1. © Imperial College LondonPage 1 Projects First Year Laboratory

2. © Imperial College LondonPage 2 Who does projects? F303 MSciShort Experiments and Project –But no Project if you are doing Mathematical Analysis. F325 BSc+TheoNo Projects F390 MSci+TheoNo Projects F300BSc Short Experiments and Project F309 MSci +YIE Don’t do Short Experiments but do Project

3. © Imperial College LondonPage 3 First Year Lab Projects Projects are performed in pairs Projects are allocated and partners chosen by ‘lottery’ – see later Project takes 12 3-hour sessions, 2 ‘open days’ at end. Assessment – Continuous assessment by demonstrator, display at open day, project write-up. Weekly (at least) meeting with demonstrator Timetable has less Mon/Tue sessions than Thu/Fri (Bank Holidays). No need to stick to Mon/Tue or Thu/Fri

4. © Imperial College LondonPage 4 Project Timetable Wednesday Feb 27 – Project proposals go on display in 1 st yr. Lab. Mon/Tue, Thu/Fri next week – peruse the projects and decide on some that you like. On week of March 3th - Have another look for late projects. Lottery on Friday March 7. Choose more than 3 or 4 since some are very popular and will get snapped up quickly in the ‘lottery’. Project Open Days- 19, 20 June. Poster sessions for members of department and schools. Project Report- due Monday 23 June.

5. © Imperial College LondonPage 5 Project Lottery Friday March 7 th 10am LT1. A name is selected at random from the list of participants. That person gets to select a project and a partner. These (lucky) two may leave the lecture theatre (Quietly. Try not to gloat). Their names are removed from the list and another random name is picked. Process repeats until all participating students have partners and projects. Note: If you only pick a few projects they may get snapped up early. You may be left having to choose a project at random. Try to make a long list of projects you would consider and rank them.

6. © Imperial College LondonPage 6 Project Assessment 50% Demonstrator’s assessment 50% Project Write-up (Report) Demonstrators Assessment Mark Categories : Enthusiasm/Initiative Comprehension Construction/Experimental Skill/Programming Ability Results/Data Collection/Analysis/Interpretation Lab book/Record Keeping Poster Display Communication Skills

7. © Imperial College LondonPage 7 Project Assessment- Posters Displays should have : Visual appeal, snappy title, use of graphics, balanced layout and readable. Maximum information using concise language/format, summary, why?, how?, Results. Be prepared to explain at both an introductory and detailed level to non-experts. Look at examples from last year.

8. © Imperial College LondonPage 8 Project Reports Project Report These may be written individually or jointly. However, as you are individually assessed, joint reports must have whole sections written by each individual and these must be clearly identified. Scientific report style. Page limit for individual reports is 8 sides, 12 for joint reports. Deadline Monday 23 June is absolute!