Poster Presentations This is … A Presentation about Presentations A Power Point about a Power Points A Talk about Talks A boring speech about how not to be boring

Poster Session for all: SULI, NUF, ACTS, PST, NPT, STP, FaST, CCI, HSI, and SOS Deadlines: – Monday, March 14 – asking me to print your poster – Wednesday, March 16 – print your own poster – Invite your mentors!

What is a poster? A picture “book” science paper for people who prefer to stand! Say it in pictures: – Flow charts to explain experiment design and methods – Photos for setups, apparatus, design, results – Graphs to show relationships, results, models – Graphics for computer models Explain in big letters and simple words Use color and pictures to attract attention and to bring people closer

What NOT to do: Wait until the last minute and thumb tack a print out of the final paper Work hard to create a Van Gogh then hold up the printer until it runs out of ink

What to do? Plan your research report: – What have you done? – really! – How? – What has been done previously? (Introduction) Write an outline: Connect Ideas! Prepare all figures Expand the outline: add explanations Transfer all your work to the poster

Setup in Power Point for making a one-page (one-slide) poster

Slide Layout The next few slides show examples of layout. Feel free to use and/or modify any of these examples

Title of Poster in Arial, Bold, Points: Size Dependent on Length Acknowledgments (Arial, 40) Acknowledgments in Arial, 32 points, bold--try to keep to one or two lines, Names of Authors in Arial, 60 Points, Bold Heading 1, Arial, 54 points, bold Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Heading 3, Arial, 54 points, bold Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Figure 2. Caption in Arial, 36 points, bold. Figure 1. Caption in Arial, 36 points, bold. Lab Logo Key Image 1 Key Image 2 Figure 3. Caption in Arial, 36 points, bold. Key Image 3 Figure 4. Caption in Arial, 36 points, bold. Key Image 4 Heading 4, Arial, 54 points, bold Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Figure 5. Caption in Arial, 36 points, bold. Key Image 5 Heading 5, Arial, 54 points, bold Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. References (Arial, 40 points, bold) First reference in Arial, 32 points, bold, with a reverse indent: alphabetical or numerical order. Second reference in Arial, 32 points, bold, with a reverse indent: alphabetical or numerical order. Heading 2, Arial, 54 points, bold Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Text in Arial, 40 points, Bold. Institution Logo

Example 1: Social Sciences

How to present? You have 30 seconds to get the judges’ attention! DON’T: give a history lesson! DO: tell most important findings first – SUMMARY FIRST – Move in diagonally through your poster – Repeat and explain – After 1 – 2 minutes: – If the listener is still there – you are doing well Have a great time!

Example 2: Molecular Biology

Example 3: Plasma Physics

Graphical Abstract Abstract: Argon plasma sintering of inkjet printed silver tracks on polymer substrates Ingo Reinhold, Chris E. Hendriks, Rebecca Eckardt, Johannes M. Kranenburg, Jolke Perelaer, Reinhard R. Baumann and Ulrich S. Schubert An alternative and selective sintering method for the fabrication of conductive silver tracks on common polymer substrates is presented, by exposure to low-pressure argon plasma. Inkjet printing has been used to pattern a silver nanoparticle ink. This resulted in conductive features with a resistivity less than one order of magnitude higher than the bulk value of silver without affecting the polymer substrate. This process may be employed in the production of conductive features with low material usage on common polymer substrates in, for example, printed electronics. Graphical Abstract: