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ISAT Senior Symposium
Tomorrow is the ISAT Senior Symposium; it's a time for the seniors of ISAT to present their senior thesis projects. It's an exciting day, because you get to see what ISAT seniors have developed. The projects cover each of the concentrations of ISAT. One of the projects that stuck in my mind from last year is a project developed as a restaurant order management system, which included the software for a Pocket PC to be used by a waiter to take orders, to the queue system for the kitchen, and finally the order status interface for the manager of the restaurant. I'm looking forward to the projects this year. It's also nice because there aren't any ISAT classes on that day, and usually they have extra credit, or assign attendance to several of the senior projects relating to the courses you are enrolled in. I'll be attending at least one IKM, and several others for credit in ISAT 253 and ISAT 252. For a full list of the senior projects that are being presented, check out the ISAT Symposium Schedule.
Tuesday's exam in ISAT 253 wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. There was a strong emphasis on First and Second Order systems which is something I knew better than the other material.
On Wednesday in ISAT 252, we developed a Class to represent student data for a grade reporting application. This reinforced the lecture from last Friday, April 11th. After the lab, I had my scheduling appointment, which is really a digital appointment to go online to E-Campus and register for classes. I was able to get into MUS 204, History of Rock, as well as classes for the IKM, Biotech, and Telecom sectors.
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Before scheduling I met with Dr. Benzing, my faculty advisor, and discussed which classes I needed to take for each sector. He also teaches ISAT 253, and is shown here looking over some lab materials during my lab on Tuesday.
The weather has gotten cooler, which is standard for the valley, as it fluctuates often during the spring. However it has remained sunny throughout, which is nice. I hope it stays nice as the weekend is almost here. It's hard to believe that the semester is almost over, with 2 full weeks of classes and then finals week. Then summer is here! I'll be around over the summer, as I'm taking an ISAT class during summer session with Dr. Altaii. Summer session is optional, but I've done it both summers I've been at JMU and recommend it, as it helps lighten your regular semesters by a class or two.
I'll let you know what symposium presentations I go to in my next post, hopefully I'll get some good pictures of the presentations!
Posted by Matt on April 14, 2005 02:05 PM | Link | Email Matt
