UAA Civil Engineering

One student's experience with the University of Anchorage Alaska Civil Engineering Department

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Had a case of the ol' bed head this morning for class. Hamel's was worse.

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Oh shut up, Jim.

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Shut the fuck up Jim, oh my god.

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Hamel thought I was from Bangkok today. You adorable racist, you.

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0.8% from an A ZERO-POINT-MOTHERFUCKING-EIGHT-PERCENT Fucking Dr. Bham....

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Went to visit Dotson in his office (why does he never turn on the lights?) and got mesmerized by his beard. With just the right amount of gray, his facial hair is A+ quality. (And thought he was a baby Ph.D. How old is the guy?)

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I stopped Dr. Bham in the hallway to ask a question and his face was like why the fuck are you talking to me. Dickhead.

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I don't know why everyone hates Dr. Liu, she's like a grandmother to me.

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Everyone hates Ghulam and it is hilarious.

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Hamel's PowerPoint theme is "Wolverine Blue" How cute

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What is with Hamel's ties

Maybe his daughter picks them out for the day

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It's actually bearable when we do in-class examples. Haiku: Doctor Bham's Favorite word is Basically

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So in structures II we’re going over stiffness matrices like yolo class ended 5 minutes ago class end times don’t mean nothin and some girl walks in and stands at the door for like 30 seconds just staring at the class. Then she goes “Really? Five minutes before class starts? SO OBNOXIOUS!”

Dis mothafuckin bitch.

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The thing about Lang is that he's really passionate about what he does, but he's kind of old and talks so gentle. He's like the grandfather of the CE department. He spoils you in high grades and you pretend to be interested whenever he tells his stories.

Got an A in his class (CE 344 - Water Resources), obviously.

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Engineering Economics (ESM 450) was a total snooze fest.

Got an A. Easy.

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I came into Intro. to Environmental Engineering (CE 441) most times and slept.

Got an A.

Oloffson is a good man.

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Oh boy. Mechanics of Materials (ES 331) and Structural Analysis (CE 431) with Dr. Liu were doozies!

She had a thick accent that nobody understood and her teaching methods were a little outdated. I remember this one time she asked students to read the syllabus out loud and when it got to what I assume is a crusty, watches-every-episode-of-battlestar-galactica-and-goes-to-battlestar-galactica-debates-with-a-thirst-for-blood he was like "I'm sorry, I don't read things out loud in class. It's beneath me." OMFG DIS BITCH! But Dr. Liu didn't understand! She just kept asking him to read! And it was so awkward!

I've got a ton of stories.

So she does it so if you get a problem right on exams she has you write the solution on the board and explain. This is going to sound like college kid problemz, but I was up there every. time. And I could feel all those kids just watching me in contempt. And I was like I'm sorry I'm better than all of you!

So that's how I became her favorite student.