Week

Date

Topics

Lectures

Assignments

Reading

1

Aug 29

Introduction and course expectations

How to find an advisor

Creating/giving a journal club presentation

slides

slides

slides

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

2

Sep 5

Research in Experimental High Energy Nuclear Physics - Prof. Anne Sickles

Research in Computational Biological Physics - Prof. Alek Aksimentiev

Tips for reading a scientific paper

Publication process;
How to write a referee report

slides

slides

3

Sep 12

Research in Experimental Biological Physics - Prof. Paul Selvin

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 19

Research in Experimental Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics - Prof. Bryce Gadway

Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Peter Abbamonte

Research in Experimental Intermediate Energy Physics - Prof. Matthias Grosse Perdekamp

5

Sep 26

Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Vidya Madhavan

Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Tai-Chang Chiang

How to write a scientific abstract

slides

mini-Assignment #2
Write an abstract for selected paper

Abstract Papers

6

Oct 3

7

Oct 10

Research in Computational Biological Physics - Prof. Jun Song

Research in Observational Cosmology - Prof. Joaquin Vieira

Research in Theoretical Astrophysics - Prof. Peter Adshead

8

Oct 17

Ethics in research

slides

Ethics Case Studies

9

Oct 24

Research in Computational Biological Physics - Prof. Klaus Schulten

Research in Systems Biology - Prof. Thomas Kuhlman

Research in Cross-Cutting Physics - Prof. Alfred Hubler

10

Oct. 31

Research in Experimental High Energy Physics - Prof. Verena Martinez Outschoorn

Research in Experimental High Energy Physics - Prof. Benjamin Hooberman

Research in Computational Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Lucas Wagner

11

Nov 7

Research in Experimental Intermediate Energy Physics - Prof. Liang Yang

Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Cecilia Leal

Research in Experimental Astrophysics - Prof. Jeffrey Filippini

12

Nov 14

Research in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Tony Leggett

Research in Biological Physics - Prof. Ting Lu (Bioengineering)

Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Jim Eckstein

Giving effective scientific presentations

slides

Scientific Poster Example/Template

13

Nov 21

Journal club presentations:
Teams 1, 5, 8, and 9

Nov 28

THANKSGIVING BREAK

14

Dec 5

Journal club presentations:
Teams 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7