Quoting from the VT ECE Graduate Student Policy Manual:
"The Preliminary Examination is normally taken near the end of Ph.D. course work. This is an oral exam, before the student’s advisory committee that determines the student’s ability to develop scholarly research. The student presents the results of his or her current research investigations along with an outline of a proposed Ph.D. dissertation. The examination committee may also ask questions on course work and related topics, including possible written, open-ended questions prior to the oral exam."
VT SuperDARN Grad Student Nathaniel Frissell Passes PhD Preliminary Exam
By: miker on: Thu., Feb. 07, 2013 11:40 AM EST (7874 Reads)
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Nathaniel sat his PhD preliminary exam on Thursday, February 7. He presented his research plan to an advising committee consisting of seven professors. Nathaniel now enters into official PhD Candidate status. He is advised by Drs. Jo Baker and Mike Ruohoniemi.
Congratulations, Nathaniel! Nathaniel is repsonsible for the design of the SuperDARN web page and many of the web-accessible utilities. His research focuses on using the SuperDARN radars to study the causes and characteristics of the atmospheric gravity waves that give rise to travelling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs). Photo: Nathaniel poses in front of the dish of a large incoherent scatter radar located in Svalbard (Norway) during a semester of study at the world's most northern university campus. |
