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Posted 2010/08/20

Dong's research defense

One of the SCAPE Lab PhD students had his research defense today. This is the first time I had been to a USA style defense. It had a very similar format to my viva in England which I realise is because my advisor in the UK borrowed some of the best bits from the USA system. One thing that is different is USA students have several presentations to their research committee as they get close to graduation. In the UK you don't really talk to your committee until the day you defend.

Dong can now go away for a couple of months and prepare for his final defense (viva).