Project
Presentation
Design Proposal
Tuesday - March 10, 2009
There are tables and desks outside the classroom that
you can use to set up your presentation. One team is welcome to set up in the
classroom. Feel free to move the tables and desks around (and restore their
position after the presentations).
There are power outlets that you can use for your
laptops, but you might want to bring an extension cord in case the nearest
outlet is just out of reach.
You can prop up your poster on the table, pushpin it
into the bulletin board behind the table, or otherwise attach it to the table
or wall.
Your poster will most likely be a collection of
individual printed pages.
It should contain the following information:
- Name of the project
- Team members' names
- Short readable (large type) project abstract
- Any text, figures, charts, or images to refer to in your
presentation that would help describe the need, development, testing, and use
of your design concept
- Acknowledgements
You may employ a laptop to display videos of your
design concept under development, being tested, or being used.
The teaching team and others will visit each team and
listen to their formal presentation. This should include:
- Introduction of team members
- Brief abstract
- Statement of problem
- Discussion of interviews with project suggestors and
users
- Statement of need
- Identification of existing solutions and discussion of
their limitations
- Magnitude of problem addressed by this project
- Description of and rationale for all design concepts
considered
- Analysis of considered design topics
- Description of selected design, including its technical
feasibility, engineering difficulty, estimated cost, user acceptance, safety
considerations, etc
- Project visualizations: photographs, videos, sketches,
drawings, models, and prototypes
- Future work and challenges for continuing the
project
Each team member should participate in the
presentation.
Each team will have about 15 minutes for their
presentation, including answering questions.
Discuss your entire quarter's effort.
Each person attending the presentation (including
other students) will be asked to judge the quality of your presentation and
design solution. (Do not rate your own project.)
There may be people from industry attending the
presentation, so please dress professionally (no jeans or t-shirts).
Most important - practice your presentation to
maximize the quality of its content, clarity, conciseness, completeness,
understanding of your design decisions, creativity, pacing, and timing.
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