Summer Internship Scheduling and Deadlines

There will be weekly meetings for all involved in the internship that are subject to change depending on scheduling and need. Meetings will be set based upon survey results of people's availability. Important deadlines for this summer include a reflection report will be due every two weeks and a final report will be required at the end. Karen, Matt, May, Monroe, and/or Po-Hsun will try to be available as much as possible for teams this summer. Feel free to schedule a meeting. If you would like to meet with Monroe, set up an appointment

Calendar (Deliverables and due dates are bolded)

Week 0

Thurs 6/10

Complete the online lab safety training by 5 PM

Week 1

Mon 6/14	Meeting: Meet your team, navigating the Wiki and scheduling Read the Team Challenges page Bring your calendar to our first meeting on Monday to schedule individual team meetings New members Create your individual wiki page
Mon 6/14 - Thurs 6/18	Meet with a Research or Design Leader and Team Leader to clarify expectations
Tues 6/15 - Fri 6/18	Intensive training for each team will be conducted by a Research or Design Leader Plan and conduct first experiment or begin working on preliminary design
Fri 6/18	Detailed Task List due by 5 PM

Week 2

Mon 6/21	Meeting: Reflection Reports
Mon 6/21 - Wed 6/23	Schedule an intensive meeting with a Research or Design Leader to learn more about your experimental apparatus, software, and/or coding and data analysis Conduct a second experiment if you are on the research team unless otherwise specified
Thurs 6/24 - Fri 6/25	For new research team members: Schedule and take a Research Quiz with a Research Leader and your team leader Work on Reflection Reports as a team utilizing the template available
Fri 6/25	Reflection Reports due at 5 PM Revised Detailed Task List due by 5 PM

Week 3

Mon 6/28	Meeting: Reflection on Reflection Reports
Mon 6/28 - Fri 7/2	Continue to work on design or research Schedule meeting with a Design or Research Leader to help if needed Begin to work on your teach ins

Week 4

Mon 7/5	Meeting: Design Team teach ins presentation
Mon 7/5 - Fri 7/10	Continue to work on design or research Work on your Reflection Reports utilizing the appropriate template
Fri 7/10	Reflection Reports due 5 PM
Fri 7/10	Midterm Peer Evaluation Form due by 5pm

Week 5

Mon 7/12	Meeting: Chemical Dose Controller, ANC Control, and Tube Floc teach ins
Mon 7/12 - Fri 7/16	Continue to work on design or research
Sat 7/17	Picnic details TBD

Week 6

Mon 7/19	Meeting: Plate Settler Spacing, Foam Filtration, and Stacked Rapid Sand Filtration teach ins
Mon 7/19 - Fri 7/23	Continue to work on design or research
Fri 7/23	Reflection Reports due 5 PM

Week 7

Mon 7/26	Meeting: Finalized Presentation for design and some research teams Begin to work on your first draft of your final wiki
Mon 7/26 - Fri 7/30	Continue to work on design or research Review the Wiki Organization Guide for help with formatting your final reports
Thu 7/29	First draft of your final wiki is due at 5 PM
Sun 8/1	First draft of wiki is handed back

Week 8

Mon 8/2	Meeting: Review of first drafts of final reports and finalized presentation for the other research teams
Mon 8/2 - Thu 8/5	Troubleshoot and add necessary code, experiments, and design to improve your final reports Revise your final report
Fri 8/6	Re-submit your final report by 5 PM
Sun 8/8	Final reports are handed back with final grades

Week 9

Mon 8/9 - Tue 8/10

Review the Wiki Organization Guide for help with formatting
Upload your final report onto the wiki
Update your individual page

Grading

Because the internship is not paid and can count for course credits, a grade will be assigned for the work that you submit. You will be evaluated based upon the professionalism, completeness and thoughtfulness of your work.

Detailed Task List 10 %

Teach-Ins 5 %
Final Presenation 5 %
Final Report 1st Draft 10 %
Final Report 2nd Draft 10 %
Uploading and Formatting Wiki 5 %
Participation, Team Work, and Evaluations 25 %

For Research teams: Reflection Reports 3 x 10% = 30 %
For Design teams: Summary of tasks 6 x 5 % = 30 %

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Syllabus Summer 2010