External Resources
Here is an archive of some useful resources.
Academia
Publication charges and subscription analysis: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/apcs-and-subscriptions
Surviving and thriving in academia: http://www.raulpacheco.org/resources/surviving-and-thriving-in-academia/
On the importance of the unknown (aka stupidity) in research - http://jcs.biologists.org/content/121/11/1771.short
On picking a graduate advisor / supervisor - http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(13)00907-0
Ben's two blog posts on grant writing #1 = the art of writing; #2 = from the perspective of a reviewer
Equality
The Matilda Effect in science: Awards and prizes in the US, 1990s and 2000s
Stop asking "what about the men?" - a discussion (gender focused) on why increasing representation of underrepresented groups does not devalue established groups & activities
Ben's blog post on Diversity in Science & Engineering
A recording of Ben giving a talk on "No Sexuality Please, We're Scientists" at Imperial College London in 2019.
Writing - Papers, Theses etc.
The ExpMicroMech manuscript checklist
Five common writing mistakes new scientists make
How to write a manuscript for a journal
Ben's blog post on finding your academic voice for thesis writing
The Science of Scientific Writing by Gopen and Swan
In praise of technique: Judy Swan at TEDxCMU
Elsevier - Publishing Campus
The Wellcome Trust - Science Writing Series
American Journal Experts - 12 Tips for Accelerating Manuscript Publication
'Best' Publication Strategies - Best Publication Strategy in Science
Peer review: Closer inspection
Top tips on how to get published and write well - from the Guardian
How people consume academic work (and other data sets - from http://101innovations.wordpress.com/)
Structuring and writing academic papers
Some neat tricks & comments on common writing mistakes http://matt.might.net/articles/shell-scripts-for-passive-voice-weasel-words-duplicates/
Information on publication metrics - their value & costs - http://www.eigenfactor.org/index.php
How academics survive the writing grind: some anecdotal advice
Edit checks before you publish
Writing in LaTeX or Word - which is more productive?
Presentations
Ideas on constructing a great presentation - Ten simple rules for short and swift presentations
Representing Data
Why Should Engineers and Scientists Be Worried About Color? by Rogowitz and Treinish
Tips on effective use of tables and figures in research papers by Rodriguez
Visual Display of Quantitative Information (book) by Tufte
Visual algorithms by Mike Bostock
Why Rainbow Colour Scales can be Misleading
Ten Simple Rules for Better Graphs
Graphical Excellence in Scientific Presentations and Papers
No more rainbows - a discussion of colourmaps
Data Management
Zenodo - a CERN operated repository that can issue DOIs
Software
Extract Data from Graphs with DataThief or WebPlotDigitizer
Nuclear
IAEA Nuclear Glossary of Terms (PRIS)
Two nuclear outreach / science communication posters: exploring nuclear and exploring dose.
Mechanics
http://www.continuummechanics.org/, including a description of the deformation gradient with simple decomposition descriptions towards strains and rotation
Dislocation images/videos - from the Kacher lab
Software Development
Git (software versioning) - educational site - https://education.github.com/
Git starter guide - https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2
Undocumented Matlab features - http://undocumentedmatlab.com/
Metallurgy
Phase diagrams http://www.crct.polymtl.ca/fact/pdweb.php and NIMS
http://www.dierk-raabe.com/useless-information-about-materials/
Metallics CDT YouTube Channel
Electron microscopy
Virtual SEM: http://www.ammrf.org.au/myscope/sem/practice/virtualsem/
Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD)
Wikipedia article on EBSD.
Lecture notes used at Imperial College, created by Dr Ben Britton,
Strains, Planes and EBSD in Materials Science - a review article by Wilkinson and Britton.
Notes by Prof Tony Rollet of CMU - an excellent set of resources on Texture, Microstructure & Anisotropy and much more!
Bruker's Video Series - All - EDS+EBSD - TKD/T-EBSD - Pattern Simulations
Oxford Instruments EBSD website.
Matt Nowell's (TSL-EDAX) lecture notes on EBSD.
Symmetry in crystals by Muller (pdf)
International Union of Crystallpgrahy (IUCr) teaching resources
CrossCourt (commercial HR-EBSD software)
Cool 'mistakes' with dynamical diffraction
Engineering
Jet Engines as described by Materials Scientists (Cambridge UTC)
What is an alloy?