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Calculate the dispersion relation and density of states (including partial DoS) for at least one material of your choice (except Si), using the Wien 2k software. | Calculate the dispersion relation and density of states (including partial DoS) for at least one material of your choice (except Si), using the Wien 2k software. | ||
- | Write a **paper** that describes your findings. | + | Write a **paper** that describes your findings. |
Summarize your results as a **poster** for the group to be shown in the hour reserved for MT2. This is a conference of your peers, and may also be attended by interested parties such as former and prospective PH 575 students, and faculty. | Summarize your results as a **poster** for the group to be shown in the hour reserved for MT2. This is a conference of your peers, and may also be attended by interested parties such as former and prospective PH 575 students, and faculty. | ||
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=== Collaboration or no? === | === Collaboration or no? === | ||
- | Teach each other to use Wien. Share tips on how to use the software, just as you would in a lab to show someone how to use a piece of equipment. This kind of collaboration is healthy. | + | Teach each other to use Wien. Share tips on how to use the software, |
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+ | Talk to others to help point you to information, | ||
Please do not perform the other person' | Please do not perform the other person' | ||
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+ | Don't work together to construct your posters - the temptation to produce the same format is very strong. | ||
=== Length, etc. === | === Length, etc. === | ||
Depends somewhat on the choice of topic and how many figures you include. | Depends somewhat on the choice of topic and how many figures you include. | ||
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+ | === Posters === | ||
+ | You should not go to great expense to generate the posters; 8.5” by 11” sheets pasted to thin poster board will be fine. The total size is limited to about half the size of a whiteboard in WGR 304. | ||
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+ | You should use color - it makes a huge difference in crystal sructures, band structures, DoS plots //etc//. | ||
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+ | Why a poster as well as a paper? It's so that you can share your work with the other students and learn something from them, too. Science is about communicating ideas and results, so you need to practice that. So come up with something interesting to tell your peers. | ||
=== Cautions === | === Cautions === |