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My official advisor was Dr. Hixson (EE) and my co-advisor was Dr. Hamilton (ME), so I was a mix of both EE/ME and physical acoustics. I did not appreciate the education I was getting until I got out and practiced in my field with graduates of top tear schools (Brown/Stanford/G-Tech/Penn State/MIT) - Texas provided an outstanding training. I was blessed to have gone through two world class researchers and practitioners and was taught by a handful of other big names in acoustic of solids (Dr. Bedford/Dr. Blackstock/Drumheller). When people say graduate school was easy....I don't think they were in my classes. I also think very highly of the Aerospace and ME systems/controls folks, who mix the rigor of the theory with the application: From paper and pencil, to the simulation to the...

Ah, the engineering corner. You'll be kept away from the regular folks and the pretty parts of campus most of the time, but in exchange you will form lifelong bonds of camaraderie as you join forces with all shapes and forms of life to defeat a common enemy: your classes. Godspeed from a Civil Engineering alum.

PS: There's a television that plays most Premier and Champions League games in the Basement lounge of ECJ. Not that it's a secret,...

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