CHEM 198
SENIOR RESEARCH
Requirements and Tips for a
Successful Semester
Handouts/Sign Up
► Course
Syllabus
► Proposal Presentation + Final Project Venue
Sign Up Sheet
Course Materials
►I
plan to add a Chem 198 website linked to
my faculty website
► This should have links to the seminar
schedule and to handouts
C198 – Senior Thesis
Overview
► Two
Parts to Class
 Research Work
 All Other Requirements
► Research
Work Requirements
 Mostly between you and your advisor
 Grade from your advisor provided you meet all the other
requirements
 Time Split: about 1 unit of work to fullfill “Other” requirements, so
research work should be equivalent to 2 units (typically 6 hours,
but your advisor is the judge)
Non- Research Requirements
► Attend
Chem 198 Meetings
 Today’s
 Proposal Presentations (1 or 2 days)
 Pre-Final Presentation Meeting (Tentatively Scheduled
for Nov. 21)
 Final Presentation (Graduation Event/Poster Session OR
December 5th afternoon Event)
Non- Research Requirements
► Seminar
Attendance
 Need to attend a minimum of 5 Chem. Dept. seminars
 These meet Fridays, 1 to 2 PM in Sequoia 338
 The topics and speakers will be posted
 Should be present for FULL SEMINAR
 You get credit for attending, only if you sign in to the
attendance notebook and put down Chem 198
 Need to be respectful during seminar (no cell phone use
during seminar)
Non- Research Requirements –
cont.
► Project
Proposal Presentation
 2 Dates available: Sept. 26th and Oct. 3rd (but if 7 or
fewer students, we could do all on one date)
 5 to 10 min. presentation
 Include:
► research
objectives
► Background
on why the objectives are important and what
related work has been done previously
► Planned
Work
► Preliminary
Results
Non- Research Requirements –
cont.
► Hints
on Presentation
 Talk to your advisor about the presentation
 Get draft to advisor about 1 week before
presentation
 Plan on ~1 minute per slide, but practice to see
time needed
 Keep text to a minimum
 Use Powerpoint to prepare slides
Non- Research Requirements – cont.
Presentation Textual vs. Graphical
Studies of interpersonal
communications show
that:
 55% comes from facial
expressions and body
language
 38% comes from vocal
quality or tone of voice
 7% comes from content,
the actual meaning of the
words
Sources of Concept Transfer
60
Category Percentage
►
50
40
30
20
10
0
facial
expression/body
language
From “Scientifically Speaking”, The Oceanography Society
vocal quality
content
Non- Research Requirements –
cont.
► Project
Proposal Presentation – go to
example presentation by Matt Padilla
Non- Research Requirements –
cont.
► Final
Presentation
 We need to decide on venue
 If dedicated date, can do either poster or oral
presentation
 If part of Graduation Event, will only be poster
session
 We will Meet on Nov. 21 to go over how to
prepare for the Final Presentation
Non- Research Requirements –
cont.
► Final
Project Paper
 Need to consult with your advisor as to the
format
 For my students, I start with the grade
submission date and work backwards
►e.g.
if grades due Jan. 2, final form of paper due
Dec. 19th, and completed draft version due Dec. 12th
ANY QUESTIONS?