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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We recently opened a web site for our short-course on scientific writing aimed at math, engineering, and science graduate students and early career researchers at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#555555'><a href="http://communicating-science.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://communicating-science.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If your university educates STEM graduate students but does not have a full semester scientific writing course catering to their needs, our course may provide a cost-effective solution. Likewise the course is appropriate for research institutions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The course emphasizes the structure and organization of the research report (journal papers and theses), and includes shorter lectures on conference presentations, proposals, CV’s, patents, and business plans, according to the time available. A written exercise is included in the course, which is graded and returned to the students. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#555555'>The web site includes links to 1-hr lectures on YouTube on writing good papers, conference presentations, and winning research proposals.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ray Boxman</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>From the laptop computer of:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Prof. Emeritus Raymond (Reuven) Boxman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>School of Electrical Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Tel Aviv University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Tel: +972-3-640 7364<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Cell: +972-54-463 4217<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Room 507, Computer and Software Engineering Building<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#555555'><a href="http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~boxman/index.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~boxman/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#555555'>CEO Clear Wave Ltd. <a href="http://clrwave.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://clrwave.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#555555'>Scientific Writing Courses: <a href="http://communicating-science.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://communicating-science.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>