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Here you will find information for everything related to OSU Physics graduate students: departmental computing, graduate requirements, funding opportunities, and much more. Most importantly:

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TA INFORMATION

How can I win the Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA)?

There are several qualities that the graduate school is looking for in a excellent GTA; however, one little known fact about this award is that you can nominate yourself. Information can be found on this page: http://www.gradsch.ohio-state.edu/Content.aspx?Content=21&itemid=3

How can I schedule a room for a review session?

Make sure your room won't be taken by visiting the Office of Scheduling room scheduling webviewer: http://r25.ureg.ohio-state.edu/wv3 To reserve one of these rooms at the available time email Deanna Mears.

-- JamesMorris - 30 Sep 2006

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Please add to this page if you know of, or run into any, opportunities. If you don't know how, email me^? and I'll do it for you.

RA information

If RA positions are available, you may find information here.

OSU Funding

Name	Amount	Type	Major Requirement (see website for more)	Website
OCTOBER
Presidental Fellowship	$1,400/mo	Full Fellowship	3.6 GPA	http://www.gradsch.ohio-state.edu/
CGS Ray Travel Award for Scholarship and Service	up to $750	Travel Grant	Need Original Receipts	http://cgs.osu.edu/funding/ray.aspx

External Funding

Name	Amount	Type	Major Requirement (see website for more)	Website
YEAR ROUND
LANL Graduate Student Program	$33,400	Full Fellowship	Internship?	http://www.lucent.com/news/foundation/blgrfp/
JANUARY
Bell Labs Graduate Research Fellowship	$25,000	Full Fellowship	underrepresented minority	http://www.lucent.com/news/foundation/blgrfp/
Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program	$31,000	Full Fellowship	related to computational science	http://www.krellinst.org/CSGF
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships	$30,500	Full Fellowship	beginning graduate student	http://www.asee.org/ndseg
CGS Ray Travel Award for Scholarship and Service	up to $750	Travel Grant	Need Original Receipts	http://cgs.osu.edu/funding/ray.aspx
FEBRUARY
Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship	$32,400	Full Fellowship	Subfields: Properties under extreme conditions, High-Energy-Density, Low-energy Nuclear	http://www.krellinst.org/ssgf/index.shtml
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program	$24,000	Full Fellowship		http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/gsrp/nav/
MARCH
APRIL
Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum	up to $800	Travel Grant	-	http://cgs.osu.edu/funding/hayes.aspx
CGS Ray Travel Award for Scholarship and Service	up to $750	Travel Grant	Need Original Receipts	http://cgs.osu.edu/funding/ray.aspx
MAY
JUNE
APS Dissertation Award	$2,000	Thesis Award	Award for completed Thesis	http://www.aps.org/praw/index.cfm#dissertation
JULY
CGS Ray Travel Award for Scholarship and Service	up to $750	Travel Grant	Need Original Receipts	http://cgs.osu.edu/funding/ray.aspx
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
Name	Amount	Type	Major Requirement (see website for more)	Website
Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship Program	$1000-$10,000	General Scholarship	minority	here
American Educational Research Association Dissertation Grants	up to $15,000 for one-year projects	Dissertation Fellowship	Researchers must utilize at least one NSF or NCES data set.	http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/index.html
OCTOBER
Fulbright Fellowship		Travel Grant for one year	Provided for Research in another country	http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html
Hispanic Scholarship Fund	$1000-$5000	assistance scholarship	for Hispanic Persons	http://www.hsf.net/
NOVEMBER
AAUW Educational Foundation Dissertation Fellowships	$20,000	Dissertation Fellowship	women who will begin their dissertations	http://www.aauw.org/
EPA STAR Fellowship	$20,000	Renewable Fellowship		http://es.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/
Ford Foundation Fellowships	$21,000	Dissertation and Predoctoral Fellowships	open to all ethnicities now	http://www7.nationalacademies.org/FORDfellowships/forddiss.html
GEM Fellowship	$14,000	Support Fellowship	be of Hispanic descent	http://www.gemfellowship.org/
National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowships		Full Fellowship		http://www.npsc.org/
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program	$30,000	Full Fellowship	for graduate students at early stages	http://www.nsfgrfp.org/
Paul and Dasy Soros Fellowship for New Americans	$20,000	Full Fellowship	for "new Americans" (might apply to foreign grads)	http://www.pdsoros.org/
Spencer Dissertation Fellowships	$25,000	Full Fellowship	must be related to Education	http://www.spencer.org/programs/index.htm
DECEMBER
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) [ 1 ]	~$7,000-$10,000	Foreign Resarch Fellowship	-	http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5284&org=NSF

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1 If you need more information in winning this fellowship, contact James Morris.

Also search:
http://fundingopps.cos.com.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/
http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp
http://fastweb.monster.com
http://scholarships.fatomei.com/minorities.html
http://scholarships.fatomei.com/women.html

COMPUTING INFORMATION

more information can be found at http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~pcf

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General Computing

How to I replace every occurrence of a word in a file in Linux?

use perl:
perl -p -i -e 's/this/that/g' filename
where "this" is the old word, and "that" is the new word.

How do I convert from one image filetype to another (.png, .pdf, .gif, and others) in Linux?

Just use ImageMagick's convert utility:
convert Myfilename.png Myfilename.jpg
man convert

If you want to batch convert do: for i in *.ps; do convert -rotate 90 "$i" "$i.jpg"; done

which you might need to modify to fit your needs.

How do I forward my mail from my physics or osu accounts to a different mailbox.

For physics mail (mps or pacific) *Create a .forward file in your home area (~name) with the address you want to forward to

cd ~
echo "myFavorite@mailaccount.com" > .forward

where myFavorite@mailaccount.com is the email you want to forward to

For osu mail ( your name.number account)
See https://lefs.osu.edu/index_alt.html

How do I forward my mail from my physics account but keep a copy of my mail locally

This is ideal so you can use IMAP4, have a backup of all messages, use search capabilities of Gmail, and have web access.

• Create a .forward file in your home area (~unixname) with this line (quotes included):

"| /usr/local/bin/procmail #[unix name]"

keep the quotes there and put your unix name where it says [unix name]

• Create a .procmailrc file in your home area with the contents:

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
MAILDIR=$HOME/mail
LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/from

:0c
*
! [yourwebmail@gmail.com]

put the account you want to forward a copy to where it says [yourwebmail@gmail.com]

How to I deal with all this $#@! spam!

The department provides spamassassin (http://spamassassin.apache.org/) to help you deal with this. For more about enabling this for your account, see: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~faqomatic/fom-serve/cache/274.html.

Programing Help

How do I setup an SVN repository to create version backups of my code?

Subversion (svn) is sever software used for revision control. It is a nice way to continually backup your code, latex document, or any file(s) that might need archiving or restoring, similar to CVS.

For more information see: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html

The department currently maintains an SVN repository which is backedup on a regular basis. To set up an SVN repository, email a request to tcr@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu.

How do I use SVN?

For more information see: (http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html)

IMPORT (for a new module)
svn import -m ""
ex:

svn import -m "New OSU Page" ./newosupage https://delos.mps.ohio-state.edu/jmorris/newosupage

STATUS
svn status
shows the current status of all the files. Depending on the status, you will need to see (http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html)

ADD
svn add

DELETE
svn delete
ex:

svn delete -m "message here" https://delos.mps.ohio-state.edu/jmorris/scripts

CHECKOUT
svn co
ex:

svn co https://delos.mps.ohio-state.edu/jmorris/newosupage

COMMIT (to update)
svn commit -m ""
ex:

svn commit -m "added updatevolusage.pl, fixed logfile generation, added database cleanup"

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

Latex

Do you have references for LATEX?

You can try one of:

• The not so short guide to LaTeX^?
• LaTeX Cheat Sheet
• Math into LaTeX^?
• LaTeX Mathematical Symbols
• Essential LaTeX^?
• LaTeX Comprehensive Symbols

And for a specific symbol in latex search google for "The Comprehensive Latex Symbols List"

Is there a LATEX/LYX template for an APS submitted journal such as Physics Review Letters (PRL)?

Latex

To produce a Latex Document acceptable to PRL (example: prl.pdf) you'll need to:

• Download prlpubtemplate.tar.gz to your home area:

  wget http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/twiki/pub/Sandbox/LatexPublicationtemplates/prlpubtemplate.tar.gz

• Uncompress files and run latex on the file:

  tar xvfz prlpubtemplate.tar.gz
  cd prlpubtemplate
  latex prl.tex
  dvipdfm prl.dvi
  acroread prl.pdf
  

Lyx

• Perform the above and run lyx
• Export with dvipdfm from the menu

For More Info see: http://www-d0.fnal.gov/Run2Physics/WWW/templates.htm

Do you have a latex template/stylesheet for a dissertation (general exam) that satisfies the graduate school format guidelines?

• Download osudissert.tar.gz (sample: osudissert.pdf)
• You'll need to edit osudissert.cls if you want to use this template for a general exam. Change

\ExecuteOptions{phd}

to

\ExecuteOptions{general}

• Uncompress, compile, and view the normal way

tar xvfz osudissert.tar.gz
cd osudissert
latex osudissert.tex
dvipdf osudissert.dvi
acroread osudissert.pdf

• Note that this template supports some packages (such as line numbering) that might be useful. You can enable/disable these in the preamble (beginning of osudissert.tex). This template has been tested on fox.

You can also find an old template here:

http://www.ece.osu.edu/computing/latex2e/Sample.shtml

Do you have an OSU LETTERHEAD for Latex or Windows?

MS Word: osuletterhead.doc:

Latex (sample: osuletter.pdf): osuletter.tar.gz

tar xvfz osuletter.tar.gz
cd osuletter
latex osuletter.tex
dvips osuletter.dvi
ps2pdf osuletter.ps
acroread osuletter.pdf

Note:

• This was tested successfully with ubuntu tetex (that is, latex version Web2C 7.5.5). As of 05-03-07 this template does not format correctly on the our department computers (latex version Web2C .7.3.1), but the yearly latex upgrade should occur soon. You can either get your own tex distribution (miktex for example) or contact me (jmorris@mps) and I'll compile it for you.
• Adjust all necessary margins and format main file first (osuletter.tex). Then compile and correct header and footer if necessary (osuletter.cls) from your printout. The final result depends on the margins, font, and spacing of the osuletter.tex document.
• The file osuletter.cls controls the letterhead and footer. You will need to edit this with trial and error, until it looks like you see in the example pdf. In addition, the letterhead address/phone number are in this file, so you will need to edit this file.
• Different converters produce different results (dvi2pdf, ps2pdf, latex2pdf), hence the procedure above. And different intermediate steps, produce different results, so viewing with xdvi, gv, acroread might all look different. You should edit your file based on the printout of the final pdf.
• What you see in the pdf might not be exactly what shows up after printing.
• I tried my best to annotate osuletter.cls. If you need to change spacing or anything, you should look here first.

How do I use latex with powerpoint?

One possible way--although this creates large powerpoint files if you make them portable--is to use Tex4PPT:

• With powerpoint 2002 or newer installed, install latex for windows. MikKTex is the tested implemenation.
• Install Tex4PPT.
• To use: create a text box in your presentation, right-click, and select "TeXify"
• Use ooOLatex with Openoffice.

• If you have problems installing this please check this page

WARNING ALWAYS test your powerpoint file on a different computer with powerpoint to make sure your file displays properly (whether or not you use the above method).

Another Method, if you use openoffice, is to install OOoLatex^? ([[http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/][http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/]).

Help me design a poster. Do you have a poster templates for latex (or other)?

Before you decide on a format and filetype, you should probably browse around these sites:

http://phdposters.com/gallery.php

http://www.eposters.net/

In particular, the second site has tons of example posters for you to get some ideas. Here's some templates too:

Latex:

• LaTexPoster.tex (sample: Banff_poster_2005.pdf)
• latexPoster.tar.gz (sample: posterTemplate.pdf)

Openoffice Impress:

• poster.odp (sample: poster.odp)

Powerpoint:

• GradStudentPoster.ppt (sample: GradStudentPoster.ppt)

Keynote:

• SymposiumPoster.key.zip (sample: posterTemplate.pdf)

Do you have any Latex/Lyx CV/resume templates?

For a resume (or CV with some major edits), you can try one of the following resources:

• http://www.michael-forman.com/vitae/latex.html (sample: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~pgsc/files/michaelresume.pdf)
• http://www.duke.edu/~jrb11/cv/ (sample: http://www.duke.edu/~jrb11/cv/cv-us.pdf) -- this requires res.cls, which you can find here
• http://www.tedpavlic.com/post_resume_cv_latex_example.php (sample: http://www.tedpavlic.com/tpavlic_cv.pdf)
• http://zhang.psychstat.org/cv.tex (sample: http://zhang.psychstat.org/cv.pdf)
• http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/linux/latexres/ (sample: http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/linux/latexres/mcnabb-res.pdf)
• http://www.yisongyue.com/resume/ (sample: http://www.yisongyue.com/resume/yue_resume.pdf)

I would suggest learning Adobe Illustrator or some such program to give your CV a terse, elegant, personalized look.

Other

How do I find out the type of font that someone else uses?

Take a screencap of the font and upload it to the font finder:

http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

What software can I use to create an computerized logbook?

There is no one great program and it all depends on your needs. Do you need to export to web? to pdf? Do you need to collaborate with others? Do you need to paste in images? Some options are given in this thread: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/grad/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26

If you are using Windows, MS Onenote is very flexible. The equivalent for linux is KDE Basket. They are not perfect solutions, but they should fit your needs.

I have tons of papers, how do I organize them!?

Mac: Papers - http://mekentosj.com/papers/ (Probably the best.)

Windows or Linux: (via Firefox extension): Zotero - http://www.zotero.org/ (via Java): JabRef^? - http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ (Probably second-best).

Linux: gPapers - http://gpapers.org/

Wikipedia has a nice listing of all document management software if you want to try out several options: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software

Where can I get custom graph/ruled paper?

Print it out yourself: http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/

What utility do you use to create circuit diagrams?

The fox server has xfig installed (http://www.xfig.org/).

Is there a way I can create business cards?

If you purchase business card printer paper made by a company like Avery (from a store like Staples), and then download their DesignPro software, you can use this more "official" template or this template to create and print your own business cards. (You might need to right-click and select "Save As..." to save these files!)

Alternatively, the university printers or Kinkos can print business cards for you, if you provide them with a pdf of one of the cards.

Where can I obtain a high-quality image of the OSU logo or OSU Physics logo?

Provided you follow OSU's Visual Identity Guidelines you can download OSUlogoRed.eps or the OSUlogoRed.pdf files. If you need official package (which includes the files above or a white (or different color) logo, you should email the maintainers at Visual Identity Guidelines Website and request it from them directly.

For the Physics logo, go to: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/internal/logo.php

Does OSU have a credential service to store my letters of recommendation, curriculum vitae, writing samples, dissertation abstracts, student evaluations, etc.?

Unfortunately, no. Although one must not underestimate the power of a specific, personalized letter of recommendation, most professional and graduate programs seem to be moving from university to industry provided services. Cornell and Caltech in general and other graduate programs (including OSU chemistry) recommend their students to use Interfolio.

Interfolio allows one to store letters of recommendation, curriculum vitae, writing samples, dissertation abstracts, teaching certifications, student evaluations, and more. Their service also allows confidentiality to writers of letters of recommendation.

I'm so sick of having to register with two open windows. Why can't the courses be with the registration form? Is there a place where I can have all my information at a glance?

Here's a stopgap: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~pgsc/files/register.php (bookmark me)

High Energy Physics (HEP) Specific:

How do I create Feynman Diagrams graphics (to be used in a Latex Paper)?

• Download the newest jar file of Jaxodraw and the axodraw stylefile to a directory and then run jaxodraw from that directory. For example, if the newest version is 1.3-2:

mkdir jaxodraw
cd jaxodraw
wget http://www.nikhef.nl/~form/FORMdistribution/axodraw/axodraw.sty
wget http://jaxodraw.sourceforge.net/download/pkgs/jaxodraw-1.3-2-SNAPSHOT.jar
java -jar jaxodraw-1.3-2-SNAPSHOT.jar

• Note that export to Latex->EPS requires the axodraw stylefile.
• Source: http://jaxodraw.sourceforge.net/
• Source: http://www.nikhef.nl/~form/FORMdistribution/axodraw/

Do you have a font that has bars over the letters to use in a Powerpoint presentation?

TrueType^? Font: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~pgsc/TimesBar.ttf

Physics Graduate related links

Links for when you register

• Buckeye Link - http://buckeyelink.osu.edu/
• Dual Registration Window - http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~pgsc/files/register.php
• A very active forum for discussion of all things physics (esp. homework) - http://www.physicsforums.com
• Another forum for more advanced questions. - http://www.advancedphysics.org

-- JamesMorris - 19 Sep 2006

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