Week

Date

Topics

Lectures

Assignments

Reading

1

Aug 31

Introduction and course expectations

How to find an advisor

slides


slides

2

Sep 7

Research in Experimental Biological Physics - Thomas Kuhlman

Tips for reading a scientific paper

Creating/giving a journal club presentation

Publication process;
How to write a referee report

slides

slides


slides

Group Assignment #1
Create and present a group Journal Club PowerPoint talk + individual referee reports

3

Sep 14

Research in Theoretical Astrophysics - Telemachos Mouschovias

How to use on-line scientific resources

On-line research with SCOPUS

slides

slides

mini-Assignment #1
On-line resource activities

Resource Activities

Prof. Casey Miller's (U. South Florida) advice on using scientific resources

4

Sep 21

No Class

5

Sep 28

Research in Computational Biological Physics - Zaida Anne Luthey-Schulten

Research in Soft Condensed Matter Physics - Steve Granick

How to write an abstract

slides

mini-Assignment #2
Write an abstract for selected paper

Abstract Papers

6

Oct 5

7

Oct 12

Ethics in research

slides

Ethics Case Studies

8

Oct 19

Research in High Energy Physics - Tony Liss

Research in Nuclear Physics - Liang Yang

9

Oct 26

Research in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics - Tony Leggett

Research in Theoretical Biological Physics - Alek Aksimentiev

Research in Computational Condensed Matter - David Ceperley and Lucas Wagner

10

Nov 2

Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Greg MacDougall

Research in Theoretical High Energy Physics - Aida El-Khadra

11

Nov 9

Effective scientific presentations

Creating a scientific poster

slides

slides

Scientific Poster Example/Template

12

Nov 16

Research in Computational Biological Physics - Klaus Schulten

Research in High Energy Physics - Kevin Pitts

Journal club presentations
Teams 1 and 11

Nov 23

THANKSGIVING BREAK

13

Nov 30

Journal club presentations (cont.)
Teams 2, 6, 7, 10

14

Dec 7