Jacob Group Student Forum

Student Forum Speaker List 2011-2012

10/20 Chris Miller (R), Bess Corbitt (T): "How does the current implementation of dry deposition work?"
11/03 Eloïse Marais (R), Helen Amos (T): "How does the current implementation of wet deposition work?"
11/17 Kevin Wecht (R), Amos Tai (T): "Basics of R + examples from statistics"
12/06* Bess Corbitt (R), Patrick Kim (T): "How to run nexted grid simulations"
12/20* Qiaoqiao Wang (R), Michael Long (T): "EOF/ PCA/ Factor analysis + example scripts"
01/12 Hannah Horowitz (R), Peter Zoogman (T): "The basics of organic chemistry"
01/26 Shannon Koplitz (R), Eloïse Marais & Chris Miller (T): "The basics of isoprene oxidation"
02/09 Katie Travis (R), Tom Breider (T): "Greenhouse gases: who, why, how important, past and future trends"
02/23 Lei Zhu (R), Qiaoqiao Wang (T): "How does the tagged carbon simulation work in GEOS-Chem?"
03/08 Justin Parrella (R), Kevin Wecht (T): "How does the adjoint to GEOS-Chem work?"
03/22 Lee Murray (R), Shannon Koplitz & Katie Travis (T): "Plotting in Matlab basics + examples"
04/05 Peter Zoogman (R), Hannah Horowitz (T): "How are rate constants calculated from laboratory experiments?"
04/19 Helen Amos (R), Justin Parrella (T): "What can you do with your atmospheric chemistry PhD outside of academia?"
05/03 Amos Tai (R), Lei Zhu (T): "Air quality laws in China"
05/17 Patrick Kim (R), Raluca Ellis (T): "The basics of ISORROPIA"
05/31 tbd

R: research presentation, T: tutorial presentation.
*Indicates alternate time at Tuesday 5pm.

OBJECTIVE

The forum is a place to explain research, ask questions, discuss problems, and get solutions from each other. It is a relaxed an interactive venue where everyone is encouraged to ask questions and exchange ideas, however basic. In addition to research conversations, the forum also exists to pass on advice about courses, qualifying exams, writing papers, giving talks and to socialize.

LOGISTICS

• Frequency: Every two weeks, Thursdays 5-6 pm in Pierce Hall 100F
• Who: Undergraduates, Graduate students and first-year post-docs in the Jacob-Logan group
• Food and drinks: Courtesy of Jacob group
• Speakers: Speakers will rotate among graduate students. If a speaker cannot attend, the speaker should arrange for trade and modify webpage accordingly and not bug the facilitator.
• Facilitators role: Senior graduate students will serve as facilitators organize the speaker list, arrange food, and keep the meeting on time. The facilitators are not in charge of finding replacement speakers. (Currently - Bess Sturges Corbitt (corbitt at seas) and Lee Murray (murray at seas))
  

FORMAT

1. Round table. 20 minutes. Tell us what you're doing, obstacles you've encountered, solutions you've discovered. Bring a graph if it helps you explain. This is also an opportunity to discuss courses, fellowship applications, upcoming talks, etc.
2. Research presentations: 20 minutes.
   • a research update. Talking about methods, assumptions and analysis can generate great discussions. Results and conclusions are not required!
   • a practice talk for a conference or qualifying exam or defense,
   • a tutorial on some part of someone's work (e.g., explaining an adjoint, the chemistry of SOA, how do we parameterize lightning in the model, ozone chemistry, mercury, pan chemistry)
   • a literature review for someone's new project
3. Tutorial presentation. 20 minutes. Presentation on a topic of practical use for doing research in our group. Topics are selected from a list generated by the forum at the beginning of the year. Topics range from explaining specific modules in GEOS-Chem to working with IDL to reviewing chemistry concepts. If possible, make a handout on your topic to add to our growing collection (see below for examples).

DOCUMENTS

• Structure of GEOS-Chem by Claire Carouge - an overview of the structure of GEOS-Chem routines and explanation of grep. (June 2009)
• Atmospheric Sciences Computing Resources - Tips & Tricks by Philippe Le Sager - an introduction to our computational resources, Unix commands, and TCSH scripting. (June 2009)
• Bob Y.'s Quick Introduction to PERL by Bob Yantosca - an introduction to PERL scripting. (June 2009)
  • PERL Example 1 - How to print text.
  • PERL Example 2 - How to declare variables.
  • PERL Example 3 - How to pass arguments.
  • PERL Example 4 - How to read/write text to a file.
  • PERL Example 5 - How to match and edit strings.
  • PERL Example 6 - How to pass arguments to subroutines.
• Working with Color in IDL by Christopher Holmes - a primer emphasizing the GAMAP tools. (March 2007)
• The PBS Queue System by Christopher Holmes - an explanation of the queue system and list of available queues. (September 2006)
• Adding gas phase chemistry to GEOS-Chem by May Fu - a check list of modifications for adding gas phase chemistry. (June 2007)
• Organic compounds in GEOS-Chem by May Fu - intro to VOCs in GEOS-Chem. (June 2007)
• Adding photolysis to GEOS-Chem by Justin Parrella - Brief overview of Fast-J with a check list of modifications for adding new photolysis. (June 2011)

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