Summer 2015 Program:
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Week 1
Sun. May 24 -
Mon. May 25
Participants arrive in Gainesville.
Tue. May 26 Campus tour, orientation meeting, and lunch with mentors. Partipants staying at Oakbrook Walk meet at the apartment complex office at 9:30 am. UF student participants meet in NPB 2205 for the orientation meeting at 11:30 am. Lunch with research mentors will start at 12 noon in NPB 2205.
Wed. May 27,
1:00pm-3:00pm
Laboratory safety workshop led by Mark Yanchisin, UF Environmental Health and Safety. All REU participants must attend. (Meet in NPB 2205.)
Fri. May 29,
2:00 pm
REU Meeting: Prof. Tarek Saab will give a talk on Dark Matter searches (NPB 2165).
Sat. May 30,
12 noon
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.
Week 2
Fri. June 5,
3:00 pm
REU Meeting: Dr. Luis Colon-Perez will give a presentation on the path from REU student, to graduate student, to postdoctoral researcher and permanent positions. We will also discuss applying for graduate school in this meeting. (Meet in NPB 2205.)
Week 3
Tue. June 9,
11:00am
REU Meeting: REU students give brief presentation (2 minutes) on their research area and what they will be doing for their summer project. (NPB 2165)
Fri. June 12,
3:00 pm
REU Meeting: Prof. Neil Sullivan will give an introduction to low temperature physics followed by a tour of and the Microkelvin Laboratory. (NPB 2205.)
Week 4
Fri. June 19,
3:00 pm
REU meeting: Prof. Amlan Biswas will give an introduction to lithography followed by a tour of the nanoscience center (NIMET). Meet in NPB 2205.
Week 5
Wed. June 24,
all day
NHMFL Field Trip: We will drive up to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory facilities in Tallahassee for a tour and presentations by scientists there and return in the evening.
Fri. June 26,
3:00pm
REU meeting: Dr. Anne Donnelly will give a seminar on applying to graduate school. She is the UF Director of the Center for Undergraduate Research and recently received a national award for mentorship. (NPB 2205)
Week 6
Mon. June 29,
3:00 pm
REU Meeting: Prof. Susan Sinnott will give a talk on materials modeling and large scale computation. (Meet in NPB 2205.)
Fri. July 3,
3:00 pm
REU meeting: REU student show and tell. REU students will give tours to each other of their laboratories. Refreshments will be served. Fireworks are on the UF campus in the evening. Meet in NPB 2205.
Week 7
Mon. July 6,
2:00-4:00 pm
Communications workshop: First 2-hour session on scientific writing skills, led by Dr. Mickey Schafer, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication. (NPB 2205).
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. Workshop Notes
Fri. July 10,
1:00-4:00 pm
REU Meeting: Prof. Joanna Long will give a research presentation and tour of the Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Facility (AMRIS).
Week 8
Mon. July 13,
2:00-4:00 pm
Communications workshop: Second 2-hour session on scientific writing skills (NPB 2165).
Fri. July 17,
3:00 pm
REU Meeting: Prof. Andrew Rinzler will give a presentation his work with nanotechnology and doing applied research. (NPB 2205)
Week 9
Mon. July 20,
2:00-4:00 pm
Communications workshop: First 2-hour session on oral communication skills, led by Dr. Stephanie Webster, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication. (NPB 2165)
Fri. July 24,
3:00 pm
REU Meeting: Prof. Mark Meisel will give a presentation on molecular magnetism. (Meet in NPB 2205.)
Fri. July 24,
3:00 pm
Deadline for submitting the first version of your end-of-project report. This will be done electronically.
Week 10
Mon. July 27,
2:00-4:00 pm
Communications workshop: Second 2-hour session on oral communication skills. (NPB 2165)
Important: 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.
Wed. July 29,
1:00 pm
Deadline for submitting final version of end-of-project report. Provide both the original in whatever word processor you are using and a pdf version.
Wed. July 29,
1:00-4:00 pm
Student presentations (NPB 2205)
Thur. July 30,
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Student presentations (NPB 2205)
Fri. July 31,
9:00 am-2:00 pm
Last day of REU program: Exit interviews will be conducted in the morning in NPB 2165 followed by lunch.
Sat. Aug. 1,
noon
Latest check-out time for Oakbrook Walk residences.