Colorado School of Mines
Office of Graduate Studies
Thesis Committee Report
This form is provided by the Office of Graduate Studies as a means of documenting interactions between students
and their Thesis Committees. It is intended that the form be completed and signed by both the student and all
Thesis Committee members following each Committee meeting.
CWID:
Date:
Student Name:
Degree and Major:
Program Start Date:
Signature
Name
Advisor:
Co-advisor:
Minor Representative:
Committee Chair:
Committee Member:
Committee Member:
Committee Member:
Committee Member:
Date of Last Meeting:
ate of Current Meeting:
Excepted Defense Date:
Student Assessment Section (attach additional pages as needed)
Proposed Thesis/Dissertation Title:
completed the goals outlined in your previous progress report, please explain why. If you have submitted or
published any written works on which you are first author since your last report, please attach copies to this
document.
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When do you plan on submitting your thesis to the Committee for review
Student Signature:
Date:
Advisor Assessment Section (attach additional pages as needed)
Is the timetable outlined by the student appropriate and feasible? If "No", explain below.
What is your assessment of the student's progress since the last meeting of the Committee?
Please indicate the format (met with student individually or with a group of other students) and frequency (daily,
weekly, monthly, other) of scheduled meetings you have held with the student during the period covered by this
report. If you have not held any meetings, please explain.
Format:
Frequency:
Advisor Signature:
Date:
Committee Chair (attach additional pages as needed)
Does student have well articulated overall research plan?
Is there a detailed research plan in place that may be assessed at the next Committee meeting?
Is there clear evidence of progress toward defining/meeting the goals of the thesis proposal?
Is it expected that the student will prepare/submit a first-author manuscript during next review period?
Overall, does the student appears to be on track to complete degree program as schedule?
Committee's General Assessment of Student
Area
Mastery of basic knowledge
of field
Mastery of lab/computation
techniques
Excellent
Good
Needs Improvement: Include improvement plan
Originality in field
Capacity for conscientious,
hard work
engineering/science in
writing
Ability to express
engineering/science orally
10
Scientific/intellectual
maturity
Recommended date of next Committee meeting:
Recommendations:
Committee Chair Signature:
Form Last Modified: 01/12/10
Date: