Bi-Monthly Journal
This is a bi-monthly updated blog tracking Chase's progress throughout the completion of his project.
Summary of workI spent the beginning of November writing a rough draft of my Standard of Practice for my in-lab research this winter. I first made an outline, that contained these sections:
After creating these sections for the outline, I began to fill in each section, talking about the various information for each. As of now, the document is still a work in progress- each day, I have been adding various chemicals to the list of materials, researching where I can buy them, and making sure the science is there to back the content. Moving forwardBy the end of November, I hope to have a completed SOP, that is backed by my own research and actual science. I want to present this SOP as a proposal presentation to Ms. Carsley, Mr. DeMarte, Mr. Witzel, and the Eney's, to ultimately apply for funding for all of the various chemicals. This completed SOP will be comprehensive and will include all of the necessary details about the in-lab portion of this fellows.
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Summary of WorkI spent the second half of October writing various drafts of a scientific abstract for my SLR. After about 10 different drafts, I finally created my finalized, general abstract. The key to this abstract is that it merely serves as a generalized abstract. The information inside is definitely complex and encompassing of the SLR, but every journal I am currently planning to submit my SLR for publication in (including JEI, NHSJS, and IJHSR) has it own requirements about what needs to be in an abstract. So, this "general" abstract is really an all-encompassing abstract, that can be cut-down/modified/edited/supplemented to satisfy the requirements of any given journal I will encounter during this publication phase. This abstract is copied below. I also had to write numerous research supplements to multiple schools, including MIT, Caltech, and UChicago. These research supplements not only allowed me to submit my SLR to various universities, but also forced me to learn how to summarize my work in short essays simple enough for anyone to read, yet complex enough to convey the ideas of the SLR. It was good practice for later in the year, when I will present my project to the rest of the school. I would have attached these research supplement documents in this blogpost, but I believe I am not allowed to post any personal documents relating to college applications. Copy of AbstractBelow is a copy of the aforementioned abstract. Looking ForwardLooking Forward, I plan to get the SLR submitted to the various journals ASAP. I also want to research more journals that my SLR might qualify for, and look into their various requirements for publication. Finally, I hope to begin and finish my SOP by the end of November, so I may order materials for the in lab portion by December.
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