Examinations graduate students

The physical chemistry examination sets have included three subject area examinations in thermodynamics, dynamics, and quantum mechanics. These examinations would be most useful at institutions on the quarter system where they could be used as final examinations in the respective courses. The final examination in the set is a comprehensive examination covering all three areas of physical chemistry. This comprehensive examination is designed to be used at the conclusion of the year-long course in physical chemistry. In practice however, its most common use is probably as an entrance examination for graduate students. This use raises the question of what material should be on the comprehensive examination because of the nature of its use. Is the... 

The following guidelines provide some tips on how to write a good experimental section which will be acceptable to a thesis examiner or journal referee. The recommendations in this section are provided so that preparation of that crucial manuscript will be a straightforward task and not the nightmare encountered by many graduate students upon writing-up. 

The LIFE article presented pictures and short descriptions of undergraduate and graduate students as well as the founding fathers and some of the great scientists at Caltech. Like Emory, Caltech was all male and operated on the honor system. Teachers handed out examinations and left the room students were honor botmd not to cheat and were honor bound to report any cheating that they observed. 

A mimeographed edition of Biochemical Calculations was used by more than 800 students on the Davis campus during 1966-1967. Most of the students were enrolled in our general biochemistry course. Many others were graduate students studying for their M.S. and Ph.D. examinations. It was the response of these students that prompted me to submit the book for publication and general distribution. 

Figure 4-6 shows that total U.S. graduate enrollment in chemistry was relatively flat between 1983 and 2004. However, examination of the residence status of graduate students shows a steady decline in the number of U.S. citizens/permanent residents enrolled in chemistry graduate programs. 

Moulder s contention of metabolic similarities would eventually be shown to be incorrect however, examination of the basis for his conclusion allows an appreciation of how concepts and techniques can influence interpretation. In 1944, the United States Office of Scientific Research and Development was created with a Board for the Coordination of Malaria Studies to better understand the mode of action of anti-malarials in order to protect United States troops in Southeast Asia, North America and the Pacific. A member of that Board was W. Mansfield Clark (1884-1964), Professor of Physiological Chemistry (1927-1952) at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His colleague in the department was Leslie Hellerman (1896-1981) whose work focused on metallo-enzyme functions. Hellerman and his student, Marianna Bovarnick (1911-1995), involved themselves in the testing of the biochemical effects of atabrine. Another malaria project was sponsored at Harvard under A. Baird Hastings, chair of the Department of Biological Chemistry, also a member of the Board. Eric Ball (1904—1979) was a graduate student and then a faculty member in Mansfield Clark s department at Johns Hopkins (1930-1939) and spent 1... 

When I review or study a paper, I start the same way. Then I read, or read again, the abstract and introduction. These sections should give a clear picture of the bottom line conclusions and outline the experimental basis for them. I read the Results and Discussion section and take notes on areas that might be presented more clearly or raise scientific questions that require further examination. Then I examine the Experimental section to be sure that sufficient information is presented clearly enough so that the experiments could be repeated by a first-year graduate student. 

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