| All lectures are in portrait style (P) unless a landscape (L) version exists. | ||||
| Assignments with a time are due by email (@) or in PRB2196 (#); those without a time are due in class. | ||||
| You should expect to meet with one or both instructors outside of class weekly. The "Meet with instructor" column describes the expected agenda. | ||||
| Mon | Day | Class Activity | Assignment Due | Meet with instructor |
| Mar | 30 |
Course objectives Writing & speaking is life P L | short topic | |
| 31 | Topics P L & Sentence outline P L P2 L2 | short topic 4pm @ | ||
| Apr | 1 | Take Home Message (THM) | Ditto | |
| 2 | Sentences P L | Ditto | ||
| 3 | Making talk effective (for business viewpoint see 10 Page Talks) | short sentence outline with THM 8am @ | Ditto | |
| 6 | Talk Stuff P L p | short sentence outline | ||
| 7 | Effective Slides | revised short sentence outline 8am @ | Ditto | |
| 8 | Setting the tone P L | Ditto | ||
| 9 | Short paper refereeing P L | Ditto | ||
| 10 | Revision P L | short draft 8am #; referee forms available in class | Ditto | |
| 13 | [no class] | short referee reports 4pm # | short draft & talk | |
| 14 | [no class] | medium topic 10am @ | Ditto | |
| 15 | Jacob Mayer "Physics says you can't ice skate" Eric Suchyta "Nanonites aid developing new antibiotics" | Ditto | ||
| 16 |
Zachary Rudd "Creatine: legal supplement to strength/endurance" Maxwell Ream "Improving your `mileage' on a bicycle' | |||
| 17 |
Samuel Shaw "Optical fiber carry all the info desired" Shannon Friebel "Endless power in the wilderness" | Ditto | ||
| 20 | [no class] | short paper 2pm # | short talk, medium topic | |
| 21 |
Whitney Wyatt "Bridge under troubling walkers" Philip Riegler "Safe major renovations in tight spaces | Ditto | ||
| 22 |
Lloyd Corwin "Stained glass' durable colors caused by metal
nanobeads"
Stephen Grossi "Nanotechology bright future in detoxing blood" | med-sentence outline 8am @ | ||
| 23 |
Alexander Pauli "Physics of simple skaterboard tricks" Rashad Simon "Mirror neurons aid our social skills" | Ditto | ||
| 24 |
Chris Johnson "Solar wind tower as a major power source" Stephen Poorman "Star's changing color reveals its planets" | Ditto | ||
| 27 |
Justin McLaughlin "Optical storage (h)as a long-term format" Brian Stallter "Possible future of commercial supersonic flight" | medium sentence outline | ||
| 28 | [no class] | revised medium sentence outline 8am @ | long topic | |
| 29 | Developing the Policy Paper & | long topic 10am @ | Ditto | |
| 30 | Report on Short Talks and Paper | Ditto | ||
| May | 1 | Revising long topic P L TSO examples | Ditto. Can also start long paper sentence outline | |
| 4 | [no class] | medium draft 10am #; referee forms available 4pm | long paper sentence outline | |
| 5 | Refereeing -- the practice P L | Ditto | ||
| 6 | Abstracts: revision examplesP | medium referee reports 4pm # | Ditto | |
| 7 | Referee reports available in class (Revision checklist P L) | Ditto | ||
| 8 | NO class -- unless popular demand | long sentence outline 10am @ | Ditto | |
| 11 | No class unless need. | long paper, medium talk | ||
| 12 | [No class] | Ditto | ||
| 13 | ? No class unless need. | medium paper 4pm # | Ditto | |
| 14 | ? No class unless need. | Ditto | ||
| 15 | ? No class unless need. | Ditto | ||
| 18 | Report on medium papers | See Recurring topics | long paper | |
| 19 | Stephen Grossi " Fusion energy from the National Ignition Facility?" | revised long sent. outline 10am @ | ||
| 20 | Chris Johnson "Ultrasound induces high-temperatue and pressure chemistry" | |||
| 21 | Jacob Mayer "Radio has a future in cosmic particle detection" | |||
| 22 | Stephen Poorman "Organics LEDs enhance more than just televisions" | |||
| 25 | [no class] -- Memorial Day | |||
| 26 | Philip Riegler "Digitized X-ray
images yield better and more accurate diagnoses" | |||
| 27 | Samuel Shaw "High powered lasers are viable missle defense" | long paper draft 10am #; referee forms available 3pm | ||
| 28 | Rashad Simon "Supernovae Ia provide excellent cosmic distance scale" | Last graduating senior | ||
| 29 | Lloyd Corwin "Breeder reactors
will extend nuclear fuel stock while eliminating need for Yucca Mtn storage" | long referee reports 9am # | ||
| Jun | 1 | Shannon Friebel "Charge your cell phone while walking" | ||
| 2 |
Justin McLaughlin "Cooling atoms with lasers: How light makes a better freezer" | |||
| 3 | Alexander Pauli "How electric guitar pickup filters out electric noise" | |||
| 4 |
Brian Stallter "Comparing the photon-beam methods to
kill cancer cells while sparing the patient" | long paper | ||
| 5 | Whitney Wyatt "Detecting faux 15th century cartographer" | |||
| Jun | 8 | Start of exams | ||
| 9 | ||||
| 10 | ||||
| 11 |
Zachary Rudd "Telomeres: a biological death clock?" Eric Suchyta "How have and how might lithium batteries better power electric cars" | |||
