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    \begin{center} \textsc{University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign} \end{center}}

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    \begin{center} \textsc{Proposal For Ph.D. Preliminary Exam}\end{center}}

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    \begin{center} \textsc{Department of Atmospheric Sciences}\end{center}}
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\textit{Author:} \hfill \textit{Committee members:}\\
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  first name \textsc{last name}
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\noindent \textbf{\Huge Project summary \textbf{\color{red} (1 page limitation)}} \\
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Write your project summary here.  \par

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\section{Introduction}
\textbf{\color{red} Introduction should includes general motivation for proposed research.}
\subsection{University}
The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is a public land-grant research university founded in 1867. \par

\subsection{College}
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) is the largest college of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

\subsection{Department}
The Department of Atmospheric Science had its beginnings in 1969 with the arrival of Professor Yoshimitsu Ogura to the University of Illinois campus. 

The Doppler on Wheels (DOW) mobile radar (Figure \ref{fig:dow}) and instrumentation facility has joined the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\par
\begin{figure}[h]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{DOW.jpg}
    \caption{DOW.}
    \label{fig:dow}
\end{figure}

There are many research work based on DOW \citep{wurman2021flexible,juliano2023toward}. \citet{wurman2021flexible} describes xxxx. 

\section{Objectives/Hypotheses}
\textbf{\color{red}Objectives should include their relationship to the current state of knowledge and to any relevant preliminary results for the proposed research.}
Our objective is to investigate xxxxxx. \par

\section{Proposed research}
\textbf{\color{red} Proposed research should include methodology and its relationship to achieving stated objectives and answering proposed hypotheses.}
\subsection{Task 1:xxxxx.}
Task 1 prepare to xxxxxx .\par
\vspace{\baselineskip}
\noindent \textbf{Task 1A: xxxxxx.}
Task 1A focus on xxxxxx. \par
\vspace{\baselineskip}
\noindent \textbf{Task 1B: xxxxxx.}
Task 1B plans to xxxxxx.  \par

\subsection{Task 2:xxxxx.}
Task 2 prepare to xxxxxx .\par
\vspace{\baselineskip}
\noindent \textbf{Task 2A: xxxxxx.}
Task 2A focus on xxxxxx. \par
\vspace{\baselineskip}
\noindent \textbf{Task 2B: xxxxxx.}
Task 2B plans to xxxxxx.  \par

\section{Preliminary work}
The work we have currently finished is divided into several parts. \par
% Label each each section, figure, table can help you easily cite them later.
\subsection{XXXXXX}\label{sec:first_work}
What we have done is to derive the thermodynamic equation which is shown in equation [\ref{thermo}].
\begin{equation}\label{thermo} 
	C_v\frac{\mathrm{d} T}{\mathrm{d} t}+p\frac{\mathrm{d} \alpha }{\mathrm{d} t} =Q ,
\end{equation}
where $C_v$ is xxx, $T$ is xxxx. \par

We will continue working on xxxx. We will continue working on xxxx. We will continue working on xxxx. We will continue working on xxxx. \par
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\subsection{XXXXXX}\label{sec:second_work}
Section \ref{sec:first_work} introduces xxxx, the second work we have don is to derive equation [\ref{momen}]. 
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\begin{equation}\label{momen}
	\left. \begin{aligned}
		fv-\frac{1}{\rho}\frac{\partial p}{\partial x} = & \frac{\mathrm{d} u}{\mathrm{d} t}\\
		-fu-\frac{1}{\rho}\frac{\partial p}{\partial y} = &\frac{\mathrm{d} v}{\mathrm{d} t}\\
		-g-\frac{1}{\rho}\frac{\partial p}{\partial z} = &\frac{\mathrm{d} w}{\mathrm{d} t},\\
	\end{aligned}
	\right \}
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where $f$ is xxxx. \par

We will continue working on xxxx. We will continue working on xxxx. We will continue working on xxxx. We will continue working on xxxx. \par
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\section{Work plan}
\textbf{\color{red} Work Plan should include timetable and justification for any computer time needed.}\\
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{lXXX}
	& \textbf{Task 1} & \textbf{Task 2} & \arraybackslash\textbf{Task 3} \\
	\hline
	\hline
	\textbf{Summer 2023} & Finish Task 1 &  &  \\ 
	\hline
	\textbf{Fall 2023} & Write paper 1 & Start Task 2 &  \\
	\hline
	\textbf{Spring 2024} & Finish paper 1 & \makecell[l]{Finish Task 2 \\ Write paper 2} &  \\
	\hline
	\textbf{Summer 2024} & & Finish paper 2 & Start task 3 \\ 
	\hline
	\textbf{Fall 2024} & & & \makecell[l]{Finish Task 3 \\ Write paper 3}\\
	\hline
	\textbf{Spring 2025} & & & Finish paper 3  \\
	\hline
	\multicolumn{1}{l}{\textbf{Summer \& Fall 2025}} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{Write thesis \& Finish thesis} \\
	\hline
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\textbf{\huge \color{red} Maximum 15 pages excluding cover page, biography and references}

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\section{Biography}
\textbf{Your Name} \\
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Atmospheric Science \\
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign \\
1301 W Green St, Urbana, IL, 61801 \\
your email@illinois.edu \\
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\noindent \textbf{Education} 
\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=0.2in, itemsep=-0.5em]
    \item Sep. 2022 $-$ present, Ph.D. studet, Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    \item Sep. 2018 $-$ Jun. 2022, B.Sc., Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
\end{itemize} 

\noindent \textbf{Publications}
\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=0.2in, itemsep=-0.5em]
    \item xxxx 
    \item xxxx
    \item xxxx
    \item xxxx
    \item xxxx
\end{itemize}

\noindent \textbf{Presentations}
\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=0.2in, itemsep=-0.5em]
    \item Talk, xxxx
    \item Poster, xxxx
\end{itemize}

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