Physics 596 - Course Syllabus - Fall 2020
(Syllabus is subject to change!)
Physics 596 Fall 2020 Channel on Media Space
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Week |
Date |
Topics |
Lectures |
Assignments |
Reading |
Zoom/Video |
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1 |
Aug 28 |
Introduction and course expectations |
Major Group Assignment |
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2 |
Sep 4 |
Research in Experimental Condensed Matter and Quantum Information- Prof. Angela Kou Creating/giving a journal club presentation How to read scientific papers
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3 |
Sep 11 |
Research in Experimental Biological Physics - Prof. Paul Selvin Research in Experimental Biological Physics - Prof. Ido Golding How to use on-line scientific resources Using Scopus |
mini-Assignment #1 |
Prof. Casey Miller's (RIT) advice on using scientific resources |
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4 |
Sep 18 |
Research in Experimental Quantum Information - Prof. Wolfgang Pfaff Research in Theoretical High Energy Physics - Prof. Yoni Kahn Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Nadya Mason |
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5 |
Sep 25 |
Research in Computational Biological Physics - Prof. Alek Aksimentiev Research in Experimental Quantum Information - Prof. Jacob Covey Publication process; |
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6 |
Oct 2 |
Research in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Karin Dahmen Research in Theoretical Astrophysics, Gravitation, and Cosmology - Prof. Charles Gammie Research in Theoretical Astrophysics, Gravitation, and Cosmology - Prof. Helvi Witek |
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7 |
Oct 9 |
Research in Experimental Medium Energy Physics - Prof. Anne Sickles Research in Theoretical Astrophysics, Gravitation, and Cosmology - Prof. Nico Yunes How to write a scientific abstract |
mini-Assignment #2 |
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8 |
Oct 16 |
Ethics in research |
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9 |
Oct 23 |
Physics Education Research - Prof. Eric Kuo Research in Experimental High Energy Physics - Prof. Kevin Pitts Research in Theoretical and Experimental Acoustics - Prof. Richard Weaver |
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10 |
Oct 30 |
Research in Computational Biological Physics- Prof. Jun Song Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Fahad Mahmood Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics- Prof. Vidya Madhavan |
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11 |
Nov 6 |
Research in Theoretical Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Nancy Makri Research in Experimental Astrophysics and Cosmology - Prof. Jeff Filippini Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Kejie Fang | ||||
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12 |
Nov 13 |
Research in Theoretical High Energy Physics - Prof. Jessie Shelton Research in Theoretical Nuclear Physics - Prof. Jorge Noronha and Prof. Jaki Noronha-Hostler Journal club presentations:
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13 |
Nov 20 |
Journal club presentations: |
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Nov 27 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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14 |
Dec 4 |
Journal club presentations: |
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