READ THIS VERY CAREFULLY (more than once if necessary!):Please make sure
you
Register your project.
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A- Presentation Format for Senior Design Project
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Timing:
- TOTAL presentation should not exceed 30-45 minutes.
- Presentation time should be ABSOLUTELY no longer than 20 minutes (that
means about 20-25 slides). If you don't finish your main point in 20 minutes,
your project will NOT be signed off.
- During Q&A you can talk about your BACKUP slides
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Presentation Format:
- The first part should be very general: what are you doing and what is the purpose of the project (not so technical). This is your marketing part. The purpose of this section is to
show that what you are doing is in fact interesting and useful. Use lots of pictures to describe your idea. Avoid too much
writing.
- The second part of the project must be very technical: explain how you
are planning to accomplish what you are proposing - AVOID too much background
information! You are NOT being tested on theory. We are interested to know HOW
you are planning to do your project. In
this section you must prove you know what you are doing! You may propose an
interesting project idea but you must also clearly DEMONSTRATE that you clearly
understand the problem and solution!
- You MUST clearly indicate the
responsibility of each individual.
- All presentations must have the following sections (note that you will not receive
a complete grade if you are missing any of these sections):
- Team members / web sites / Thank to individuals / advisor name /
customer/client name
- Motivations / problem statement
- You must have a high-level diagram of your system/design
describing its general functionality
- Design challenges (must include: Hardware and software design
details)
- Test results that you have obtained so far - you must have some basic results
- Schedule / include your major milestones
- Budget; provide itemized budget list; only rough
estimates will be sufficient. Indicate how much funding is required to complete the project
- Social and environmental impact
- Reference section with correct formatting / references must be
properly cited in your slides. references must include some
major journals.
- Clearly indicate possible RISKS in your project
- Which Courses will/were used in this project; what will/did you learn, etc.
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General
- You MUST send your instructor a copy of your latest slides ONE WEEK before the
presentation! You can only present one week after posting the
presentation slides; absolutely no exceptions.
- All related documents must be available on your website - the link to
your web site must be provided when you
Register your project
- You will FAIL the course if you don't show up or if you are LATE longer
than 10 minutes! Absolutely no exceptions!
- Make sure you have included all the parties: Team members, customer, advisor,
etc. Thank all the people who helped you in different ways.
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Make sure you have your Project Folder read:
- You must have completed the project folder and present it during your
presentation
- You are responsible to include all the necessary documents in your folder
(read below about the folder) - Refer to Contents of the folder
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Forms:
- You are responsible to get all the necessary forms signed
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B- Some general notes on your presentation:
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Please Make Sure You READ the syllabus VERY carefully one more time.
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7- Don't add too man distracting information, e.g., too many moving items or
sounds
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If you add a movie or exotic visual effect resulting in some technical
problems during the presentation and you do not finish your presentation in 20
minutes your project will NOT be signed off.
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Make sure you PRACTICE your part... Stand in front of your team
members (or mirror if necessary) and practice your part. Become very
comfortable. Be energetic and (at least) pretend you fully believe what you
are saying. You must be/appear very confident. Do not under estimate what you
are have achieved. If you don't think it was not a big deal others won't be
thinking much of it either and you will not get a grade!
- Make sure all the information on the slides are correct. Have all the
members in your teach check your work.
- One of your team members must be in charge of writing notes and questions
- a copy of this must be submitted to your advisor
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If you don't know something say so; avoid making up ideas!
- You are responsible for organizing all the forms and getting them signed:
Project Proposal Evaluation &
Faculty Advisor Approvals
Form
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C- Contents of the folder
On the day of presentation please provide a FOLDER (hard-copy binder) that
has the latest versions of following documents. This folder must be available
to demonstrate what you have done so far. Presentations without (or
incomplete) Folders cannot be signed off! The following items must be in your
project folder:
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- Header: Project name, names, adviser, date, department, URL to the project
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List of content (what is in this document)
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Presentation slides
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All your documents (descriptions, tests)
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Copy of your your blog / web site (just the main page so it shows that you
have created a web site),
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Miscellaneous section: All the Grants, letters of support, etc.
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Include your engineering notebooks in the folder.
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D- Just some thoughts about peer-reviewing
In order to ensure high quality presentation please make sure each person
"reviews" at least one presentation and documentation. All comments must be
posted on the discussion group. Reviews must be completed a week before the
presentation. The authors (presenters) must ensure that all comments are
addressed properly. During your presentation and and reviewing your
documents I will check and make sure you have indeed addressed your
reviewers' valid comments. Everyone is highly encouraged to review all
projects and provide feedback.
When reviewing, please carefully check for presentation flow, correctness of
materials, and accuracy. Ask the author if you feel there is any ambiguity.
Don't be shy to disagree. Check the flow of the "documentation". Check all
the plots and pictures. Review the references. All reviews must be submitted
to the discussion group.