(working) Title of thesis: progress report Name Department of Physics, OSU Advisor: Max Planck Date

Context/goals Be specific about YOUR project (e.g. you’re measuring the photocurrent in graphene, not solving the world’s energy crisis – even if your measurement is relevant to the energy crisis)

Research Principles (1-2) Describe the physics (e.g. what is photocurrent? What is a gamma ray burst? How does reverse osmosis work? How do you design a good survey instrument? What is hyperspectral imaging? What physics goes into your simulation? What is Raman spectroscopy?)

Progress (2-3) What have you done so far? (e.g. built an instrument? Learned to use an existing one? Written or adapted code? Learned to use code? Designed a survey?) Show a picture, describe how it works. Be specific Do you have data? Preliminary or final? Bad data that is clearly wrong? It’s a report, not a test. There’s a lesson in bad stuff, too.

Outlook (1) What’s next? What is your timeline?

General comments Graphics are important in a thesis – a picture is very valuable. Make yours clear, informative. Organize well – clarity, clarity, clarity Fonts must be legible, colors sensible, don’t overdo it. This is a working session – seek feedback Presentation style should be calm and confident. Don’t apologize. Your professor has approved your project so be proud of it. You’re the expert on this topic.