Lecture material may vary, but due dates are fixed. Visit this page for updates.
| Date | Topic | Assignment Due |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | Welcome; Introduction to the Art of Estimation | |
| Sept 3 | Career Wordlines | HW 1 |
| Sept 10 | Career Wordlines | HW 2 |
| Sept 17 | An Astronomy Illini in Aerospace | HW 3 |
| Sept 24 | Dimensional Analysis | HW 4 |
| Oct 1 | Presenting Your Results: the Art of Scientific Talks | HW 5 |
| Oct 8 | Finding and Advisor and Succeeding as a Thesis Student | HW 6 |
| Oct 15 | Order of Magnitude Derby | No HW this week! |
| Oct 23 | Keeping Up With the Jonses: Literature Searches | nothing due this time |
| Oct 30 | Guest Lecture by Junior Faculty | HW 7: over email |
| Nov 5 | The Buckingham Pi Theorem | nothing due this time |
| Nov 12 | Ethics | nothing due this time |