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====== Assignment ====== | ====== Assignment ====== | ||
- | Calculate | + | One of the goals of the course is to become familiar with modern computational software that allows one to solve difficult problems. You will use the software package Wien 2k to calculate the band structure of a semiconductor, |
- | 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. 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. Text and diagrams should explain your calculations, |
- | If you have questions, | + | If you have questions, |
====== FAQ ====== | ====== FAQ ====== | ||
=== Audience === | === Audience === | ||
- | You are writing a scientific article for an audience of your peers, say incoming PH575. | + | You are writing a scientific article for an audience of your peers, say incoming PH575 students. You and your peers are highly educated, technically savvy people, but you do not know everything about every material that has ever been discovered. |
=== Expansion? What does that mean? === | === Expansion? What does that mean? === | ||
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* study a family of materials | * study a family of materials | ||
* go beyond the standard " | * go beyond the standard " | ||
- | * choose a particularly | + | * choose a more challenging material (not recommended because this is often an all-or-nothing proposition). |
=== Collaboration or no? === | === Collaboration or no? === | ||
- | Teach each other to use Wien. Share tips on how to use the software, especially on how to get to the DoS and the E(k) plots.I do not want access to Wien to be a barrier. This just like being in a lab where you show someone how to use a tool. This kind of collaboration is healthy. But don't do all thework | + | Teach each other to use the Wien basics. Share tips on how to use the software, especially on how to get to the DoS and the //E(k)// plots. This just like being in a lab where you show someone how to use a piece of equipment. This kind of collaboration is healthy, but don't do the work for the other person. |
Talk to others to help point you to information, | Talk to others to help point you to information, | ||
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Please do not perform the other person' | Please do not perform the other person' | ||
- | Don't work together to construct your posters - the temptation to produce the same format is very strong. | + | Don't work together to construct your posters - the temptation to produce the same format is very strong. |
- | === Length, etc. === | + | === Length === |
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. | ||
=== Posters === | === 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. | + | 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. But do pay attention to presentation and organization - don't just put up a slew of 8.5” by 11” sheets taped together. |
- | You should use color - it makes a huge difference in crystal | + | You should use color - it makes a huge difference in crystal |
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. | 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. | ||
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Don't write a technical manual (“go to this menu, and click this button”). | Don't write a technical manual (“go to this menu, and click this button”). | ||
- | Beware of the "true statements" | + | Beware of the "true statements" |
===== Questions from class re the project ===== | ===== Questions from class re the project ===== | ||
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Q. Can I study magnetic properties? | Q. Can I study magnetic properties? | ||
- | A. There is an option to include spin polarization. | + | A. There is an option to include spin polarization, which should allow you to determine whether a material is magnetic or not in its ground state. |
====== Class projects ====== | ====== Class projects ====== | ||
- | Altschul, Emmeline | + | |
- | Ansell, Troy | + | |
- | Dearmon, Howard | + | ===== Amador, Jennie M. ===== |
- | Gatimu, Alvin | + | |
- | Gifford, Jessica | + | ===== Chen, Boxiao ===== |
- | Girgel, Ionut | + | |
- | Grollman, Rebecca | + | ===== Costa, Timothy B. ===== |
- | Gross, Jonah | + | |
- | Gruss, Daniel | + | ===== Dearmon, Howard |
- | Krebs, Eric | + | |
- | Lampert, Nicholas | + | ===== Decker, Shawn R. ===== |
- | Landau, Nicholas | + | |
- | Laurita-Plankis, Geneva | + | ===== Flynn, Joshua D. ===== |
- | Maizy, Louis | + | |
- | Oostman, Matthew | + | ===== Gicking, Allison M. ===== |
- | Paul, Michael | + | |
- | Saltzgaber, Grant | + | ===== Gouliouk, Vasily ===== |
- | Schulte, Jeffery | + | |
- | Smith, Sean | + | ===== Heo, Jae Seok ===== |
- | Waite, Rachel | + | |
+ | ===== Jennings, Michelle L. ===== | ||
+ | ===== Johnson, Brian H. ===== | ||
+ | ===== Kumar, Nitish ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Marr, Timothy C. ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Mason, Ashley D. ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Nikkel, Jason W. ===== | ||
+ | ===== Oleksak, Richard P. ===== | ||
+ | ===== Sahu, Subin ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Tennant, Christopher P. ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Thompson, Zachary J. ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Von Flotow, Andreas S. ===== | ||
+ | ===== Wardini, Jenna L. ===== | ||
+ | === Wills, Lindsay A. === | ||
+ | === Winter, Ian S. === | ||