NanoIntrocourse:ScheduleSpring2017
Project:Literaturestudy
Goals:
Graspthestateoftheresearchfield
•  Whyisitimportant?
•  Whathasbeendonesofar
•  Whatarethecurrentissues/problems
•  Iden>fyfuturesolu>ons/researchdirec>ons
Workonwri>ngandpresenta>onskills
Elektronik/Fotonik
E1:LED(AliNowzari:[email protected]).English
E2:Solarcells(GauteOtnes:[email protected])
E3:Singleelectrontransistors(IreneGeijselaers:[email protected])English
E4:Transistorerfrån2D>ll1D(JohannesSvensson:[email protected])
Material
M1:Nanopar>klar(SaraThorberg:[email protected])
M2:Nanokatalys(ReineWallenberg:[email protected])
M3:Surfacecharacteriza>onmethods(AndreaTroian:[email protected])
english
M4:2Dand1Depitaxi(SudhakarSivakumar:[email protected])English
Fysik
F1:Kvantprickar(FlorindaViñas:fl[email protected])
F2:Tunnling(LunaNamazi:[email protected])English
F3:Nanowire-basedlasers(RezaJafariJam:[email protected]).English
F4:Josephsonjunc>ons(ChunlinYu:[email protected])English
Biomedicin
B1:Microfluidicsforcellsor>ng(SiHoaiTrungTran:[email protected])English
B2:Nanowiresformanipula>ngandprobinglivingcells(ZhenLi:[email protected])
English
B3:Superresolu>onmicroscopy(IngavonAhnen:[email protected])English
B4:Neuronalpaeerningandguidance(SiHoaiTrungTran:[email protected])
English
Wrieenreport
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6pagesmax
Title+authorlist
Abstract
Introduc>on
Body
Conclusion
Gotohep://awelu.srv.lu.seforsupportonwrihng
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Abstract
§  Shortsummaryofthereport
§  Shouldmakepeoplewanttoreadthewholereport
§  1-2sentenceonsitua>ngtheresearcharea
§  Summarizeyourwork
§  1-2sentencesontheimplica>onsofwhatyouhavefound
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Introduc>on
§  Providecontext/background(startsbroadandthen
narrowsdowntothesubjectoftheproject)
§  Providesthereaderwithaclearideaofthefocusand
aimofthetext
§  Givestheoutlineofthetext(whatwillbepresented,
discussed,inwhatorder)
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Textbody-Coherence
§  Usesubheadings(willhelpyoutorestructurethetext
toensureacoherentstructure)
§  Coherence...theremustbelogicallinksbetween
words,sentencesandparagraphs
§  Achievedbyrepea>ngkeynouns,usingconsistent
pronouns,usingtransi>onsignaltolinkideas,
arrangingyourideasinlogicalorder
§  See
hep://awelu.srv.lu.se/grammar-and-words/
coherence/
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Textbody-useofparagraphs
§  StructurethetextinParagraphs(canbemany
paragraphinonesubheading)
§  Oneidea/paragraph
§  Startaparagraphbyeitherleavingablanklineor
inden>ngthefirstlineoftheparagraph
§  Eachparagraphconsistsofatopicsentence,
suppor>ngsentences,andaconcludingsentence
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Textbody-useofparagraphs
§  Topicsentence:presentsthefocusoftheparagraph
§  Suppor>ngsentences:explainorprovethetopic
sentence
§  Concludingsentence:sumsuptheargumentsofthe
paragraphandcanbeatransi>ontothenext
paragraph
hep://paeernbasedwri>ng.com/
elementary_wri>ng_success/paragraphexamples/
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Conclusion
§  Summarizesthemainpointsofthetext
§  Shouldnotcontainanynewinfo
§  Finishbyanoutlook
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References
§  Usethesameformatthroughoutthereport
§  Moretomorrowaboutfindingandgivingreferences
withAnnikaNilssontomorrow
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Andofcourse:
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Linktextandfigures
Eachfigureneedsafigurecap>on
Ifquo>nganotherwork:citeit!
Noplagiarism
Oralpresenta>on
Powerpointslides:
§  12minutes(=3mineach)+3minutesques>ons
§  ≈1slide/min
§  3-6points/slide
§  1stslide:project>tle+yournames
§  2ndslide:outline
§  Useclearfontnotsomething difficult to read
§  Useatleast24ptsize(otherwisenotreadable)
§  Donotusepalecolors(notreadable)
§  Givereferences(totheresearchyouaremen>oning
andtotheimagesyouareusing)
Oralpresenta>on
Whenpresen>ng:
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Speakclearly,loud,slowlyandar>culate
Makeeyecontactwiththeaudience
Facetheaudience,notthewall
Useyouarmstohelpyouconveyingamessage
§  CheckTED.comforexamplesofgoodpresenta>ons
Oralpresenta>on
Commonerrors:
§  Speaknotloudenough
§  Speakingfacingthescreen
§  Handsinthepocket
Oralpresenta>on
Everyonecangetnervouswhenpresen>ng
Tips:
§  Prepareyoursentences
§  Rehearse(aloneandwiththegroup)
§  Trytofocusontheinteres>ngthingsyouhavetosay
§  Thinkthatpeopleintheaudiencearejustlikeyou
§  Donotforgettobreathe
§  Ifshaking:putyourfinger>pstogether,contractand
releaseseveral>mes
Ques>ons?