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| week | Dates | Monday topics | Wednesday seminar topic | assignment for following Monday | Resources | ||||
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| 1 | Sept 1 | NA - no class on Monday | org meeting, course goals, assessment introductions subfields of physics theory & experiment the research frontier | none, that Monday is a holiday. But assignment for subsequent Monday is to make single-page outlines of pros and cons regarding applicability of physics to the life sciences, which we will discuss | |||||
| 2 | Sept 7, 9 | Labor day holiday on Monday, no class | Scientific Presentations- good, bad and ugly Stubbs - bad talk examples, slide by slide |
| Feedback form | ||||
| 3 | Sept 12, 14 | Discussion of outlines- make a single-page outline with pro and con side of some topic. We chose applicability of physics methods to the life sciences. Discussion about outlines and their importance. | Finkbeiner | Capitol Hill - spy satellites. Send PDF to Stubbs no later than midnight Sunday | |||||
| 4 | Sept 19, 21 | Making an overhead for a presentation- single-slide exercise on spy satellites, go over their slides
Students present their versions of today's exercise- Can a spy satellite read a document from outer space? | Talk 3
Talk 4 | Tufte article Basics of powerpoint for scientists Pick topics by Wednesday Sept 2328 pick a topic for both an oral presentation and abstract for a meeting (15 minutes) and proposal to a foundation to fund further study. Group A assignment for Monday- pick topics for presentation and discussion Assignment for groups B, C: prepare an abstract (250 word max) appropriate for a professional meeting, that will attract an audience to your talk and that coveys the key message you hope to convey. | |||||
| 5 | Sept 26, 28 | Student Scientific talks, 1the good, 2 and 3 (group A) Groups B and C turn in meeting abstract |
| the bad and the ugly. Class discussion about |
| Jamous youtube. Group A assignment for Monday- presentation and discussion Assignment for group B: prepare an abstract (250 word max) appropriate for a professional meeting, that will attract an audience to your talk and that coveys the key message you hope to convey. | |||
| 6 | Oct 3,5 | Student talks 4, 5 and 6 (group B) group A turns in meeting abstract groups C turns in proposal narrative |
| Written technical communications
| Stubbs gone group A gives 15 minute presentations group B turns in abstract |
| Group A assignment is to prepare abstracts Group B assignment is to prepare presentations | ||
| 7 | Oct 10, 12 | Columbus day holiday Talk 9 Talk 10on Monday, no class |
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| 8 | Oct 17, 19 | Student talks 7, 8 and 9. (group C) groups A,B turn in proposal narrative | Stubbs gone group B gives 15 minute presentations group A turn in abstracts |
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| 9 | Oct 24, 26 | Stubbs gone Student talk 6 Writing proposals Paper outline deadline, hand out for peer review plus CWS | Talk 13 Talk 14 | ||||||
| 10 | Oct 31, Nov 2 |
Student talk 7 Writing applications for grad school, etc Revised outline deadline How to write a technical paper
open journals vs. for-profit subfield ideosyncracies Tex and Latex templates bibtex for citations | Talk 15 Talk 16 | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 7, 9 |
Student talk 8 Paper first drafts due, peer and CWS review Writing technical reports How to make Figures and write captions How to make Tables and write captions Version control | Talk 17 Talk 18 | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 14, 16 | Student talk 9 First draft feedback session Literature searches and tools How to make a bibliography, easily | Talk 19 Talk 20 | ||||||
| 13 | Nov 21, 23 | Stubbs gone Student talk 10 Scientific posters as a communication tool Second draft papers due
| Thanksgiving break | ||||||
| 14 | Nov 28, 30 |
How to attend a scientific or technical meeting
| Last class, celebration! Talk 21 Talk 22 | ||||||
| 15 | reading period | Final posters due Wed Dec 9 Poster session/celebration |
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