Major: Mechanical Engineering College/Employer: Umass Lowell Year of Graduation: 2024 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Seam graduated from UMass Lowell last spring with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. They worked at the UMass Lowell Nuclear Research Reactor and are a Reactor Operator licensed by the NRC. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)C16194: Fundamentals of Programming in Splash 2025 (Mar. 15 - 16, 2025)
Do you have no idea what means to code? Do you have some beginner familiarity? Are you looking to refresh yourself on the basics or practice the fundamentals?
If so, this is the class for you. We'll start with a bottom-up review of programming. We'll talk about:
- hardware
- software
- convention (good code vs. bad code)
- style (the format of the code)
- "elegance"
- polymorphism
- logic gates
- arrays
- loops
- conditionals
- syntax
- unit testing
and more!
After that, we'll jump in and practice solving some problems and writing some code. We'll also use this second half to answer questions and discuss anything desired.
Looking forward to coding with you!
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S16195: Beyond Chernobyl: Obscure Nuclear Disasters in Splash 2025 (Mar. 15 - 16, 2025)
The history of Nuclear Physics is full of shining accomplishments and tragic accidents. In this course, we will discuss the obscure accounts of nuclear accidents and mishaps ranging from test reactor explosions to lost sources. We will discuss the what and the why, diving into the physics of how a nuclear reactor works and what can go wrong.
B16196: Conlang-ing - Make your own fully functional language! in Splash 2025 (Mar. 15 - 16, 2025)
In this class we'll be learning and practicing the craft of "conlang"-ing.
Con-langs are 'constructed languages', that rather than evolve naturally, are carefully designed by people.
Klingon, Esperanto, Lojban, and Toki Pona are all examples worth googling.
In this class you'll learn how to create your very own completely functional language, and get the opportunity to create one.
We'll talk about:
- The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
- Worldbuilding and how it relates to languages
- Klingon
- Esperanto
- Loglan / Lojban
- Toki Pona
- Phonemes
- Graphemes
- Vowels
- Manner of articulation
- Place of articulation
and more!
Looking forward to conlang-ing with you!
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