"	Physics 598 PEN Communicating Physics Research Spring 2018 The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking. Albert Einstein, Physics and Reality, 1936

Physics 598PEN Syllabus

Physics 598 PEN - Course Syllabus - Spring 2018

(Syllabus is subject to change!)

Week	Date	Lectures	Homework Assignments	Assignments Due	Writing Workshop Assignment	Reading
1	Jan 19	Course Introduction; Persuasive Science Communication	Assignment 1: 1-page Research Topic paper		WW0 WW0 Debrief
2	Jan 26	Writing Workshop Debrief #1; Getting Started If You Hate to Write (cme); Journal Club Presentations	Assignment 2: Journal Club Presentation/Referee Report		WW1 (Solutions) WW1 Debrief	Paragraphs
3	Feb 2	Organization of a Scientific Paper: Writing Abstracts and Introductions; How to Lose Your Listeners; Mass, Count, and Collective Nouns	Assignment 3: Research Topic Abstract and Introduction w/ References	Assignment 1 Due	WW2 (Solutions) WW2 Debrief
4	Feb 9	Publication Process/Refereeing; Referencing		JC Paper Selection Due	WW3 (Solutions) WW3 Debrief	Verb Usage
5	Feb 16	Methods and Results Sections of Scientific Papers; Displaying Scientific Data	Assignment 4: Research Methods and Results w/ Figures	Assignment 3 Draft Due	WW4 (handout)	Figures and Captions Graphing Resources
6	Feb 23	20-Minute Journal Club Presentations: Yueqing Chang Farhad Haque Cheng-Wei Lee Ella Pek Kuo-Pin Tseng		Referee Report Due	WW5	Introductory Commas
7	March 2	20-Minute Journal Club Presentations: Joe Chapman Blanka Janicek Pralav Shetty Jungwoo Shin Charles Smith	Assignment 5: 20-Minute Research Presentation	Referee Report Due	WW6	Ambiguous Pronouns
8	March 9	20-Minute Journal Club Presentations: Won Dong Shin Jaejun Park Sree Patiballa Naveen Uppalapati		Assignment 3 Final Due	WW7	Poster "Stump" Speeches Effective Scientific Posters Scientific Poster Example/Template
9	March 16	Writing Scientific Proposals; Effective Project Summaries; Physics 598 Proposal Assignment Effective Technical Proposals (cme) 20-Minute Journal Club Presentations: Chullhee Cho Laura Wadleigh Tsung-Han Yeh	Assignment 6: Scientific Proposal	Assignment 4 Draft Due	WW8	Physics 598 PEN Proposal Cover Sheet
	March 23	SPRING BREAK
10	March 30	Proposal Review Process; CVs for Proposals; Preparing a Proposal Budget 20-Minute Journal Club Presentations: Sushant Mahat Sree Patiballa Kedar Phadke	Assignment 7: Final Research Paper		WW9	NSF-style CV template NIH-style CV template
11	April 6	20-Minute Research Presentations: Joe Chapman Cheng-Wei Lee Jaejun Park Jungwoo Shin Won Dong Shin		Proposal Project Summaries Due	WW10
12	April 13	20-Minute Research Presentations: Yueqing Chang Blanka Janicek Sree Patiballa Pralav Shetty Charles Smith Kuo-Pin Tseng		Assignment 4 Final Due	WW11	Only
13	April 20	20-Minute Research Presentations: Sushant Mahat Ella Pek Kedar Phadke Naveen Uppalapati Laura Wadleigh Tsung-Han Yeh		Proposal Due Proposal Review Form Proposal Review Assignments	WW12	With Need Like
14	April 27	Phys 598PEN Proposal Panel Review		Final Paper Due by May 11