SEPTEMBER 30 / OCTOBER 1 PRESENTATIONS

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SEPTEMBER 30 / OCTOBER 1 PRESENTATIONS

• Graded design review
• 50/50 split between student/instructor
• See questions that you will be graded on
• If you send me presentation before Sunday,
  September 28, I will review it and give specific
  feedback
• Presentation requirements
• 30 minutes each 25 minute presentation, 5
  minutes for questions
• Minimize time on project overview and motivation
  1-2 minutes
• Title slide 1 slide
• Project goal and objectives 1 slide
• Project or component specifications and metrics
  2-3 slides
• List the models and calculations that you need to
  examine over the course of the project 2 slides
• Maximize time on modeling/calculations/analysis/re
  sults of overall system or an individual
  system(s).
• Get into detail no more hand waving type
  arguments and what you present should be solid
• Use diagrams and schematics not just words
• Examples free body diagrams, power and energy
  balances (budgets), etc.
• Show the equations that you use and how they
  relate to each other
• Clearly state how results are used in the context
  of your design
• Show any hardware that you have designed or built

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UPDATE PRESENTATION FEEDBACK COMMENTS

• Double check what you are calling a goal vs.
  objective vs. requirements
• Example CFD Model is not an objective
• Example MATLAB Model is not an objective
• Be clear as to who is setting requirements and
  why or where they came from
• Any pictures or figures that are not your own
  MUST have a reference
• Define any symbols that you use
• You only have to define them once, the first time
  you use them
• Get rid of articles (like the) and shorten text
  wherever possible
• Figures and Plots
• Axes labels and legends must be legible almost
  as large as main text
• Add labels to point things out on a photo or
  drawing
• Need 1-2 bullets that describe what the plot is
  saying to the audience
• Sides with models, analysis, calculations,
  pictures, etc. need a message