Oral Presentation Information

oral presentation

Oral Presentations will take place Tuesday, March 23, 2010 until Thursday, March 25, 2010. Oral presenters must use either a Microsoft Power Point or PDF file. Computers and projectors will be provided for the presentations. You may not bring your own computer or projection equipment.

Oral presentations should be designed to share research through discussion in a more formal setting than poster presentations. The oral presentation should include these basic elements, or their equivalents: introduction, objective, approach, results and discussions/conclusions.

Oral presentations will be broken into 1 1/2 hour sessions. All participants must sign in on the day of the competition at least 15 minutes before their competition session. The sign in location will be included with your session assignment. Order of presentations will be randomly assigned.

Each oral presentation is limited to 10 minutes, with 2-3 additional minutes of questions and answers following each presentation. This time restriction will be strictly enforced by the room moderator.

Participants must attend the entire session. Leaving the session early will result in disqualification from the competition.

Arrive in the presentation room at least 10 minutes prior to the session start time.

Sessions are divided into taxonomies. The following taxonomies are being used for the 2010 competition:

Active Living/Public Health Industrial Engineering
Advances in Statistics Teaching and Learning
Aerospace Engineering Literature/Art/Music Studies
Agriculture/Agronomy/Botony/Plant Sciences Materials Sciences
Anatomy/Physiology/Kinesiology Studies Mathematical Sciences
Applied Physics Medicine/Human Nutrition/Biomedical Engineering
Biochemistry/Structural Biology Microbiology
Business Studies (Marketing/Management/Finance) Molecular Biology
Chemical Sciences Nanoscience
Computational Sciences Nuclear Sciences and Engineering
Ecology/Conservation People, Places and Cultures
Electrical Engineering Physics
Genetics Soil Hydrology/Water Resources/Environmental Studies
Geographic Information Systems Studies of Uses or Designs of Places
Geology/Oceanography/Earth Science Systems Engineering
Governmental Studies/Political Sciences  

Oral Presentation Resources

TAMU Libraries Research Support Links (TAMU Libraries)

Including on-line support for quick library resource questions.

University Writing Center (UWC)

The UWC offers on-line support and one-on-one appointments. Students may have their poster material reviewed by Writing Center Staff prior to SRW. Both undergraduates and graduates may make an appointment. All students are welcome for walk-in appointments if available.

Additional UWC Links
http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/how-to/communication/
http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/how-to/science-technical/
http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/make-an-appointment/
http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/owl/