Graduate Introductory Seminars
Graduate introductory seminars providing an overview of modern UW Physics research areas to help students find opportunities and gain awareness of contemporary physics.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Gains a broad awareness of the status of contemporary research in physics
Learns to engage and communicate with other research professionals
Learn how to work with the scientific literature
Learn professional standards for the responsible conduct of research
Learn responsibilities of authors and co-authors and acceptable authorship practices
Source: UW Guide
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the class
Designed to give new students an introduction to the broad range of modern research going on at UW Physics, and to help students find research opportunities in the department. Each week, faculty from each major research area will present their research in a seminar setting. The research areas will include selected topics both in theory and experiment from biophysics; atomic, molecular, and optical physics; plasma; condensed matter; quantum information and computation; high energy and nuclear physics; particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
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Topics
- Biophysics, atomic/molecular/optical physics, plasma, condensed matter, quantum information, high energy/nuclear physics, particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
- Finding research opportunities within the department.
- Responsible conduct of research and authorship practices.
Skills
- Working with scientific literature and understanding professional standards for responsible conduct of research.
- Understanding author responsibilities and acceptable authorship practices.
- Engaging and communicating with research professionals.
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