Invention Disclosure Form+ CTV Inventor’s guide:
Columbia Technology Ventures Inventors’ Guide
Links to Software:
Malwarebytes antivirus/malware software (Columbia students: use this)
Link to Autodesk Inventor design software (free with .edu email address)
XPSPeak software for fitting XPS Spectra (freely available)
Software (Including Matlab) available to Columbia students
Reference & Citation Management Software available to Columbia students (EndNote, Zotero)
Mendeley Reference management software (freely available)
links for Lab activities:
General lab resources:
Columbia University Clean Room and instructions to install Badger software
Columbia University Templates, Logos & Guidelines
Esposito Research group expectations for undergraduate and MS researchers.
Submit an online request for facilities to address an issue in the lab (CU uni required).
Safety-oriented resources:
Columbia University Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) homepage
Columbia University Safety EHS safety training schedules
CU Chemical Tracking System (ChemTracker) online chemical inventory for our group to track chemicals in our lab.
Chemical Hygiene Plan and LATCH
Columbia University Clean Room and instructions to install Badger software
General safety reminders for Esposito group researchers
Safety Training Consortium – Resources for PIs, including OSHA Lab Safety Guidance
Slides on special safety topics:
Resources for literature searches & Reviewing papers:
Presentation Slides on “Searching, Reading, and Extracting Information from Journal Articles“. (I am happy to provide the pptx file upon email request).
CU Science & Engineering Library – Useful Links.
Web of Science (access for Columbia University students)
SHARPA-RoMEO database of journal policies on archiving and depositing articles.
M. Stiller-Reeve, “How to Write a Thorough Peer Review“, 2018, Nature, with link to a useful peer review worksheet/guide.
Guidelines for Presentations and Scientific Writing:
Presentation_Guidelines_Esposito_Research_Group
ACS guidelines on presenting electrochemical data and procedures.
Guide to writing a scientific paper: Whitesides’ Group: Writing a Paper
Ph.D. Program/Thesis Information:
Distribution, Defense, and Deposit of the Dissertation
Milestones for Ph.D. students in the Columbia Chemical Engineering Department
Graduate student handbook for the Columbia Chemical Engineering Department
Sustainable Energy Job Opportunities & Career Info:
US DOE Clean Energy Corps job opportunities
Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2018 report
2020 Princeton Report on Net-Zero America (including impact on jobs)
U.S. DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Career Map
Renewable energy related internships:
DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) Program
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