As expected, I had my first shock of feeling unprepared for my Master's... and not the language aspect! There are a lot of electrical engineering principles that are utilized in our courses and even though we don't actually DO any electrical engineering, it's good to have some kind of background in that field. Lately I've been trying to quickly learn what could possibly be 1 or 2 years of undergrad electrical engineering in several weeks; not fun. I've also tried out various resources, including textbooks (both English and Spanish, each of which has its pros and cons), wikipedia, google, and my classmates. What can I say? Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Otherwise, classes have been going relatively well. It's becoming more and more effortless to understand the professors, but I still have a tough time understanding my classmates when they ask questions in class. So far the workload has been relatively light, although I know it'll pick up with projects and tests. Some are individual projects, such as designing a low temperature solar thermal installation, and other projects require quite a bit of work, such as performing an "energy audit" for a company, building, or factory to help them better manage their energy usage and save money.
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