Physics 596 - Course Syllabus - Fall 2022
(Syllabus is subject to change!)
Physics 596 Fall 2022 Channel on Media Space
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Week |
Date |
Topics |
Lectures |
Assignments |
Reading |
Zoom/Video |
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1 |
Aug 26 |
Introduction and course expectations |
Major Group Assignment |
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2 |
Sep 2 |
Research in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Taylor Hughes Creating/giving a journal club presentation How to read scientific papers
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3 |
Sep 9 |
Publication process; How to use on-line scientific resources Using Scopus |
mini-Assignment #1 |
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4 |
Sep 16 |
Research in Computational Materials Science - Prof. Antonia Statt Research in Computational Biological Physics - Prof. Alek Aksimentiev Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Fahad Mahmood |
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5 |
Sep 23 |
Research in Computational Biological Physics - Prof. Zan Luthey-Schulten Research in Theoretical Astrophysics - Prof. Charles Gammie Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Peter Abbamonte |
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6 |
Sep 30 |
Research in Theoretical Astrophysics/Relativity/Cosmology - Prof. Nico Yunes Research in Experimental Heavy Ion Physics - Prof. Anne Sickles Research in Experimental and Computational Biological Physics - Prof. Sangjin Kim |
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7 |
Oct 7 |
Research in Experimental Biological Physics - Prof. Ido Golding Research in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Philip Phillips How to write a scientific abstract |
mini-Assignment #2 |
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8 |
Oct 14 |
Ethics in research |
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9 |
Oct 21 |
Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Vidya Madhavan Research Opportunities with the Digi-MAT Program - Prof. Lucas Wagner Research in Computational and Analytical Studies of Molecules and Condensed Phases - Prof. Nancy Makri |
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10 |
Oct 28 |
Estimation in Research Research in Experimental Nuclear Physics - Prof. Josh Long |
Fermi Problems | |||
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11 |
Nov 4 |
Research in Experimental Materials Science - Prof. Yingjie Zhang Research in Experimental Biological Physics - Prof. Yann Chemla Research in Experimental Biological Physics - Prof. Paul Selvin | ||||
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12 |
Nov 11 |
Research in Experimental Quantum Information with IQUIST - Prof. Paul Kwiat Research in Experimental Nuclear Physics - Prof. Chen-Yu Liu |
13 |
Nov 18 |
Journal club presentations: |
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Nov 25 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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14 |
Dec 2 |
Journal club presentations: |
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