{"id":6658,"date":"2024-03-21T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/?p=6658"},"modified":"2024-03-21T18:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T22:20:49","slug":"harmonizing-the-virtual-classroom-a-musical-tribute-to-class-2-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/?p=6658","title":{"rendered":"Harmonizing the Virtual Classroom: A Musical Tribute to Class 2.29"},"content":{"rendered":"In the spring semester of 2021, amidst the upheaval of remote education, the members of class 2.29 &#8220;Numerical Fluid Mechanics&#8221; navigated the challenges of online learning with grace and resilience. Led by their dedicated Professor Pierre Lermusiaux, supported by TA\u2019s Aaron Charous and Corbin Foucart and administrative assistant Lisa Maxwell, the class embraced virtual tools to foster engagement and collaboration.\n\nThroughout the semester, they engaged actively in discussions and presentations using digital platforms. Despite the challenges of distance, the class maintained a sense of camaraderie and enthusiasm. During the final project presentations, Lisa&#8217;s ukulele performance added a memorable touch. Singing the lyrics she penned, Lisa&#8217;s song served as a heartfelt reminder of their shared journey through remote learning.\n<pre><strong>The 2.29 Song<\/strong><\/pre>\n<pre>Oh yeah we're 2.29\nWe had our whole class online\nIn the Spring of '21\nPierre taught twice a week\nIn a Zoom room he would speak\nCan't believe the semester's gone!\n\nPierre buzzed like a bee\nto keep us awake...THAT'S SO MIT!\nWhere were you at 11:35...?\nCrank Nicholson's a finite\nDynamics you're dynamite\nIt's pahDAY (not PAHday)\nyou need to derive!\n\nThere were equations Euler\n(that's quasilinear!),\nTaylor Tables and fluid flow...\nThe first derivative? Give me a sedative!\nLet me say (implicitly and explicitly)\nwhere you can go!\n\nThat's right we're 2.29!\nWe had class all online\nin the Spring of '21.\nWe learned lots and lots,\nnow we're dynamics Hot Shots!\nThanks for being so much fun!<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the spring semester of 2021, amidst the upheaval of remote education, the members of class 2.29 &#8220;Numerical Fluid Mechanics&#8221; navigated the challenges of online learning with grace and resilience. Led by their dedicated Professor Pierre Lermusiaux, supported by TA\u2019s Aaron Charous and Corbin Foucart and administrative assistant Lisa Maxwell, the class embraced virtual tools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards-and-achievements","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6658"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6681,"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6658\/revisions\/6681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}