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Information for Graduate Students

This comprehensive guide presented by Jonathon D. White covers crucial aspects for graduate students, including expectations for graduation, specific requirements for Master's and PhD students, and available funding options. It details monthly stipends for funded and unfunded projects, recommended software for publications and presentations, and the process for technical reporting. This resource aims to equip students with the necessary information to navigate their academic journey successfully, allowing them to manage expectations, funding, and project-related tasks effectively.

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Information for Graduate Students

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  1. General 140831xm Type:[ ] Filename:[ ] Information for Graduate Students Presenter: Jonathon D. White Date: 2014-08-31 Version: alpha

  2. Contents • Expectations for Graduation • Funding Levels (as permit) • Recommended Software • Technical Reports • Weekly (Power Point) • Bi-annual (Documents – open office) • Ongoing Projects

  3. Graduation Expectations (Masters) 1 • Idea • Skill • Conference • Journal Paper • Thesis • Disciple

  4. Graduation Requirements (PhD) 4 • Master requirements + • With no qualifying exam, 4 points • = 4 international journal papers (1st author)

  5. Direct Funding (as permit) • Basic • PhD • Funded Project: NT$6000/month • Unfunded Project: NT$2000/month • Master • Funded Project: NT$4000/month • Unfunded Project: NT$2000/month • Undergrad • Funded Project: NT$3000/month • Unfunded Project: NT$1000/month • Accounting: NT$4000/month • Technology for personal lab use: NT$4000 every 6 months w/receipt (i.e. monitor, printer) • Published Journal Paper Increment: >=NT$2000/month • International Conference Support (with published paper) • PhD: $42,000 or more (Directly apply MOST, YZU/MOE) + $20,000 from project • Master: (from YZU/MOE) + NT$20,000 from project • Undergrad: NT$20,000 from project • YZU TA: NT$1000/month

  6. Direct Funding (as permit) – Samples • Starting (Local) Master student working on project with TA Support • Basic Salary (MOST project) NT$4,000 • TA support NT$1,000 • TOTAL NT$5,000 • 2nd Year PhD (local) student handling finances, 1 paper published, and a receipt for purchase of computer monitor • Basic Salary NT$6000 • TA Support NT$1,000 • Published Paper Increment: NT$2,000 • Accounting Increment NT$4,000 • Monitor Purchase NT$3,600 • TOTAL $16,600

  7. Direct Funding (as permit) – Samples • 2nd Year PhD student (international), 1 paper published, • YZU Scholarship NT$12,000 • Basic Salary NT$6000 • TA Support NT$1,000 • Published Paper Increment: NT$2,000 • TOTAL $21,000 • Masters (International) student doing own thing • YZU Scholarship NT$8,000 • Basic Salary NT$2000 • TA Support NT$1,000 • TOTAL NT$11,000

  8. Recommended Software • Publishing and Presentations: • OpenOffice for general word processing, spreadsheets • CorelDraw (12) for diagrams and Posters • Origin (6.0, 6.1, 9) for graphs • Power Point for Presentations • Daily work: • Gantt for Scheduling • Image-J for image analysis • Gnuplot for 2D plots • jEdit for editing ANSI-C gnu compiled programs • ANSI-C for simulation • LabVIEW for device control • Specialized • SDK from Andor for EMCCD • EOS utility for Cannon Camera • HMT BWTek for Ocean Optics Spectrometer

  9. Technical Reports • Weekly (Power Point) • Research (weekly) • Papers (bi-weekly) • Bi-annual Reports (DOC format, as for a published paper) • December 1 and May 1

  10. On Going Projects • Microscopy and Spectroscopy • Triplet state of Conjugated Polymers • Graphene reduction and oxidation • Quenching of Single Polymer emission by Graphene • Light Scattering of nano-objects in thin films • Financial Applications of Physics (Chiu students) • LIFI

  11. Problems & Next Steps

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