Reflection – Learning Launch 

 Challenge   This unusual challenge was to choose a new topic for research project to receive European funding .   Research concerned fuel cells . I already had a good idea what part of fuel cells and in what way I can   study , but for a funded project I had to choose a particular new method of fuel cell I wanted to use .   Once the funding is granted , a researcher is bound to study this chosen method for the next two years   and at the end of the project present its results in the form of scientific publications . If the chosen   method turned out rubbish , I would struggle to publish the negative results and consequently project   would ended poorly graded . This would affect my chances to receive another one . 

 Selection   I have selected learning launch as a tool to help me decide which method I would like to submit as topic   for a new research project . This tools was described in Week 4 of the course and it is a fast , cheap way   to assess viability of an idea . You come up with an idea ( thesis ) to solve a specific problem . The goal is   for this idea to be demanded ( solves an existing problem ) and better than already existing solutions .    Then you prepare a reasons why this idea / thesis could be disproved . Finally you launch a quick study to   find out if the idea yields promising results or if it ’s more likely to be disproved . In this case , the learning   launch can be called “ preliminary studies ” . 

 Application   In this case I have prepared two ideas from the close field that could select for a research project   application . I have designed very similar experiments for both ideas which required no more than 2   months of lab work . Amount of measurements were limited to bare minimum , simple electrical and   morphological tests – only the fastest ones . Small quantity of data , though insufficient for a full scientific   publication , required only brief analysis and the results could be shortly presented in the form of a   poster or presentation . This way I was able to perform preliminary tests , analyze and describe both   potential methods in just under 6 months . Actually I have presented both results on conferences in a   form of presentations . First of the methods yielded very promising results , which I could present on   international conference . Second was clearly a dead - end ( looking at the results ) , still I have presented it   on a small local conference . For me , the “ success ” of the experiment was measured by comparing   electrical attributes to the state - of - the - art fuel cells and previous experiments performed on the same   equipment . 

 Insight and Approach   Using learning lunch enabled me to relatively quickly distinguish between viability of two methods and   choose the more promising one for the research project application . These initial results were already   enough to present and potentially a foundation for a better publication . However , still 3 months per   research topic ( method ) was a significant time and perhaps faster experimentation methodology ,   specific for learning launch , should be designed . So in general , the approach to the methodology itself   could be improved . It is worth noting that , when properly presented , both experiments were positively   received during conferences , even though data clearly favored only one . This shows that setting   objective measures of success and failure is necessary to correctly assess the idea – subjective opinions   based on mere results presentation may prove wrong . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection – Learning Launch 

 Challenge   This unusual challenge was to choose a new topic for research project to receive European funding .   Research concerned fuel cells . I already had a good idea what part of fuel cells and in what way I can   study , but for a funded project I had to choose a particular new method of fuel cell I wanted to use .   Once the funding is granted , a researcher is bound to study this chosen method for the next two years   and at the end of the project present its results in the form of scientific publications . If the chosen   method turned out rubbish , I would struggle to publish the negative results and consequently project   would ended poorly graded . This would affect my chances to receive another one . 

 Selection   I have selected learning launch as a tool to help me decide which method I would like to submit as topic   for a new research project . This tools was described in Week 4 of the course and it is a fast , cheap way   to assess viability of an idea . You come up with an idea ( thesis ) to solve a specific problem . The goal is   for this idea to be demanded ( solves an existing problem ) and better than already existing solutions .    Then you prepare a reasons why this idea / thesis could be disproved . Finally you launch a quick study to   find out if the idea yields promising results or if it ’s more likely to be disproved . In this case , the learning   launch can be called “ preliminary studies ” . 

 Application   In this case I have prepared two ideas from the close field that could select for a research project   application . I have designed very similar experiments for both ideas which required no more than 2   months of lab work . Amount of measurements were limited to bare minimum , simple electrical and   morphological tests – only the fastest ones . Small quantity of data , though insufficient for a full scientific   publication , required only brief analysis and the results could be shortly presented in the form of a   poster or presentation . This way I was able to perform preliminary tests , analyze and describe both   potential methods in just under 6 months . Actually I have presented both results on conferences in a   form of presentations . First of the methods yielded very promising results , which I could present on   international conference . Second was clearly a dead - end ( looking at the results ) , still I have presented it   on a small local conference . For me , the “ success ” of the experiment was measured by comparing   electrical attributes to the state - of - the - art fuel cells and previous experiments performed on the same   equipment . 

 Insight and Approach   Using learning lunch enabled me to relatively quickly distinguish between viability of two methods and   choose the more promising one for the research project application . These initial results were already   enough to present and potentially a foundation for a better publication . However , still 3 months per   research topic ( method ) was a significant time and perhaps faster experimentation methodology ,   specific for learning launch , should be designed . So in general , the approach to the methodology itself   could be improved . It is worth noting that , when properly presented , both experiments were positively   received during conferences , even though data clearly favored only one . This shows that setting   objective measures of success and failure is necessary to correctly assess the idea – subjective opinions   based on mere results presentation may prove wrong .
### Output: 