1. Title of your work on one or two lines. Use simple words, no acronyms; this does not have to be your thesis title Mr/Ms Your Name, Dr / Prof Your Supervisor(s) Name(s) Background *Change these titles if appropriate Methods *Change these titles if appropriate Results Please move these titles as you need Conclusions References are not specifically required but can often add context or authority. Use this section if required, or delete it. These dotted boxes are for your guidance – remove before submitting Explain a little about the background to the project: what area are you working in? Don’t try to include your whole literature review! Instead explain the following points in a couple of sentences each: (i) what is the main challenge you are setting out to research? (ii) why is that important? i.e. what are the potential benefits of research in this area? (iii) –this last point is optional: how have other researchers attempted to tackle the problem? This section must leave the reader with an idea of what you’re going to do, and –importantly– why. You do not need to include all the work you’re doing – this is not an examination! For this event, it would be much better to explain one concept in an understandable manner. I would expect most posters to have a “background” section and a “conclusions” section, otherwise up to you. Do not change the layout of the page, including text size or formatting, page size, background or colours. Publications and poster events always have strict guidelines. If it’s too early for you to have results, then say what you hope to achieve, with an idea of the time-scale. E.g. “we hope to provide evidence of xxxxx relationship occurring before …(date) ”. -180-135-90-4504590135180 0 1 2 3 Don’t forget axis labels! Test A Test B Please keep all text in figures and graphs at least 16-point – that’s “this big” Don’t forget axis labels! Figure 2: Graphs etc. must be explained in simple terms, saying what they show and why that’s important (i.e. what does it mean if “the line” goes up or down?!) Use a figure legend. What’s the significance to an average person? For example, will it help to reduce carbon emissions? Will it improve the reliability of surgical procedures? Or it might be that you’re just saving a company some money through improving efficiency, that’s fine, be proud of that! 1.Although you might like to take the opportunity to draw attention to a paper you’ve published, or perhaps a forthcoming conference where you will be presenting your work. Use this smaller-size typeface for references. 2.IF you use references, they should be numbered as they appear within the text where they should be enclosed within square brackets. 3.Collaborators (other universities/ institutions) or sponsoring companies’ logos can also go in this area – or delete this section if not required. Example picture might go here SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS! Deadline: 9:00am Monday 15 th June 2015 Submit a PowerPoint file (not.pdf) named with your own name as indicated: ForenameSurname_POSTER_2015. If your file is larger than 2 Mb, please don’t email, instead use www.ucl.ac.uk/dropbox Send the file to m.bertazzon@ucl.ac.uk or bring in your file in person on a USB stick to Jamie Maher or Martina Bertazzon in the Dept. Admin Office (4 th floor, Roberts building).www.ucl.ac.uk/dropboxJamie Maher Martina Bertazzon Our communications officer Mykal Riley has offered to hold a drop-in session to provide advice on poster layout: he will visit 132 Hampstead Road on 8 th June.Mykal Riley In this section explain what you are actually doing. Are you taking measurements from a test rig? Do you have to design and make the test rig? Are you simulating something? If so, did you create the simulation? What are the most important and novel and interesting parts? Technical terms: if an average secondary school pupil wouldn’t understand the word then don’t use it, or explain what it means first, before putting the word in brackets (like this). References are optional [1] since this is not a formal document. Example small picture might go here If you would like to use colour in your poster, please use the default theme colours UCL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING