FAQs for Jimenez Group

For Grad Students: Which Courses Should I Take?

• Independent of Department you are in
  • CHEM-5181: Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography (Jimenez)
  • CHEM-5151/ATOC-5151: Atmospheric Chemistry (typically Tolbert, Volkamer, or Jimenez)
  • Computer Science: Introduction to Programming (Freshman Undergrad Course)

• Especially f you are in Chemistry:
  • CHEM-5161: Analytical Spectroscopy (Rainer Volkamer)
  • Reaction Dynamics

• Especially if you are in ATOC (Atmospheric Sciences)
  • Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics
  • Clouds and Aerosols (Brian Toon)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Radiation Transfer

• Engineering Courses of Interest:
  • Aerosol Dynamics (Shelly Miller)

Computing Topics

Can I use a Mac or Linux computer?

Some of the software we use is Windows-specific, so a Mac or Linux-PC would not work, sorry. There are also many subtle incompatibilities when trying to share files betwen a Mac and a PC, and finally Macs do not work with some hardware I have encountered in the field (e.g. we found that Macs could not connect to certain network hubs or printers, and those were the only units available at the field site). This choice does not imply that we have positive opinion of the role of Bill Gates or Microsoft in the computer (or the wider) world, it is just a practical necessity. We use exclusively Windows PC computers (mostly XP with a few Vista computers as of June 2009).