Physics EEs with Steve

If you want me to supervise your Physics EE you must agree to meet the following deadlines. Your 2 nd
years whom I supervised are Ephrem, Thomas, Eric, Susanna and Anthony - you may want to talk to them
about how useful, or not, they found these deadlines. Remember to keep your EE ideas simple in analysis,
eg investigating how 2 variables x and y are related while keeping several other variables constant.
Steve
21 February 2005

Date

Target

Thu 24 Feb
(before Project Week)

Have an approved topic for your EE. This means you will need to meet with
me before Wed 23rd to discuss your proposals, and make necessary changes
to ensure approval.
Your proposal must include a completed Planning (a).

Fri 11 March
(1 week after PW)

Submit completed Planning (b).

Wed 23 March
(3rd week after PW)

Completed initial trials to determine reliability of your Pl(b) method over

sufficient range of data. Make necessary changes over next 2 weeks.

Tue 29 March

Amended Pl(b) to allow sufficient relevant data collection. Enough data

analysis completed to check viability of EE.

Fri 22 April

Completed data collection and initial data analysis with graphs.

Use the time from end April until you leave in late May for checking data
and completing any extension work.

Mon 22 Aug
(1st day year 2)

Submit 1st draft of EE. This includes full analysis of data with all graphs and
full outline of Method. Must include all other sections except Abstract and
Conclusion (ie Table of Contents, Table of Figures, Introduction and
background theory, Method, Data Analysis and graphs, Error Analysis)
although these other sections need not be finished. Either print out for me or
email to me (su@lpcuwc.edu,hk) with single Word file.

Fri one week before

China Week begins

Submit final assessable draft.

Assessable means complete and of a high enough standard to receive at
least a pass. This will be returned to you with feedback before the beginning
of China Week. You will have China Week to polish your EE - make the
often minor changes to raise the standard to whatever you believe is worth
the effort.

First Mon after China

Week

Submit final EE. No further changes may be made.