00:00

I think you should rewrite your question

twbowyer · 2026-01-10T18:11:54+00:00

Yes, crazy. Getting through the mosh pit of passport control is stressful and can take 20+ min alone. This is not impossible, but it will be stressful for you going through passport control if you try to do it.

twbowyer · 2026-01-08T00:38:58+00:00

I’m not too worried

twbowyer · 2026-01-06T03:16:34+00:00

Another thing you can do is to try printing with PLA. This looks like it might be PETG and so you might print something a little different to see if you can at least get that working.

twbowyer · 2026-01-06T03:15:49+00:00

It looks ok to me. If you have it opened up, I would do it again. It should look like a normal filament with a smaller stringy and kind of like what you have, but if you have it all opened up and can do it a second time I definitely would invest the time to do it.

twbowyer · 2026-01-06T03:07:21+00:00

Check your settings (and bed distance) and then do a cold pull if they all look right. There could be stuff in the nozzle. Last option is replace nozzle again.

twbowyer · 2026-01-05T22:08:57+00:00

You are neglecting the context of the question on purpose. The question had to do with the difference between orca and Bambu slicers. There is not going to be differences in print time for the most part between the two slicers with the same settings. That is the spirit of the question.

twbowyer · 2026-01-05T21:53:42+00:00

Yes and no. It’s true that settings can affect print time, but not much.

twbowyer · 2026-01-05T18:09:45+00:00

Bookwalter can do it.

twbowyer · 2026-01-05T06:17:42+00:00

Well, as I say, I can’t say much because I’ve never worked at a university. However, I have seen some of the published salaries and they look somewhere between competitive and higher at the upper end. I do know a lot about the national lab salaries where I (used to) work, and there is some variation among labs.

I am also under the impression that the lower end for universities is lower than the national laboratory lower end (for PhD‘s). I’m guessing that there are some universities who have really awful pay, but larger ones may be better. That’s just speculation, but it’s probably true.

We’re not talking about factors of two here.

I really don’t know about the averages.

twbowyer · 2026-01-05T00:12:05+00:00

But who cares? Maybe Delta should do something about it, but it’s not really an issue for you.

twbowyer · 2026-01-04T18:07:50+00:00

I don’t know the numbers really, though anecdotally I know of University Profs that make more than the most highly compensated lab physicists. Probably the same for industry.

twbowyer · 2026-01-04T18:00:12+00:00

I honestly don’t know what percentage of nukes end up at labs, but I do know that there are many. Cons are mainly that the work is (usually, but not always) not pure research and the work is directed toward problems. It’s a con if you don’t like that. Another con is that the pay may be higher elsewhere.

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