Many former students report back that C&M experience is a big plus in their careers. For example, former C&M student Brad Winemiller is a Render TD for Pixar Animations Studios in Richmond, CA. Brad puts it this way: "I wouldn't be doing this stuff if it weren't for those classes. It's all math and working together with other people." Former C&M NetMath distance education student Paul Emyard is a Network analyst for Chevron Oil. He says: "While higher level mathematics does not come normally into play in my day to day job, the analytical thinking skills I've learned [in C&M] sure do. I am now known among my peers as the guy you want to ask if you have a math-related problem. Taking the C&M NetMath classes has got the attention of my management and I feel that it has helped my credibility with them immensely."
When I originally signed up to take C&M BioCalc for my freshman calculus course, my older brother tried to talk me out of it. He told me that I wouldn't learn anything, and that I would have trouble later on in my engineering classes. Out of stubbornness, I stuck with it. This past year, my brother came to me to ask my help. One of his mechanical engineering classes was filled with Calculus III material and he was having trouble. After I helped him, he said to me, "I wish I had taken a C&M course. I probably still would have forgotten all of the formulas, but at least I would know how to go about getting the answer."
Techs support both the lab machines and the software used in this program.
In the event of a problem, send an e-mail to tech@cm.math.uiuc.edu.