| 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 | 28 |
Course objectives Writing & speaking is life P L | ||
| 29 | Topics L & Sentence outline tb-emssions.html L P2 L2 | short topic 4pm @ | ||
| 30 | Take Home Message (THM) | Ditto | ||
| 31 | Sentences P L | Ditto | ||
| Apr | 1 | Making talk effective (for business viewpoint see 10 Page Talks) | short sentence outline with THM 8am @ | Ditto |
| 4 | Talk Stuff P L p | short sentence outline | ||
| 5 | Effective Slides: Tom Barrett | revised short sentence outline 8am @ | Ditto | |
| 6 | Setting the tone P L | Ditto | ||
| 7 | Short paper refereeing P | Ditto | ||
| 8 | Revision P | short draft 8am #; referee forms available in class | Ditto | |
| 11 | [no class] | short referee reports 4pm # | short draft & talk | |
| 12 | [no class] | medium topic 10am @ | Ditto | |
| 13 | [no class] | Ditto | ||
| 14 |
Randall "Upsidedown wing makes auto racing more exciting" William "The advantages and dangers of aluminum baseball bats" | |||
| 15 | [no class] | Ditto | ||
| 18 | [no class] | short paper 2pm # | short talk, medium topic | |
| 19 |
Steve "Rocket stoves feasible, efficient, clean" Eric "Liquid lenses have variable focus" | Ditto | ||
| 20 |
Ahmad "Shoe power" Shirley "Water silences booming sands" | med-sentence outline 8am @ | ||
| 21 |
Danny "Laminar flow on tiny scales" Mitchell "Airborne laser for ballistic missile defense" | Ditto | ||
| 22 | Topic Sentences in science
papers: an example and challenge of differing journal styles P | Ditto | ||
| 25 | [no class] | medium sentence outline | ||
| 26 | [no class] | revised medium sentence outline 8am @ | long topic | |
| 27 | Developing the Policy Paper & | long topic 10am @ | Ditto | |
| 28 | [no class] | Ditto | ||
| 29 | Steve "Rocket stoves feasible,
efficient, clean" Ahmad "Shoe power" | |||
| May | 2 | EGs. abstracts, TSO, papers | medium draft 10am #; referee forms available 4pm | long paper sentence outline |
| 3 | [no class] | Return short talks; figure captions | ||
| 4 | [no class] | medium referee reports 4pm # | Ditto | |
| 5 | [no class] | Referee reports available in PRB2196 by noon | Ditto | |
| 6 | [no class] | long sentence outline 10am @ | Ditto | |
| 9 | [no class] | long paper, medium talk | ||
| 10 | [no class] | Ditto | ||
| 11 | [no class] | medium paper 4pm # | Ditto | |
| 12 | [no class] | Ditto | ||
| 13 | [no class] | Ditto | ||
| 16 | [no class] | long paper | ||
| 17 | [no class] | revised LSO 10am @ | ||
| 18 | Report on medium papers; advice for medium talk Figure examples | See Recurring topics | ||
| 19 | [no class] | |||
| 20 | [no class] | Figure example Figure example | ||
| 23 | Randall "Finding a standard candle to measure astronomical distances" | |||
| 24 | William "Physics of rock climbing gear" | |||
| 25 | Danny "How fast do biodegradable plastics degrade?" | long paper draft 10am #; referee forms available 3pm | ||
| 26 | department picnic | |||
| 27 | Steve "TBA" | long referee reports 9am # | ||
| May | 30 | [no class] -- Memorial Day | ||
| 31 | Eric "Hawking radiation may help unify QM and relativity" | |||
| Jun | 1 | Mitchell "Shape-memory alloys for resusable fluses" | ||
| 2 | Ahmad "The physics behind Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsuanimis" | long paper | ||
| 3 | Shirley "From 3D movie to 3D TV" | |||
| Jun | 6 | Start of exams | ||
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