News Archive
20 June 2006 - The Spring Semester of 2006 is now complete. Again a summary is being posted:
| Course | Performance | ||
| Credits | Number | Title | Letter Grade |
| 4 | Physics 487 | Quantum Mechanics II | A |
| 3 | Physics 436 | Electromagnetism II | A |
| 3 | ECE 385 | Digital Systems Laboratory | A+ |
| 3 | MCB 250 | Molecular Genetics | A- |
| 3 | Chem 232 | Organic Chemistry I | A |
| 2 | Chem 233 | Organic Chemistry I Laboratory | A |
Semester GPA |
3.94 | ||
UIUC GPA after Semester |
3.94 | ||
I now depart for Microsoft where I will take up a post as an intern Software Design Engineer in Test (SDE/T) working on the Windows SharePoint Services project.
24 December 2005 - The Fall Semester of 2005 is now complete. As usual, a summary has been posted.
| Course | Performance | ||
| Credits | Number | Title | Letter Grade |
| 4 | Physics 486 | Quantum Mechanics I | A |
| 3 | Physics 435 | Electromagnetism I | A |
| 3 | Physics 326 | Mechanics and Relativity II | A |
| 3 | ECE 390 | Computer Engineering II | A- |
| 3 | ECE 398SB | Biophotonics | A- |
| 3 | Math 380 |
Advanced Calculus | A |
Semester GPA |
3.89 | ||
UIUC GPA after Semester |
3.94 | ||
15 August 2005 - Please feel free to use the Windows Update Repair Utility batch file I have created for Windows XP, 2000 and Server 2003, if you're having problems getting Windows Update to run on your machine.
2 August 2005 - Created a virus and spyware eradication page. Arash Ferdowsi and Mikhail Kats deserve some inspiration credit since they thought of this idea awhile ago. Best wishes to them as they go about making their proposed webpage a reality.
27 July 2005 - I was pleased to be notified that I have been recognized on the Dean's List for the College of Engineering for my performance in the Spring 2005 semester.
13 July 2005 - I have completed the port of a text-based Connect Four-playing, artificially-intelligent agent written in JAVA to a GUI version written in Microsoft's Visual J++. It is currently available for download by anyone interested along with a brief description of how it works. Please visit the ConnectFour page for more information.
16 June 2005 - I was pleased to receive a call from the American Humanist Association yesterday informing me that I had been awarded 3rd place in the 2005 Humanist Essay Contest for my essay, "The Synthesis of Individualism and Holism in Environmental Ethics," which I wrote in connection with Professor McKim's "Religion, Ethics and the Environment" course in Fall 2004 with the UIUC Campus Honors Program.
18 May 2005 - All Spring 2005 grades available. Summary: 4 A+'s, 2 A's, 1 A-. Semester GPA: 3.98. Cumulative GPA: 3.96.
| Course | Letter Grade |
| Physics 325 Intermediate Mechanics and Relativity I | A |
| Physics 213 Thermal Physics | A+ |
| Physics 214 Quantum Physics | A+ |
| Math 463 Probability and Statistics I | A+ |
| ECE 290 Computer Engineering | A+ |
| ECE 210 Analog Signal Processing | A |
| Physics 199 HT Honors Seminar in Quantum and Thermal Physics | A- |
Semester GPA: |
3.98/4.0 |
9 May 2005 - Final Exams began. Analog Signal Processing was the first one, followed by Mechanics and Relativity on Monday with Honors Seminar in Physics on the horizon at 1:30 on Tuesday.
27 April 2005 - The second exams week is over and my scores are posted. Summary: 99.2% Mech/Rel, 98% in both Computer Engineering, 98% in Statistics and 83% in Analog Signal Processing. See the course status page for more information about that.
16 April 2005 - Be sure to visit my new Jedi Masters page for some interesting images of my friends with lightsaber effects!