Course on Scientific Writing - Jan./Feb. 2020
Title
Scientific Writing.
When and Where
- January 28, 2020 from 9:30 to 12:30
- January 31, 2020 from 9:30 to 12:30
- February 4, 2020 from 9:30 to 12:30
- February 7, 2020 from 9:30 to 12:30
- February 11, 2020 from 9:30 to 12:30
- February 14, 2020 from 9:30 to 12:30
- February 18, 2020 from 9:30 to 12:30
- February 21, 2020 from 9:30 to 12:30
All lectures in Engineering Teaching Building, room B15
Topics
- Expectations for PhD students, Careers for PhD students in and outside Academia in Engineering and Sciences
- Understanding the publication process for peer‐reviewed scientific articles: metrics, impact and impact factors, open access, selecting a journal, submission, cover letter, manuscript, peer review, response to reviewers, revisions, editorial processes.
- Understanding what makes research and your results publishable.
- Scientific communication: writing, presentations, finding information.
- Writing of a scientific article (with class exercises): structure of an article (title, abstract, introduction, results, discussion, conclusions etc.), graphing and images, writing a PhD thesis, writing a proceeding, preparing a poster, preparing an abstract for conferences.
Short Bio
Thomas M. Brown investigated polymer OLEDs for his PhD at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. From 2001– 2005 he developed OTFTs and E‐Paper as Senior Engineer with Plastic Logic Ltd. In 2005 he was recipient of a ‘‘Re‐entry’’ Fellowship awarded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research and is Associate Professor at the University of Rome‐Tor Vergata. Cofounder of the Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy, his current research is in solution‐processed solar cells including perovskites, especially on flexible substrates, and bio‐hybrid devices. He is author of over 140 publications and 15 patents and is Associate Editor of Solar Energy.