Technical Program

Date Location Topic
Week 1
5/28
Tu: 9:00 a.m.
Th: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
SEO 236 1. Social, Orientation, Lab Assignments (locations, general rules and guidelines, etc.)
2. Tutorial on Lab Safety & Waste Management
1. Tutorial on Scientific Presentations & Ethics in Science and Engineering
2. Graduate School
3. Seminar 1
Week 2
6/4
Th: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. SEO 236 1. Seminar 2
2. Project Description* (Part I): 5 Students-I
Week 3
6/11
Th: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. SEO 236 1. Workshop on Technical Writing
2. Project Description* (Part II): 6 Students-II
Week 4
6/18
Tu: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. SEO 236 1. Seminar 3
2. Workshop on Technical Writing
Week 5
6/25
Th: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. SEO 236 1. Seminar 5
2. Progress Report** 5 Students-I
3. Mid-term reports due ***
Week 6
7/2
Th: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. SEO 236 1. Seminar 6
2. Progress Report** 6 Students-II
Week 7
7/9
Th: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. SEO 236 1. Seminar 7
2. Progress Report*** 5 Students-I
Week 8
7/16
Th: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. SEO 236 1. Seminar 8
2. Progress Report*** 6 Students-II
Week 9
7/23
Tu: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Th: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
SEO 236 1. Longer Progress Report**** 7 Students-I & IIA
2. Seminar 9
3. Longer Progress Report**** 4 Students-IIB
Week 10
7/30
Th: 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ERF 1043 Final Symposium*****

Students – I: Kellen Chen, Melanie Hamilton, Allison Morgan, Sarah Balgooyen, Evan Gennis, Manjiri A. Moharir

Students – II: (A) Rachel Essex, Anna Walter, (B) Peter Knapp, Rajan Kumar, Hari Sriram, Santiago Tovar

*Project Description: 8 min (max) presentation of objectives, 2 page handout for all participants.

** Progress Report: 8 min (max) presentation of accomplishments and open challenges.

*** Mid-term written report due at the end of the sixth week of our program (July 6, 2012).

**** Longer Progress Report: 12 min (max) presentation followed by extensive feedback.

***** Final Symposium: Oral Presentation to REU members, industrial participants, and other colleagues and students.

Final written report including documentation of all work, research results and measurements.

All REU Site projects/final written reports must lead to manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Undergraduate Research (http://physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/~jur/)