Day 1

Opening

8:30 – 9:00

Registration

9:00 – 9:10

Opening of the workshop

Mr. Yihang Jiang (PMO)

9:10 – 9:20

Brief introduction of the workshop

Mr. Isao Endo (PMO)

9:20 – 9:30

Introduction of participants

Part I - Writing Effective Proposals

9:30 – 10:30

·         Structure of a typical research proposal

·         Function of the subsections and what a typical research proposal should contain

·         Statistical analysis and experimental design

(L)

Prof. Chris Craft (Indiana Univ.)

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee break

10:50 – 12:20

·         References (in-text citations and bibliographic list)

·         Effective presentation of data, including the use of tables and figures

·         Writing exercise: Organizing and presenting data in tables and figures. Preparation/presentation of references

(L + H)

12:30 – 13:30 

Lunch

Part II - Writing an Effective Report

13:30 – 15:00

·         Structure of a typical research paper

·         Organization of the abstract

·         Acknowledgement of sources (intellectual property and plagiarism)

·         Use of International System of Units (the metric system)

(L)

Prof. Chris Craft (Indiana Univ.)

15:00 – 15:20

Coffee break

15:20 – 17:00

·         Writing Exercise: Composing abstracts for presentations, proposals and research papers

(H)

18:00 – 20:30

Reception

Day 2

9:00 – 10:30

·         Environmental Monitoring

(L)

Prof. Chris Craft (Indiana Univ.)

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee break

10:50 – 11:50

·         Follow-up on unfinished writing assignments from Day 1, if any

·         Summary of the Workshop

Prof. Chris Craft (Indiana Univ.)

11:50 – 12:00

Closing of the workshop

Mr. Yihang Jiang (PMO)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

Field trip

Specific plan to be determined