how to prepare and present a poster for senior design
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How to Prepare and Present a Poster for Senior Design. Tracy Volz Brown School of Engineering [email protected]. Posters Present a Challenge. Audiences Make decisions quickly Come and go Posters must be lean and clean Accessible Comprehensible Attractive Posters must stand alone. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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How to Prepare and Present a Poster for Senior Design
Tracy VolzBrown School of Engineering
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Posters Present a Challenge
• Audiences – Make decisions quickly– Come and go
• Posters must be lean and clean– Accessible– Comprehensible– Attractive
• Posters must stand alone
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What’s “The News”?
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What’s YOUR News?
• What problem does your device address?• What’s the motivation?• What are your objectives?• What are your design criteria?• What’s your approach/method?* What’s your device?
* What are the key components?* How does it work?
• What do the results of your testing suggest?• What are the implications of your work?• What work could be done in the future to improve device?
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Design for the Audience
Why are they interested?What are their backgrounds?How will they benefit?What are their questions?
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Make “The News” Accessible
• Use informative headings– NOT: Final Design– The PRIME System
– NOT: Results– Accurate and Precise
• Reduce jargon
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Visualize “The News”
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VISUALIZE “The News”
• Is it problem / solution?
• Is it an image?
• Is it a contrast? (old vs. new)
• Is it a demonstration?
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Relate News to Layout
• Match visualization to layout– Left-to-right flow in vertical columns– Left-to-right flow in horizontal rows– Centered image with explanations– Two fields in contrast
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L-to-R Flow in Vertical Columns
Flows top to bottom, left to right
Title & Authors
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Title & Authors
Design
Methods
Goals
Problem Testing
Conclusions
Fig 2
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L-to-R Flow in Rows
Title & Authors
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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Centered Image & Explanations
Title & Authors
Abstract
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Two Fields in Contrast
Title & Authors
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Text
• Legible• Large• Succinct• Parallel• Conservative• Consistent
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Font Style and Size
• Title (6 – 8 words)– 90 - 120 pt
• Headings (3 words)– 36 - 48 pt
• Text– 30 - 36 pt.
Good for Posters
ESans Serif
Arial
Helvetica
Calibri
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Fat Text Lean Text
We tested our software on dozens of piano “songs,” including simple exercises like scales and chords, simple songs like Mary Had a Little Lamb, and more complicated pieces like Pachelbel’s Canon in D.
Software testing– Chromatic scale– Simple pieces
• Mary Had a Little Lamb
– Complex pieces• Pachelbel’s Canon in D
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Guide the Reader
• Scale expresses relative importance
• Indenting shows subordination– As in this example
• Hanging indent aids scanning
• Spacing chunks related information
• White space directs gaze
• Color adds emphasis or coherence
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Problems Producing Visuals
• Size
• Colors
• Labels
• Units
• Chart junk
• Significant figures
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Principles of Explanation
• Introduce figure beforehand
• Tag figures / images with explanations
• Provide captions
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ResultsGeneric title
Unnecessary box No units
Double title
Result not interpreted in words
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Load Cell Test
Calibration indicates high confidence and resolution in extrapolated force measurements.
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Revenue
Region Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Americas -18% 7% 25% 2% 2%
Australia 47% -7% 26% 15% 17%
China 16% -5% 1% 7% 19%
Europe 57% 10% -3% 7% 13%
India 57% 57% -3% 7% 13%
General title
Too many gridlines Values not centered
No visual cues to signal what’s important
Adapted from Duarte’s Slide:ology
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Region Q1 ($M) Q2 ($M) Q3 ($M) Q4 ($M) Total ($M)
Americas -18 7 25 2 2
Australia 47 -7 26 15 17
China 16 -5 1 7 19
Europe 57 10 -3 7 13
India 57 57 -3 7 13
1st quarter most profitable
Adapted from Duarte’s Slide:ology
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Change PPT chart defaults
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Americas Australia China Europe India
Too many values on Y-axis
Too much space between bars
3-D effect
Too many gridlines
Low contrast color
Border retained
Rev
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China generates highest total revenue for 2008
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Americas Australia China Europe India
Revenue ($M)
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Details Matter!
• Check for consistent formatting
• Check grammar & spelling
• Use a correct bibliography
• Give credit to others
• Include contact info
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Present “The News”
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Connect with Audience
• Greet people – Gauge level of interest, prior knowledge
• Prepare 30 sec, 90 sec, 3 min talks
• Summarize “gist” in 2-3 sentences
• Reinforce key points
• Be able to start spiel from any section
• Catch up newcomers quickly
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Communicate with Confidence
• Be enthusiastic• Maintain eye contact• Don’t block poster
• Integrate gestures
• Speak up
• Adjust pacing
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Wrap Up
• Align objectives, results, conclusions
• Use figures/tables to make data accessible
• Analyze and interpret data
• Edit for brevity and precision
• Connect with the audience