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EE394J10
Fall
2012
Distributed
Generation
Technologies
(Go Back to
Prof. Alexis Kwasinski's web page)
New Announcements
- The order and dates for the presentations have been uploaded in
blackboard in a xls file. Please, let me know in case you have trouble
accessing it. All presentations should not last longer than 8 minutes +
1 minute for questions. Tip: estimate about 1 minute for each slide.
All students need to participate in their team presentation. That is,
if you are working in pairs, both you and your partner need to present
a portion of your work. The presentations are graded considering a
maximum score of 100. Errors
or issues take out points from this maximum score of 100. The most
relevant
rules I consider when grading the presentations are:
Minor error = -1
Average error = -3
Conceptual/important error = -5
Presentation exceeding 9 minutes long = -5 for the first minute + (-3)
for each additional minute thereafter.
Format issues (e.g. small font or plot that cannot be read) = -3
Incomplete presentation = -5
Unclear presentation (e.g. difficult to understand what you are trying
to say) = -3 to -5 depending on the severity
These are the main grading rules that I will apply for the
presentations. I may take out points for some other unexpected issue
not listed
here but, in almost all presentations I listened in the past, these
rules
contemplate
all possible situations and errors that may or may not end up making
you loose
some points.
- All students need also come on the day they are not presenting but
others are presenting. An absence on the day when you are not
presenting without previous notification to me will be penalized with 5
points substracted from your presentation score.
Old Announcements
- Office hours on Monday 11/26 from 3:30 pm
to 4:30 pm are canceled.
- A sample presentation based on
this sample paper can be downloaded from here.
- The papers are graded considering a
maximum score of 100. Errors
or issues take out points from this maximum score of 100. The most
relevant
rules I consider when grading the final projects are:
Minor error = -1
Average error = -3
Conceptual/important error = -5
Missing references = -5
Few references, not called = -3
References wrongly referenced = -4
Excessive use of references (i.e. implicit paraphrasing) =
-10
Missing part = -5
Part short or little insights= -3
paper short = -3
paper too short = -5
paper longer than 10 pages long = -3 (-2 extra point for
each extra page over 11 pages long so a 12 page long paper will loose 5
points
and a 13 page long will loose 7 points). References do not count for
the total page length. All other content counts towards the 10-page
long limit.
writing style or plot unclear = -2 to -5 (depending the
severity)
format issues (e.g. fig unclear) = -2
These are the main grading rules that I will apply for the
final project. I may take out points for some other unexpected issue
not listed
here but, in almost all papers I graded in the past, these rules
contemplate
all possible situations and errors that may or may not end up making
you loose
some points.
- Homework assignment #5 can be downloaded from here.
- On 11/21 I will have my office hours from 1 pm to 2 pm.
- Homework assignment #4 can be downloaded from here
- Comment about HW#1: In order to address a
question asked in a recent
lecture class regarding how to develop and simplify a dynamic model for
a fuel cell, I have rushed to prepare a document that I hope will serve
to answer this question. However, I decided to also use this
opportunity in order to provide a rough example of what your final
project may look like. Please, don't consider this document as being in
a perfect stage of development. Since I wanted to have it finished
quickly for you it may still have some errors (typos, writing style
issues, may be even a missing reference here or there) but,
nevertheless, it should still provide a general idea of the structure
of your final paper and how to approach writing it. That is, don't take
this document as a literal word by word instruction manual to
writing your project report but rather as a general guide (e.g. I am
quite sure I am not following some of the tips in the paper writing
tips ppt such as use of prepositional phrases and first person). Of
course, if you find errors or have suggestions, please, feel free to
let me know about them. Access this
document here.
- Another comment about HW#1 (and future homework assignments): Please,
notice
that one of the course requirements listed in the syllabus is that
students should have a "Strong familiarity with at least one computer
simulation software." So, unfortunately, not achieving successful
results in a simulation due to not being familiar with a simulation
software package may make you loose some points in your homework
assignment grades.
- The new due date for current homework assignment (#2) is postponed to
10/22.
- Homework assignment #3 can be downloaded from here
- I have posted the second homework assignment
with weeks 6 to 8 class
material. Please, see below.....
- Please, download the first homework assignment
from here.
- Welcome. I will post announcements here.
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