Research seminar Schedule
Research seminars will be held this summer at
June 11 –
June 18 –
You should plan your seminars carefully in consultation with your faculty research advisor. The first one should take no more than 15 minutes, with 5 additional minutes for discussion.
The first seminar should address the question, "What is the history and nature of the problem I am attacking and what approaches will I use?" You should attempt to describe your research project in some sort of broader context, explaining why the studies that you will be carrying out will be significant outside of the narrowly focused objectives of your project. Background information from your reading and study of the literature directly and indirectly related to your problem should be an important component of this first seminar.
The second seminar will be presented in a poster session format during the 10th week of the program. Detailed instructions for preparation of your poster and for presentation of the poster session will be provided and discussed as scheduled below:
July 23 - General session to discuss preparation and presentation of posters and final reports
July 31 - Poster presentations and final ceremonies (lunch at a local restaurant)
Questions are the life-blood of any worthwhile seminar, and you should ask them when appropriate, expect them and respond to them easily as they arise when you are the speaker.
You may want to prepare visual aids for your presentations such as PowerPoint slides or transparencies of data, spectra, or reaction sequences. Materials for transparencies may be obtained in Mrs. Campbell’s office. In general, however, the chief means of communication should be the talk.