| Timothy Sullivan sullivan@kenyon.eduHayes 206MWF 11:10-12N, TTh 10:10-11AM | James Skonskonjp@kenyon.eduHayes 309cM-F 10-11 |
The Scientific Computing Capstone class is designed to be centered on a computing project chosen by the student and supervised by a mentor generally selected from the faculty of the Scientific Computing concentration. The course encourages the student to be aware and conscious of the phases a project goes through from conception to final report. As such, students will make three presentations to the class describing the current status of the project as the semester progresses. About midway through the semester and at the end of the semester, students will present their progress and results in the form of a poster and take part in a poster session involving the rest of the class and interested scientific computing faculty.
Grades in the class are based on the following elements:
- Project proposal (due Jan. 24th) – 10%
- Evaluation of three class presentations – 45%
- Evaluation of two poster presentations – 20%
- Attendance – 25%
The project proposal is due at the second class meeting (January 24th). An outline of what is expected as part of the proposal will be given out at the first class meeting.
Since active participation in presentations and their associated discussions is critical to the value of the class, attendance at every class meeting is important. The attendance grade will be an A if no more than one meeting is missed, B if two meetings are missed, and C if three meetings are missed. A student will be withdrawn from the class if a fourth meeting is missed for any reason (excused or not).
Schedule:
| Date | Activity |
| Jan 17 | Introduction |
| Jan 24 | Proposals due (individual meeting with professor) |
| Jan 31 | Presentation 1 – Project Overview |
| Feb 7 | Presentation 1 |
| Feb `14 | Presentation 1 |
| Feb 21 | Presentation 2 – Project Design |
| Feb 28 | Presentation 2 |
| Mar 21 | Presentation 2 |
| Mar 28 | Presentation 2 |
| Apr 4 | Poster session 1 |
| Apr 11 | Presentation 3 – Project Results/Demo |
| Apr 18 | Presentation 3 |
| Apr 25 | Presentation 3 |
| May 2 | Presentation 3 |
| May 9 at 8:30 a.m. | Poster Session |
We want to do everything we can so that everyone is able to fully participate in class and has a successful experience in physics. Please contact me immediately if there is anything preventing your free and open participation in class. Additionally, if you have a learning or physical disability and need accommodation, we encourage you to contact me, but more importantly, to contact Erin Salva (x5453, salvae@kenyon.edu) in the Dean of Academic Advising office to determine appropriate and effective accommodation well before any such accommodations are needed.
We also believe that each of you owns a piece of me for the high price of your tuition (and we enjoy getting to know each of you better). Please do not hesitate to take advantage of our office hours. If you have conflicts during all of our office hours, please email me to arrange an appointment. Or you can try just dropping by the office. We both spend a lot of time in our departments and, if our office door is open, we will be happy to see you.