CHEM 198 SENIOR RESEARCH

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CHEM 198 SENIOR RESEARCH

• Requirements and Tips for a Successful Semester

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Handouts/Sign Up

• Course Syllabus
• Proposal Presentation Final Project Venue Sign
  Up Sheet

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Course Materials

• I plan to add a Chem 198 website linked to my
  faculty website
• This should have links to the seminar schedule
  and to handouts

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C198 Senior ThesisOverview

• Two Parts to Class
• Research Work
• All Other Requirements
• Research Work Requirements
• Mostly between you and your advisor
• Grade from your advisor provided you meet all the
  other requirements
• Time Split about 1 unit of work to fullfill
  Other requirements, so research work should be
  equivalent to 2 units (typically 6 hours, but
  your advisor is the judge)

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Non- Research Requirements

• Attend Chem 198 Meetings
• Todays
• Proposal Presentations (1 or 2 days)
• Pre-Final Presentation Meeting (Tentatively
  Scheduled for Nov. 21)
• Final Presentation (Graduation Event/Poster
  Session OR December 5th afternoon Event)

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Non- Research Requirements

• Seminar Attendance
• Need to attend a minimum of 5 Chem. Dept.
  seminars
• These meet Fridays, 1 to 2 PM in Sequoia 338
• The topics and speakers will be posted
• Should be present for FULL SEMINAR
• You get credit for attending, only if you sign in
  to the attendance notebook and put down Chem 198
• Need to be respectful during seminar (no cell
  phone use during seminar)

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Non- Research Requirements cont.

• Project Proposal Presentation
• 2 Dates available Sept. 26th and Oct. 3rd (but
  if 7 or fewer students, we could do all on one
  date)
• 5 to 10 min. presentation
• Include
• research objectives
• Background on why the objectives are important
  and what related work has been done previously
• Planned Work
• Preliminary Results

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Non- Research Requirements cont.

• Hints on Presentation
• Talk to your advisor about the presentation
• Get draft to advisor about 1 week before
  presentation
• Plan on 1 minute per slide, but practice to see
  time needed
• Keep text to a minimum
• Use Powerpoint to prepare slides

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Non- Research Requirements cont.Presentation
Textual vs. Graphical

• Studies of interpersonal communications show
  that
• 55 comes from facial expressions and body
  language
• 38 comes from vocal quality or tone of voice
• 7 comes from content, the actual meaning of the
  words

From Scientifically Speaking, The Oceanography
Society
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Non- Research Requirements cont.

• Project Proposal Presentation go to example
  presentation by Matt Padilla

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Non- Research Requirements cont.

• Final Presentation
• We need to decide on venue
• If dedicated date, can do either poster or oral
  presentation
• If part of Graduation Event, will only be poster
  session
• We will Meet on Nov. 21 to go over how to prepare
  for the Final Presentation

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Non- Research Requirements cont.

• Final Project Paper
• Need to consult with your advisor as to the
  format
• For my students, I start with the grade
  submission date and work backwards
• e.g. if grades due Jan. 2, final form of paper
  due Dec. 19th, and completed draft version due
  Dec. 12th

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ANY QUESTIONS?