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Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volume 55, 2023

Advancing Access to Cutting-Edge Tabletop Science

Abstract

Hands-On Research in Complex Systems Schools provide an example of how graduate students and young faculty working in resource-constrained environments can apply key mindsets and methods of tabletop experiments to problems at the frontiers of science. Each day during the Schools’ two-week program, participants work in small groups with experienced tabletop scientists in interactive laboratories on topics drawn from diverse disciplines in science and technology. Using modern low-cost tools, participants run experiments and perform associated data analysis together with mathematical and computational modeling. Participants also engage in other scientific professional activities; in particular, they learn best practices for communicating their results visually, orally, and in writing. In this way, the Hands-On Schools foster the development of scientific leaders in low- and middle-income countries.

Keyword(s): graduate education, research under resource constraints, science in LMICs, scientific career professional development, tabletop experiments
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Advancing Access to Cutting-Edge Tabletop Science
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