funranium | One Final Down (Reply)

I must credit my professor with including a very special email to the distance students asking for evaluations of our fellow group project members AFTER everything has been turned in and the final was done. I felt a certain glee at the prospect of sharing my opinions of my fellows so much that I had to read it to

auto_de_fe before sending it off to make sure it was candid but not cruel. Harsh it was, but she found no fault, so off it went. I give it to you for your enjoyment.

Name: Phillip *****

Radioecology – Self and Group Assessment

For 15 points answer the following:

Your group number/site was:

Group 1 – Richland, WA

Your designated role was:

STELLA Modeling and Paper

Your assessment of your own performance was A,B,C,D, E – assign a grade and explain:

I would give myself a B. The STELLA model I designed provided a more sophisticated view of radiocesium transport but it was not ready by the deadline set by my team leader. This was due to a lack of information provided by designated team members for model building, meaning I had to do it instead, and late completion of the RESRAD model, but that does not change the fact I missed a deadline. For consistency with the presentation given in class, the group chose to use the simplified model made by David despite its deficiencies.

As far as writing, I wrote the sections relating to the STELLA model and derived the equations for dose calculation. I think they are informative and complete.

Your general assessment of your team members performance was A,B,C,D, E – assign grades and (briefly!) explain:

Ian *****(Paper and RESRAD) – Grade F

Ian did not communicate at all by email or on the message board. As far as I can tell, he contributed nothing to this project other than his name.

Tristan ***** (Group Leader, Editor, Richland Info, etc.) – Grade D

As group leader, the failure to engage us and set time tables well in advance lies with him. He asked for and accepted the role of leader but I had to repeatedly prompt him to action. I expected a great deal more communication out of him than I received until it was too late. Additionally, since he accepted the role of providing information for use in model building, his failure to provide necessary information in a timely manner forced me to assume that role to try to meet his belatedly set timetable. He seems to have drifted into the role assembling the paper from Gerry & my inputs and abdicated the editing to Gerry.

Gerry ***** (RESRAD and Richland info) – Grade B

Gerry provided editorial support for the paper & presentation and built a fine RESRAD model. I’d give him an A if it weren’t for the fact everything else hinged on the timely completion of the RESRAD model. Because it was late, everything else was.

David ***** (Presentation and STELLA Modeling) – Grade B

David contributed with an auxiliary STELLA model for use in the presentation when inputs were not available to run mine in a timely manner. While it wasn’t sophisticated, it got the job done. I was not impressed with the presentation and I can sum it up simply with the fact that it didn’t have a title page with our names on it.