Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Monday

Monday morning the students worked in groups. After lunch students visited the fly eye lab and heard from Steven Barrett. They got to see one of the graduate students working on a fly in the lab as well as some of the sensors that they have built as a result of their research.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Wednesday morning students worked in groups. After lunch Michael Pernice talked about the work going on at Idaho National Lab and answered some good questions about the work.

Thursday morning students worked in groups. At 2:00 the students presented their work and progress. Next week will be the final presentations and they will have to lay out their progress for a more broad audience.

Friday morning we left for Golden Colorado at 7:15. We made it to the NREL (National Renewable Energy Lab) by 10:00 and were given an idea of some of the advances being made at the lab. We then went to Colorado Mills for lunch and also indoor black light mini golf! After mini golf we proceeded to the NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research). Students were given the opportunity to walk around the exhibits in the public portion of NCAR and also hike in the flatirons if they wanted. Some stayed behind and hopefully had some fun in Boulder.

Week 8 Schedule

Monday:

Morning: Work in groups
Afternoon: Cam Wright 3-4 RH 247

Tuesday:

Morning: Work in groups
Afternoon: GRE Algebra review 3-4

Wednesday:

Morning: Work in groups
                 11:00 Conferences, scholarships, etc. RH 247
Afternoon: Work in groups

Thursday:

Morning: Work in groups
Afternoon: Final presentations 2-4

Friday:

Morning: Wrap up 8:30-9:45 am

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Monday and Tuesday Week 7

Hello all I'm back from the conference in Iowa. On Monday students worked in their groups. On Tuesday morning the students kept working in groups. After lunch on Tuesday some of the students attended Mike Presho's dissertation defense, they got to see what is expected from your defense public presentation. After the opportunity for questions the public was asked to leave and the committee met with Mike alone. Students then continued to work on their projects.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Schedule for Week 7

Monday:

Work in Groups

Tuesday:

Morning: Work in Groups
Afternoon: (Optional) Dissertation Defense (Mike Presho, Uncertainty Quantification in Porous Media Fluid Flow) 1:00 Classroom Building room 214

Wednesday:

Morning: Work in Groups
Afternoon: One Talk 3:30

Thursday:

Morning: Work in Groups
Afternoon: Group Reports 2:00

Friday:

Field trip to NREL Golden, CO depart at 7:00 am