The Council on Undergraduate Research email list recently shared an article focused on outcomes in a first-year research course. Here is a link to the article: https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.18-07-0126 . Hopefully faculty will find this helpful.
Alternative Academic Poster Format Proposed by Mike Morrison
Mike Morrison has proposed, and shared, some alternatives to traditional academic posters. They appear rather exciting, and I hope some folks decide to try these out at AES.
Registering for a Poster Session: A Guide!
Please find below a PDF with instructions on how to register for a Poster Session!
Registering for an Open Session: A Guide
Please find below a PDF with instructions on how to register for an Open Session!
Registering for a Sponsored Session: PDF guide
Please find below a PDF with instructions on how to register for a Sponsored Session!
PURE ByLaws!
If you have ever wondered how PURE governs itself, here’s the answer! Check out this delicious reading!
PURE-ByLaws_for_Exec_Comm (changes ratified 16 Nov 2018) CURRENT
ASL & AES: Accessing Sessions
If you are planning to attend AES on Thursday, May 30th, and would like sessions interpreted for you into ASL, please be sure to request interpreting as far in advance as possible.
To request interpreting, you just need to fill out a simple form.
AES Open Houses
PURE hosted two open houses to introduce and explain changes to AES, and to show off the new approach to poster sessions in the Columbia Rooms, on April 16th and April 24th. While there were a handful of enthusiastic attendees, we are going to cancel the last AES open house scheduled for May 21st.
If you have any questions about AES, please feel free to review the site and our blog posts–if the questions are still not answered, please email us and let us know how we can help!
Great Student Presentations from 2017: The Next Step in Nuclear Energy: The LFTR Design by Andrew Leingang
This presentation will introduce the potential of a Thorium Reactor. It will include a brief history of nuclear chemistry, some fundamentals of the science behind it and a description of how power is generated in a nuclear reactor. However, its main focus will be on examining the feasibility and potential of a Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR), the advantages of implementing it and what problems are associated with its use.
Faculty sponsor: Arlene Courtney
Great Student Presentations from 2017: Organizational Behavior Analysis of Airbnb by Rebecca Skinner, Chris Mudder and Jasbeen Kaur
Utilizing various concepts to Airbnb, including knowledge management, learning organization, transformational leadership and Kotter’s eight steps for leading and managing complex change.
Faculty sponsor: Paul Disney