Onboarding Materials
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Welcome to the Reuel Group!
FALL/SPRING: Undergraduate researchers will need to get a project approved for 490R credit during the first 10 days of the semester. Consult with Dr. Reuel EARLY on project topic (ideally the semester before), fill out the form below, and send to Dr. Reuel for electronic signature. 490R Proposal Form (CBE) In addition you will need to sign the following 490R credit agreement form (how your grade is assigned) and email to Prof. Reuel. Reuel 490R Credit Agreement Form SUMMER: Undergraduate researchers desiring to do lab work during the summer, but are not registered as students, can do this with a 'Summer Internship with Reuel Group' (SIRG) by completing this form (sign and email to Prof. Reuel): SIRG Participation Agreement Form |
RESEARCH ROSTER
Graduate Students and Paid Employees - attend all meetings Undergraduates - invited to meetings, send updates each week [See Calendar invites for Zoom meeting and upload links] |
Safety
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WrAll researchers (undergraduate, graduate, visiting, and PI) are REQUIRED to have up to date safety training on record BEFORE working in the lab. These can be entered here (using your google account to access and edit):
Reuel Group SAFETY TRAINING SIGN OFF form You cannot work in the lab without having done these steps (check roster above to see if you are cleared). Also remember that the following PPE is required at all times in our labs: - Safety glasses - Long pants - Closed toe shoes Lab coats are required for hazardous or dirty processes. All PPE is available in our lab. If not, have a graduate student mentor order the appropriate PPE. 100% compliance is expected. This is good training for industry where it will be expected for you to keep your job. CBE Safety FAQ Booklet CBE EHS Booklet Writing SOP Handbook (need ISU connection) |
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Reporting
Careful note taking is essential to good science. Undergraduate students should bring their own spiral bound notebook for this course. Paid workers should use laboratory grade notebooks that will be left after they graduate (see Dr. Reuel for these).
In addition to your records, you should report results each week. Use the following templates and links to update on your work. Please make sure that all plots and data representations are 'shareable.' They do NOT need to be perfect, publication quality, but axes should be labeled and we should be able to look back on it in 3-4 weeks and recall what was going on. If you have DATA FILES in addition to your slides that you want to reference, you can either link to them in your slides or submit as zipped folder.
Naming convention: lastname_YYYY_MM_DD_GM.ext, where GM is changed to SM for subgroup slides.
Group Meeting
Purpose of weekly group meeting - to coordinate on lab matters, team building, practice talks, and to update the group on your research and get feedback as needed. Each graduate student will present 2-3 times per year. Graduate students, staff, and post-docs should present with this template: Group Meeting Template. Slides can be uploaded to the BOX folder or directly here:
In addition to your records, you should report results each week. Use the following templates and links to update on your work. Please make sure that all plots and data representations are 'shareable.' They do NOT need to be perfect, publication quality, but axes should be labeled and we should be able to look back on it in 3-4 weeks and recall what was going on. If you have DATA FILES in addition to your slides that you want to reference, you can either link to them in your slides or submit as zipped folder.
Naming convention: lastname_YYYY_MM_DD_GM.ext, where GM is changed to SM for subgroup slides.
Group Meeting
Purpose of weekly group meeting - to coordinate on lab matters, team building, practice talks, and to update the group on your research and get feedback as needed. Each graduate student will present 2-3 times per year. Graduate students, staff, and post-docs should present with this template: Group Meeting Template. Slides can be uploaded to the BOX folder or directly here:
Group Meeting Agenda
5 min - Paper needs + announcements from Dr. Reuel
5 min - Safety update
30 min - Lightning Paper Review (60s each)
20 min - Research update ( 1 to 2 students), see Teams page for schedule
5 min - Paper needs + announcements from Dr. Reuel
5 min - Safety update
30 min - Lightning Paper Review (60s each)
20 min - Research update ( 1 to 2 students), see Teams page for schedule
Subgroup Meetings
Purpose of weekly subgroup meeting - to go in DEPTH on the recent work and develop plans for coming week.
Graduate students use the following template - GRA template
Undergraduates use the following template - URA template
If you are on holiday, do not submit, [or you can submit with a picture of you relaxing, hiking, etc.]
NOTE to undergraduates - you need to keep up with your lab hours (3 hr per research credit)
TEAM meeting updates - upload via your calendar link
1:1 updates - upload via calendar link OR on Reuel Group Teams page in your channel
Purpose of weekly subgroup meeting - to go in DEPTH on the recent work and develop plans for coming week.
Graduate students use the following template - GRA template
Undergraduates use the following template - URA template
If you are on holiday, do not submit, [or you can submit with a picture of you relaxing, hiking, etc.]
NOTE to undergraduates - you need to keep up with your lab hours (3 hr per research credit)
TEAM meeting updates - upload via your calendar link
1:1 updates - upload via calendar link OR on Reuel Group Teams page in your channel
