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Photo by Bernardo
Garza
The poster competition will take place Tuesday, March 25, 2008 and Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Posters will be on display from Monday
March 24, 2008 through Friday March 28, 2008 in the Rudder
Tower Exhibit Hall.
Poster Presentation Guidelines
Backboards on which to set up
your poster will be provided. Posters must be no larger than 4 feet
in height by 4 feet in length. Larger posters will be disqualified.
Smaller posters or segmented (pieced) posters are acceptable, given
that the segmented posters take up no more than the allotted space
mentioned above. You are not required to fill up the entire
available space on the backboard. However, posters should be
oriented to maximize usage of space.
All
posters should include these basic elements, or their
equivalents: abstract, introduction, objective, approach, results,
discussions/conclusions.
Poster presentations will be divided into 2 hour sessions. You
will be required to be present during the entire session to answer any
questions for the judges.
Posters should not
have attachments that pose a hazard to viewers, should not interfere with people walking past, and should not include handouts.
Session are divided into Taxonomies. Research presented will be assigned a taxonomy by the presenter at the time of registration based on the content of the research. The following taxonomies are being used for the 2008 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 |
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Tips for poster presentations
(1) Everything on your poster
should be readable from a comfortable distance.
(2) A well-constructed poster will be self-explanatory and will free
you from answering obvious questions, allowing you to discuss
particular points of interest to observers. A successful poster will
be thorough and clear.
(3) The sequence of information should be clear.
(4) From your poster, observers should be able to comprehend your
major findings.
(5) Use diagrams and charts when possible. Make sure they are
clearly labeled.
(6) Save specific details of the project for discussion with
observers. On your poster, concentrate on a concise statement of
your central findings.
Resources for Making a Good Poster
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.
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.
For an example of a poster layout,
visit the Health Science Center Communications page (here).
This poster is 5 inches too wide for SRW standards. Please take this
into account and adjust your design or print space if you choose to
use this template.
If you have questions about the requirements or guidelines please
e-mail
srw@tamu.edu.
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