Seminar slots are assigned by lottery. Those who have a grade of Incomplete from the previous semester must go first. Students who must have a specific date due to extenuating circumstances (job assignments, advisor availability, etc.) must put their request in writing, provide justification for special consideration, and give it to the seminar chair, prior to the lottery, for consideration . If there are any conflicts that are not resolvable, trades may be arranged before the end of the lottery session. Final schedule will be posted on the department website.
A student, with the approval of his/her advisor, may change dates later in the semester only if they can find another student willing to trade with them. In this case, both students must receive approval from their advisor and the seminars must be of a similar amount of scheduled time. It is the responsibility of the students involved to notify the seminar chair, in writing, of the change. Since the website schedule will need to be revised and because of time restrictions for circulating seminar announcements, students may not change dates after the due date for submitting the seminar title.
No student will be allowed to take a grade of Incomplete after the orientation seminar on the first day of class.
All students registered for seminar must attend every seminar. There will be attendance sheets placed inside the auditorium by the entrance along with the abstracts for every seminar session. Be sure to sign in upon arrival. Attendance records will be forwarded to the Seminar Chair.
Excused absences must be obtained from the seminar chair (at his/her discretion) for circumstances that are unplanned or cannot be avoided, such as a last-minute change in work assignments or a bona fide illness. Unexcused absences will result in grade being dropped one full letter for each two seminars missed.
Part-time students whose jobs do not permit regular attendance may attend 14 seminars during two consecutive semesters. If this option is exercised, the seminar chair must be notified as soon as possible, but no later than the second week of the semester. Students should register for seminar during their second semester of attendance.
All full-time students are also expected to attend every seminar.
1. Two weeks before seminar date. Your seminar title and short abstract (see Sample A) should be approved by your advisor and submitted via email to ratzan@aesop.rutgers.edu, as an MS Word attachment. Your seminar title and short abstract will be announced by email to food science graduate students, Cook College people, other interested parties and posted on Graduate Student bulletin boards in the Food Science building.
2. The Tuesday before seminar date. Your advisor should approve your PowerPoint presentation. Your long abstract should also be approved at this time.
3. Print 40 copies of the long abstract and 40 copies of the Seminar Evaluation Sheet (please first check in the copy room to see if there are already enough printed) (available at http://www.foodsci.rutgers.edu/gseminar/reference.htm). Place those copies on the floor inside the auditorium door by 3:30 pm. Please take extra copies of long abstract with you when you leave and return extra copies of the evaluation sheets to the folder in the copy room. Your faculty advisor should be prepared to introduce you.
4. Immediately after seminar. Student and his/her advisor meet with seminar committee in Food Science Conference Room 107 for discussion and evaluation.
1. Time allowances
M.S. Plan A & Plan B presentation 20 min.
Initial Ph.D. presentation 25 min.
Final Ph.D. presentation 30 min.
Question/Answer about 5 min. (or as available, moderated by Seminar Chair)
2. Abstracts
Length: Limited to one single-sided page.
Headings: Include full title, date of seminar, presenter's name, advisor's name with department affiliation at Rutgers University, and type of seminar (M.S. Seminar or M.S. Seminar-Plan B, or Initial Ph.D. Seminar or Final Ph.D. Seminar).
Body: Include a general statement of the research problem, the principal objectives or hypothesis, why the research is important, and how the results will be used. Briefly describe the methods used. Summarize important results and findings, and state principal conclusions.
References: List fully key general references and/or specific literature citations. Journal of Food Science format for full referencing should be followed.
For example:
Liu, S. X. and L. A. Glasgow, “Conformation of Adsorbed Macromolecules and Solid-liquid Separation in Coagulation Processes,” Separations Technology, 5:139, 1995
This document was developed by previous seminar chairs and revised by the current seminar chair for the Fall 2006 Graduate Seminar.
It is the responsibility of the student(s) giving the seminar to arrange for refreshments and cleanup for the following seminar. For the first seminar, the student speaker(s) from the last seminar in the semester will be responsible for the refreshments and cleanup.
1. Purchasing food.
Refreshments should be purchased at ShopRite, Route 18 in East Brunswick, NJ
You will need to bring the following with you:
*ShopRite Card
*A copy of the Food Science Department's purchase order blanket for ShopRite
*Your student ID
Make arrangements IN ADVANCE, with Karin Conover, conover@aesop.rutgers.edu, Food Science, Room 107, to obtain the ShopRite card and purchase order blanket. The card cannot be kept overnight and it must be returned immediately.
Take these items plus your student ID card and go to the Courtesy Counter at ShopRite. Present them to the clerk who will process them and give them back to you.
Select drinks and cookies or other snacks (and supplies, i.e. cups, napkins, utensils, as needed) to a limit of $35-40, take them to the checkout register, and present the ShopRite Card and purchase order blanket to the cashier.
Return the ShopRite Card, purchase order blanket, and original cash register receipt
to Karin Conover IMMEDIATELY upon your return.