Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 1 Lecture on Oral Presentations Week 7 Day 1

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 2 Administrative Issues Clean up your work space when done. This must be done in classroom and open lab. If you are in class, your team MAY NOT use a table or a portion of a table in open lab. We cannot afford the space. Work carefully for yourself and others. As you get tired you can become careless.

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 3 Today and Next Week Lecture on Oral Presentations Due Wednesday –2nd Half of Final Report – Draft Test This Week - Pick up mechanism for rock or ice should work Proposed Test – Start w/ LED, move to REMISS IR, read and print IR signal, move to AMISS designated, drop off battery, pick up rocks/ice Next week the Individual Competition is on Wednesday. Scores will be used to see the head- to head competition.

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 4 Oral Presentations When: Wed., Week 10 Where: Rooms 214 and 216 Hitchcock To Whom: Sponsor - company that commissioned several prototypes and will select the best one for the job Dress is business dress - shirt, tie, slacks and sport coat or suit for men; blouse, skirt or slacks and jacket, or suit, dress for women Time allotted is 10 minutes max, teams will be cut off after 10 minutes. Three minutes between teams

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 5 Oral Presentations Purpose - Sell your ideas quickly and concisely, make the audience want to read the written report Content of Oral Presentation: –Give team name and introduce team members (All members will present a portion of the report) –Usually statement of problem goes here (omit) –Outline of presentation –Preliminary ideas –Analysis / preliminary tests (how you made final choice)

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 6 Oral Presentations Content of presentation (continued) –Description of final design –Competition –Summary –Answer questions ATTENTION: You can’t cover everything. Focus on final design and competition results

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 7 Oral Presentations Some things to remember –RESPECT YOUR AUDIENCE Don’t waste their time Make sure they hear something worthwhile Speak clearly so that everyone can hear Look at the audience - not the screen

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 8 Oral Presentations Some things to remember (continued) – PLAN YOUR TALK Tell the audience your plan (i.e. Give them the map) Tell the audience when you’re switching topics (i.e. Give them road signs) –PRACTICE YOUR TALK Make smooth transitions between speakers Stay within the time limit - comfortably

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 9 Oral Presentations YOUR AUDIENCE COULD HAVE BEEN ELSEWHERE, BUT THEY CHOSE TO LISTEN TO YOU!! A Few More Tips –Don’t apologize - do your best, be proud of it –Your goal is to have the audience understand (and hopefully appreciate) what you have done –End by thanking the audience and asking if there are questions –Before answering a question, repeat it

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 10 Oral Presentation Outline Your outline should have –Cover page –1-2 paragraph discussion of report strategy What media will be used How many visual aides/slides Who will cover what When/where will you practice –Outline of Presentation See sample that follows

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 11 Sample Outline (Time Limit - 10 Minutes) I. Introduction - (JD).5 min. –A. Introduce Team Members –B. Give Robot Name/Team Name –C. Tell Roles for Members in Project II. Ideas and Preliminary Concepts (GS) 3-4 min. –A) Research –B) Describe ideas used 1) Chassis, motors, drive train 2) Pickup Mechanism 3) Sensors and Controls –C) Briefly describe ideas not used –D) Final Design

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 12 Sample Outline (cont.) III. Plan for competition (DG) 1-3 min. –A) Course details - distances and speeds –B) Avoiding conflict / Robot to Robot interaction IV. Results (AK) 2-4 minutes –A) Individual competition 1) Maximizing Points 2) Evaluation - Things to change for finals –B) Head to Head competition 1) How Robot performed 2) Evaluation - Things to be changed for production V. Summary ( JD) 2-4 min. –A) The final product - Improvements dictated by competition –B) Plans for production VI. Questions and Answers (All)

Engineering H193 - Team Project Spring Quarter2005 Gateway Engineering Education Coalition P. 13 ItemPoints Cover Page1 Intro / Purpose / Overview2 Main Content8 Visual Aids – How many? Type?1 Who is speaking? Time est.?1 Format of the Outline5 Effort / Neatness2 TOTAL20 Oral Report Outline Grading