1. Executive Summary & Oral Presentation
Dr. N. S. Harding
Chemical Engineering 475
December 1, 2016

2. “The fundamental purpose of scientific discourse is not the mere presentation of information and thought but rather it’s actual communication. It does not matter how pleased an author might be to have converted all the right data into sentences and paragraphs; it matters only whether a large majority of the reading audience accurately perceives what the author had in mind.”
--George Gopen and Judith Swan
The Science of Scientific Writing
Chem. Eng. 475 – Fall 2016

3. Executive Summary: Planning
Identify your audience and their expectations
Principal audience
Secondary audience
Know your purpose
Know your material
Organize your thoughts and material
Budget adequate time to write, review, and edit
Chem. Eng. 475 – Fall 2016

4. Executive Summary 1 page maximum Summarizes: Can have figure or table
Use key bullet points (conclusions/recommendations)
Summarizes:
Objective, what was done
How it was done
What were the results
What were the conclusions
What are the recommendations
Can have figure or table
Chem. Eng. 475 – Fall 2016

5. Example:
Chem. Eng. 475 – Fall 2016

6. Presentation 15-20 Minutes Rule-of-thumb: 2 minutes per slide
15 is minimum – questions after
20 is maximum – I will ask you to sit down!
All must participate approximately equally
Rule-of-thumb: 2 minutes per slide
Less for title, background, etc.
More for results, conclusions, and recommendations
Keep slides simple – easy to read and follow
Slides summarize all main points of project
Due to me on thumb drive by 11:55/3:55 pm 12/8/16
Chem. Eng. 475 – Fall 2016

7. Grading Rubric
Chem. Eng. 475 – Fall 2016