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

2. 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)

3. 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?)

4. 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.

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

6. 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.