Notes and Material

It will be updated, as we move along in this class.

Lecture Notes:

Here are a few of my Lecture Notes that made it into electronic form this semester:
(They are PDF Files! To download "right click", then choose "Save Target as".)

Introduction: What makes research different from class -work?
Class on research support and funding. How to write a proposal?
Bullets on Collaborations and Authorship

Weblinks:

Here are some of the websites on Solar Sailing that you have found in your first homework:

http://www.planetary.org/solarsail/
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/snews/2004/0809.shtml
http://www.solarsails.info/
http://solarsails.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/carbonsail_000302.html

Advice on Research Presentations:

I have found a few websites that give advice on presentations:

Dartmouth College has an entire website devoted to "Giving a Talk". It also contains a number of good links.

The computer Science Department at the University of Wisconsin Madison also features a brief compilation of suggestions, including a humorous advice on how to give a horrible talk.

And here is a concise Table that contrasts Don'ts with Do's, a very short reminder of the salient points.

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