NME221 Assignment

NME 221 students have fulfill two assignments to receive course credit:

(1) Visit a NME research laboratory at UW campus and interview a research member (graduate student, senior researcher or professor)

(2) Compose a two-page essay that describes the research discussed in the visited laboratory.

Suggested Timeline:

· Week 1-3: Make contact with research group (see suggested list-link below with contact info). Week 3-7: Visit laboratory.

· Week 3-7: Visit laboratory. Of course you can already visit a research group from the first week on. Research group visits, and the seminar talk schedule are unrelated.

· Week 7-10: Compose essay and submit.

Essay Submission Deadline: May 31, 2012

Submission: Electronically as PDF file to nanolab@u.washington.edu

Subject line should contain exactly the following: your student ID_NME221 (Example: 7777777_NME221)

Essay requirement:

- In the header of your document list the full name of the person you interviewed with the e-mail address, the date of the interview, and the name of the professor the laboratory belongs to.

- The essay is limited to two pages. Format: Single line spacing, 12 pts Times Roman, 1” margins (left, right, top, bottom), can include 1 figure not exceeding 2.5” in height, containing a description about the research objective, motivation and approach, and the research goals. Please use references (about 5) from research papers preferably form the research group interviewed, but can also be from other groups.

Suggest Laboratories with Lab Contact Info: (download)

The download (Excel spreadsheet) provides a list of laboratories that invite you to visit. Lab contact info are listed in column F and G.

Please be aware that we told them that in average not more than three students visit them. Thus, some labs might turn you down because too many of you contacted them. The recommendation is to start contacting labs as early as possible. If you do not hear back from a lab, move on to the next one.