They all were highly motivated. 6 of 9 said they will continue for graduate studies, although only one reported interest in going on for a Ph.D. NE majors did not like taking the transport phenomenon course with ChE majors. The course is designed for ChE majors and NE majors feel it covers more depth then they need. In a response to the question of how they feel about having no experimental lab until senior year, most ChE felt they liked it, as they had covered the subject and now were able to understand what they were doing. However, a suggestion was made that it may be beneficial to have an introductory lab class during a junior year.
NEs have lab in the junior year.
Some of the NE students were a bit disappointed that Sandia and LANL were not more aggressive in coming to the school looking to employ students. There was some discussion on the desirability of obtaining video tapes of lectures so that students could review them at home.