Biological+Design+PhD+Graduation+Progress

Biological Design Graduate Program Handbook (2011-2012) folder C:\kurt\storage\CIM Research Folder\DR\2012\9-24-12 "C:\kurt\storage\CIM Research Folder\DR\2012\9-24-12\2011-2012 Biological Design Graduate ProgramHANDBOOK.doc" Note that my 2008 class took the core course as BDE 598

Summary of my student information for the biological design program (this has things like awards and meetings attended) "F:\kurt\storage\CIM Research Folder\DR\2013\6-15-13\Kurt Whittemore Biological Design PhD Information 6-15-13.docx"

84 credit hours required As of 1-7-13 I have earned 116 credits

Graduation documents that outline graduation deadline and procedures as well as graduate college electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) C:\kurt\storage\CIM Research Folder\DR\2012\8-9-12\Graduation documents Graduation Deadline Dates "C:\kurt\storage\CIM Research Folder\DR\2012\8-9-12\Graduation documents\Graduation deadline and procedures 2012-2013.pdf" Progress on meeting deadlines -I have already applied for graduation -Next I need to schedule an oral defense of a thesis/dissertation

Some Notes
 * defense must be scheduled within 10 working days of the planned defense date (there are certain dates during the academic year during which students cannot hold an oral defense of a thesis or dissertation (see GC (Graduate College) 10-Working Day Calendar))
 * complete draft of document must be submitted 10 days before defense date (use Format Tool prior to submission to the format office); Survey of Earned Doctorates form must also be submitted to gradformat@asu.edu
 * Note that supplementary files such as spreadsheets of research data can also be submitted with dissertation

Dissertation Portal started 8-20-12

Questions I have as of 8-20-12 At what point will I have my iPOS approved? Will I have all of the courses I need on my iPOS? What is the required format for my dissertation? What tool should I use to create the citations in my dissertation? What format should my citations be in? What is the difference between a thesis and a dissertation? >The general consensus from here >http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetweenThesisDissertation/bkrxg/post.htm >seems to be that a thesis is for a Masters degree and a dissertation is for a PhD doctoral degree. If the research for a dissertation involves multiple loosely related projects, is it okay to have separate method/result/etc. sections for each project or is this rarely done? Kathy thinks it would be good to have separate sections

Can I include diagrams from other papers in my dissertation if I reference them?
 * It looks like if I do I have to obtain written permission from the author or publisher.

Other Biological Design Cograduates (other people graduating around Spring 2013 like I plan to as of 1/3/12) Cosmo, Krupa, Tomasz Clinton Mielke , Krupa Navalkar , Tomasz Kalinowski 