Sun
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May 24
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noon
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Earliest check-in time at the
Keys
Residential Complex.
Upon check-in, pick up a Physics REU packet containing a welcome letter,
campus map, etc.
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1 |
Tue
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May 26
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First day of REU program
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10:00 am
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Campus tour for non-UF participants.
Meet at main desk of the Keys Residential Complex.
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11:45 am
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Orientation meeting for all REU participants (2205 NPB)
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noon
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Welcome lunch in Physics for participants, faculty mentors,
and departmental representatives (2205 NPB)
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Wed
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May 27
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11:30 pm
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Physics Computer Accounts
Go to NPB 2148 for David Hansen to set up Physics department
computer accounts. Please bring the Computer Account form from
your folder. The Society of Physics Students (SPS) pizza lunch
will be next week, but there are still leftovers from yesterday.
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Wed
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May 27
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1:00 pm
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Laboratory safety workshop
led by Mark Yanchisin,
UF Environmental Health and Safety.
All REU participants must attend!
(Meet in 2205 NPB.)
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Fri
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May 29
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3:00 pm
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REU Meeting:
Prof. Mark Meisel will present an introduction
to Biophysics followed by a laboratory tour.
(Meet in 2165 NPB.)
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Sat
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May 30
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Cook-out at
Lake Wauburg
North Park.
Food and drinks will be provided.
Bring your Gator-1 card to allow admission to the park, as
well as access to canoes, kayaks, volleyball equipment, etc.
The Physics van will leave from the Keys Complex around 11 a.m.
You are welcome to set out later if you have your own transportation.
Lunch will be served around 12:30.
Drivers: Head south on 13th Street (Highway 441) for about 8 miles.
The entrance to the North Park is in the left-hand side of the
road.
Note: If you reach the entrance to the South Park, you have gone
too far and should turn around.
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| | | WEEK
2 |
Wed
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June 3
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TBA
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SPS Welcome lunch:
The UF Society of Physics Students (SPS) will have a pizza lunch
to welcome you to UF.
(Meet in 2205 NPB.)
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Fri
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Jun 5
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3:00 pm
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REU Meeting:
Getting into Graduate School, presented by Prof.
Stephen Hagen,
chair of the Physics Department's graduate recruiting and admissions committee.
(Meet in 2165 NPB.)
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| | | WEEK
3 |
Fri
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Jun 12
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1:00 pm
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REU Meeting:
Visit to the McKnight Brain Institute.
Meet in Physics Lobby at 12:30PM to walk over for tour at 1PM at the MBI.
There will be a
lecture on the physics of magnetic resonance imaging and
an introduction to some of the research being performed at the Brain Institute,
presented by Prof.
Tom Mareci, and a tour of the Brain Institute's magnet facilities.
(Meet in 2165 NPB.)
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| | | WEEK
4 |
Fri
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Jun 19
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3:00 pm
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REU Meeting:
Prof. Andrew Rinzler will provide an introduction
to his research into the the electronic and optical properties of carbon
nanotubes, followed by a tour of his lab.
(Meet in 2165 NPB.)
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| | | WEEK
5 |
Mon
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Jun 22
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3:00 PM
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Planning for Outreach Activity:
John Mocko, who is in charge of lecture demonstrations
for the Physics department, will review the possible
demonstrations for the outreach activity on Wednesday.
Meet in NPB 1002.
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Wed
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Jun 24
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9:00 AM
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Outreach Activity:
for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
and the Young Achievers Foundation.
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| | | WEEK
6 |
Tue
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Jun 30
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all day
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Field Trip to the National High
Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee.
Meet at 8:50 a.m. in the parking lot in front of the Keys Complex
(on the Stadium Road side of the complex). Lunch will be provided
on our arrival at the Magnet Lab (around 11:30). We should get
back to Gainesville by 7 p.m.
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| | | WEEK
7 |
Mon
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Jul 6
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1–3 pm
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Communications workshop:
First 2-hour session on scientific writing skills, led by
Dr. Dianne Cothran,
Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication (2165 NPB).
The PowerPoint slides for the presentation are available
here.
Important: Bring to this session a description (three or four
well-organized paragraphs) of the purpose, plan, and scope of your
REU research project. This description, which may eventually form the
introduction to your end-of-project report,
should be accessible to your non-expert peers. It should be prepared with a
word processor (use whatever system you'll employ for preparing your final
report) and printed double-spaced. Use of literature citations is optional.
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Fri
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Jul 10
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3:00 pm
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REU Meeting: Prof. Ivan
Furic will speak on the Compact
Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Following the talk there will be a lab tour of the high bay
area where parts of the detector were tested before shipping to
CERN. (Meet in 2165 NPB.)
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| | | WEEK
8 |
Mon
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Jul 13
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1–3 pm
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Communications workshop:
Second 2-hour session on scientific writing skills (2165 NPB).
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Fri
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Jul 17
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3:00 pm
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REU Meeting:
Prof. Neil Sullivan will provide an introduction to the
methods and goals of low-temperature physics. Afterwards, Prof. Sullivan will
lead a tour of the Microkelvin Laboratory.
(Meet in 2165 NPB.)
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| | | WEEK
9 |
Mon
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Jul 20
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1:30–3:30 pm
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Communications workshop:
First 2-hour session on oral communication skills, led by
Dr. Stephanie Webster,
Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
(2165 NPB)
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Fri
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Jul 24
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3:00 pm
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REU Meeting: TBA (2165 NPB).
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Fri
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Jul 24
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3:00 pm
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Deadline for submitting the first version of
your end-of-project report
to Christine Scanlon. Please bring two hard copies
to 1210 NPB.
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| | | WEEK
10 |
Mon
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Jul 27
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1:30–3:30 pm
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Communications workshop:
Second 2-hour session on oral communication skills
(2165 NPB)
During this session, you will be expected to deliver the introduction
to your final presentation.
More detailed instructions will be provided during the first session.
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Wed
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Jul 29
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1:00 pm
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Deadline for submitting final version of
end-of-project report
to Selman Hershfield (2138 NPB).
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Student presentations
will be scheduled over the next two days.
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Fri
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Jul 31
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Last day of REU program
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noon
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Closing Lunch
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1–3 pm
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Exit interviews conducted by Kevin Ingersent and Selman Hershfield
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Sat
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Aug 1
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noon
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Latest check-out time at the Keys Residential Complex
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