The independent
Project/Report gives you an opportunity to: (1) go
beyond course material and explore, in more detail, a topic or subject
that has been or will be covered in class, (2) explore a topic or
subject that will not be covered in class, (3) design and construct a
classroom demonstration of a phenomenon in atmospheric electricity, (4)
design and construct a sensor for an atmospheric electricity
measurement of some
kind or (5) some combination of the above.
You are free to focus on
any scientific or technical aspect of atmospheric electricity that you
are interested in; experimental studies are particularly
encouraged.
You may also be asked (but
not required) to give a short
10-15 minute
presentation to the class.
Your Project/Report can represent a significant fraction
(15%) of your overall grade. You should submit a title and
one-page
preliminary plan for your report to the course instructor by Tue., Feb.
5.
Your plan should include a statement of why you think the topic is
important or interesting and a few references or other sources
that you plan to
use in your work. The final report should represent your best
effort in technical writing, and you will be graded on the
organization and the clarity of the English as well as the
content. Your final report should be turned in no later than
Tuesday Apr. 16 (two weeks before the last class meeting).
Be creative, and feel free to build on your own interests, but please
do not report on a present or past sponsored research project.
The Project/Report should represent new and original work from this
semester and should not duplicate any work that you may have done in
the past.