Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Materials

• Error, Negligence, Misconduct, Human Subjects in Research • The Basics of Laboratory Safety • Literature Search Skills • Strategies for Reading Journal Article • Peer Review of Scientific Papers • Plagiarism • How to Document Your Research • Treatment of Research Data • How Research Is Funded • Student Research and Intellectual Property • Publication, Authorship, Patenting, Copyright and Trademark • Writing an Abstract • Presentation of Research • REU and Fellowship Opportunities for

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Holt, MSE at VT

Tagged Divisions

Materials

symposium again for 2008.The reason JUMR is a special opportunity is that it is only for undergraduate submissions. Theguidelines and review process take the students’ level into account. The students are comparedwith their peers, not with others who have significantly more experience. This protocolencourages the students to write and revise their own papers rather than having an advisor orsupervisor writing the paper and adding the student as an author.At the JUMR symposium, the undergraduate student is once again in a session that is forundergraduate presenters. The student is not compared with more experienced presenters andthey have the opportunity to present their work to their peers as well as to faculty and industryprofessionals. The