Oral Presentation Information
photo by Jim Foreman
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, 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.
You 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. All undergraduates and graduates may make an appointment. All students are welcome to walk-in appointments if available.
- Additional UWC Links
- Get On-line help (here)
- Abstracts (here)
- Oral and Poster Writing Tips are available in the Oral and Poster Writing section of the Business, Scientific & Technical Writing page.