Student-Faculty Project Proposal: PHYS 351/353 - Senior Project

(version September 1, 2011)

This form should be used to formalize arrangements for a senior project. The advisor(s) and student should make an electronic copy and complete it. The (or an) advisor should then send it by electronic mail to CasePhysSenProj@gmail.com. What is sent should include the agreement that follows the line below together with the information requested from the student and advisor. It is expected that the abstract will be composed collaboratively by the student and advisor. The objectives may be composed primarily by the advisor. The expectations for abstract and objectives will be described to the students in Phys 351/352. The abstract should be similar to that required for grant proposals to federal agencies, or to prior Senior Project abstracts. The objectives should be similar to a "bullet list" of objectives or specific aims in a grant proposal to a federal agency. The project abstract and objectives will be approved or discussed with the student and advisor within a week of receipt.

By submitting this contact, names, title, abstract and objectives the advisor affirms that he/she agrees to supervise the student for the project described. She/he also affirms that she/he and the student have discussed the conditions / contract below and that each affirm that they will conform to it. If there is more than one advisor, then it is preferred that all advisors sign the contract. In any case, the submitting advisor affirms that all advisors and the student have discussed and agreed to the conditions and contract.

Contract

  1. The Physics Senior Project is a 3 credit course each semester. The student should spend approximately 9 hours a week on it. Of this the seminar takes approximately 2. The student agrees to spend (on average) at least 7 hours a week for two terms working on the project, exclusive of time spent in the seminar. The advisor or advisors and student have discussed when they will meet consistent with the student achieving these objectives, and affirm that they will adjust this schedule as appropriate.
  2. The work which will be done will not be work for which the student is paid, nor will it be part of a requirement for another course. The work may be related to work for which the student is paid, or to work for other courses, or a continuation of work for which a student has previously been paid or obtained course credit but it is not the same, and there is a way to clearly separate it from such other work.
  3. The project will contain significant technical content, appropriate to a physics senior project.
  4. The student and advisor or advisors will promptly advise one or both of the cochairs of the Senior Project Committee if there is a substantial change in the objectives of the project, if fulfilling the broad objectives of the project becomes impossible, if there is a change of advisor or other substantial change.
  5. The student and advisor agree to inform one or both of the of the cochairs of the Senior Project Committee if there is a substantial likelihood that the project as currently constituted has a signficant likelihood of not having a successful completion e.g. if meetings are not occurring or if work is not progressing at an acceptable rate.
  6. The abstract is appropriate for posting on the (publicly available) Physics Senior Projects abstracts web-page. The people in charge of this course will be advised if poster or paper is not appropriate for posting on the (publicly available) Physics Senior Projects Senior Projects Posters web-page.
  7. While it is expected that abstract is written jointly by the student and advisor, the student will be the primary author, with the advice and editing of the advisor, of the proposal, poster and final report.

Student's name: __________________________________________

Faculty / Advisors name: ___________________________________

Title of the proposed project:

Abstract for the proposed project:

Objectives / Specific Aims