This is a "skill builder" course that introduces beginning graduate students with a range of transferable skills important for successful communication in science, research and in other professional areas. The course aims to develop a wider understanding of the context in which research takes place through critical reading and evaluation of a wide range of literature. Besides being trained on how to prepare papers and presentations, students will also be required to write an abstract and give oral presentation on a contemporary research topic pursued by faculty in the Department.
Main Course Topics:
how do you start scientific research project?
physics & astronomy journals
searching the scientific literature online
ethics in scientific research
writing style for research article
LaTeX environment for typing math
software for preparing talks and posters
designing and delivering effective research talks
cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience in research and presentations
News
The course is moved online until UD reopens. This means you will receive a link to join ZOOM (install it from https://zoom.us/) for lectures and your presentations.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. (Waldo Emerson)
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
A man will turn over half a library to write one book. (Samuel Johnson)
Scientists often have an experience that is deeply enlightening, and is not granted to everyone. It is the experience of finding that you have been wrong about something. (Steven Weinberg)
Henri Poincaré worked during the same times each day in short periods of time. He undertook research for four hours a day, between 10 a.m. and noon then again from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. He would read articles in journals later in the evening.
