Michael C. Francik

Meteorology Major

Iowa State University

Student Portfolio


Iowa State University meteorology majors develop capability in six knowledge and skill areas that are considered important for professional and graduate work:


Physics and Dynamics of the Global Atmosphere

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Application of New Weather Technologies

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Weather Observing and Analysis

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Advanced Mathematical Tools


Meteor 111 5400m Thicknesses Derived

Geometry, Trignometry, Integrals, Derivatives, Vectors

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Computer Programming and Modeling


Comp S 207 (Java 5.0)

This program I created while I was taking my 207 class. I used many different things I learned in the class to make this and in the end I have a great program that converts degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit or the other way around.

// Michael Francik
// Iowa State University
// December 4, 2004

import java.util.*;

public class CelToFahr
{
    public static void main(String [] args)
    {
         Scanner stdin = new Scanner(System.in);
         System.out.println("If you want to convert Cel to Fahr type 1, ");
         System.out.println("if you want to convert Fahr to Cel type 2");
         int variable = stdin.nextInt();
         switch (variable)
         {
              case 1:
                  System.out.println("Enter degrees in Celsius");
                  int Celsius = stdin.nextInt();
                  int convertedFahrenheit = 32 + ((9 * Celsius) / 5);
                  System.out.println(convertedFahrenheit);
                  break;
              case 2:
                  System.out.println("Enter degrees in Fahrenheit");
                  int Fahrenheit = stdin.nextInt();
                  int convertedCelsius = (((Fahrenheit - 32) * 5) / 9);
                  System.out.println(convertedCelsius);
                  break;
        }
    }
}

Meteor 201 (HTML) created this web page

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Effective Oral and Written Communication


America Home of the "Barbarians"

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