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SENIORS

CHEM. 191A MEMBERS 2006_7

COORDINATORDr. Garza

Brown, Zachary West Duff-Amsel, David

Edens, Eric Clark Farina-Henry, Samuel Joseph

Hall, Evan Thomas Hickstein, Daniel Durand Johnson, Lewis Elwood V.

Lazar, Daniel Chesnaye Palmerton, Alec

Poindexter, Kathryn Schiro, Mara Elizabeth

Sheu, Tommy Wellman, Daniel Lind

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SENIOR THESIS-Fall 2006 Look at the chem. Web page under

Course Web Page 191 Senior Thesis - Thesis Planning

Guide 191 Senior Thesis - Syllabus 191 Senior Thesis - Student Abstracts

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ORGANIZATION LIST 2006-7

Step by step instructions. It couldn’t get any easier

a) Thesis abstract/proposal Send me an electric version of it. It must be in all faculty mailboxes by Monday, Sep. 18, 2006 at noon.

b) http://www.chemistry.pomona.edu Use the info and refer to guidelines in the web related to senior thesis.

READ ALL THIS INFOSENIOR THESIS SYLLABUS

FIRSTDEADLINE

c) Attend all the seminars. Professor Johal is in charge of the seminars.

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Prof. Taylor will be available to show you on a one-on-one basis the program EndNote to search for chemical literature.

USING EndNote if you have not used it before.

Millions of researchers, scholarly writers, students, and librarians use EndNote (patent pending) to search online bibliographic databases, organize their references and images, and create bibliographies and figure lists instantly. Instead of spending hours typing bibliographies, or using index cards to organize their references, they do it the easy way—by using EndNote! EndNote for Windows and Macintosh is a valuable all-in-one tool that integrates the following tasks into one program: Search bibliographic databases on the Internet Organize references and images in a database Construct your paper with built-in manuscript templates Watch the bibliography and figure list appear as you write!

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GIVE COPIES OF ABSTRACT TO 8FACULTY MEMBERS Crane, E. J. Garza-López, Roberto A. Grieman, Fred J. O'Leary, Daniel J. (Head of the dpt). Oxtoby, David W. Selassie, Cynthia R.D. Steinmetz, Wayne E. Taylor, Charles Negritto, Tina

I need an electronicversion of it.

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SENIORS DOING EXP. THESIS Register for Chem. 199 - usually 1/2 credit = 4-6

hours in lab/week. So you need 191a and 199 If you are only analyzing summer results or are doing

a literature thesis, you do not have to sign up for 199. You don’t sign up for 199 next semester.

Talk to your advisor about it.

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ORGANIZATION LIST 2005-6 continuation

c) A passing grade in 191 A permits you to take Chemistry 191 B

d) An annotated bibliography of your literature search is due to the senior thesis coordinator and your advisor Wednesday, October 18, 2006. This is the Wednesday following the Fall break.

SECOND DEADLINE

e) Learn how to use PowerPoint software effectively to facilitate presentation. Don’t make it the focus, make it a tool!

f) While working on the written portion, you may examine previous senior thesis in the department office

THESE STAY IN THE DEPARTMENT OFFICE! DO NOT TAKETHEM OUT OF THE BUILDING!

TELL US HOW YOU ARRIVE AT THIS

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Progress Report and Background Introduction

g) Continue work on your project.  At the end of the semester, submit a short progress report and a

background introduction of your topic (4pgs.min) to the senior thesis coordinator

and your advisor.  The report should discuss what has been accomplished

during the semester and set plans for work to be completed during the following semester.  The background report should

Indicate why your problem is important based on the literature Search you did.

h) The report and background intro are due on the last day of classes. Wednesday, Dec. 6 2006

THIRD DEADLINE

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Chem 191 b Spring 2006i) An orientation meeting will be held very early in the semester when concrete deadlines will be given j) Continue to analyze the literature and/or collect data in the laboratory.

k) Assemble the information into a coherent picture, identify holes, and attempt to fill them with furtherexperimentation and searching of the literature.

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What else?l) Attend planning meetings with faculty advisorm) Meet with advisors on a regular basis. Remember; this is a process, not a single presentation or written document.

The success rate on thesis is directly proportionalto contact level with advisors.

n) Schedule a practice session for your seminar during the preceding week (NO LATER)

o) Practice with friends/discussant following formal practice session

THE MORE THE BETTER.

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SUBMISSIONS AND FINAL STEPSp) Electronically submit your abstract (to Lori Bell and me) two weeks prior to the thesis presentation.

check with Lori Bell that she is getting your abstract as you want it. THIS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE PROGRAM

q) Give formal presentation. Dress properly. Make certain your discussant introduces you and go for it! EXPECT QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION OF YOUR PRESENTATION

Submit a copy of the presentation on disk(if you use PowerPoint) to me the day before or just after presentations are given.Thursday and Friday, March 8 & 9, 2007 (FRIDAY BEFORE SPRING BREAK so PLAN accordingly.)

DEADLINE 4

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WE GO OUT AND CELEBRATE

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FINALLY!!!!m) Submit two unbound copies of your thesis. Monday April 9, 2007 at 5pm. first submission

This is not a rough draft. Your first andsecond reader must get this to make corrections.

SIXTH CRITICALDEADLINE

We evaluate presentations and give feedback for the final round.

The two readers will carefully read the thesis and provide you with their evaluations.  Use their input to revise your thesis and submit one final, bound copy of the thesis as well as the two previously submitted copies with the readers' comments to the coordinator of the senior thesis on the sixth Monday after the spring break (Monday, April 23, 2007). This bound copy will become the permanent archival copy.  It is considered a courtesy to provide your two readers with a bound copy of the final version.

FIFTH CRITICALDEADLINE