White Paper Handbook pg. 48 Website: “introduction” presentation

Student Learning Objectives #1 apply knowledge #2 design and conduct experiments #3 contemporary issues #4 broad education #5 multi-disciplinary teams #6 professional and ethical responsibility #7 communicate effectively #8 life-long learning

White Paper Identify a contemporary issue in your field. Identify a contemporary issue in your field. Due: in lab week of Mar. 28 Due: in lab week of Mar. 28 Memo format (grammar packet). Memo format (grammar packet). Place title as “Subject.” Place title as “Subject.” Approximately one page. Approximately one page. Minimum of three references. Minimum of three references. Five paragraph style. Five paragraph style. Use section headings. Use section headings. Evaluation criteria – Handbook pg. 48 Evaluation criteria – Handbook pg. 48

White Paper Introduction: Overview of the paper. Introduction: Overview of the paper. Issue: What is the issue that you are addressing? Who else believes it is an issue? Issue: What is the issue that you are addressing? Who else believes it is an issue? Impact: Why is this issue significant? Impact: Why is this issue significant? Recommendation: What are the potential solutions? Why? Recommendation: What are the potential solutions? Why? Conclusion: Summarize the paper. Conclusion: Summarize the paper.

ENGR 301 IDOL Due week of Apr. 4 in lab Due week of Apr. 4 in lab White paper transformed to speech White paper transformed to speech No visual aids; no PPT; no notes No visual aids; no PPT; no notes Maximum of two minutes Maximum of two minutes Judge and vote Judge and vote Winner receives prize Winner receives prize

REMINDERS MAR. 14 & 15 – FIELD WEEK; NO CLASS MAR. 21 & 22 – SPRING BREAK; NO CLASS MAR. 28 – LECTURE MAR. 29 – WHITE PAPER APR. 4 – ROUGH DRAFT OF RESUME APR. 5 – IDOL PRESENTATION APR. 8 – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

REMINDERS APR. 11 – ROUGH DRAFT OF FINAL REVIEW APR. 12 – FINAL REVIEW PRESENTATION APR. 15 – FINAL DRAFT OF FINAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION FORM APR. 18 & APR. 19 – CORE CAPSTONE DEFENSE ROUGH DRAFT DUE APR. 25 – LECTURE APR. 26 – CORE CAPSTONE DEFENSE PAPER AND PRESENTATION

QUESTIONS

GENERAL PRESENTATION SKILLS GREET AUDIENCE AND INTRODUCE SELF USE PAUSES TO REDUCE FILLERS AND ALLOW AUDIENCE TIME TO RESPOND ENGAGE IN DIRECT EYE CONTACT CREATE SUMMARY STATEMENT FOR CONCLUSION PERFORM PROPER STAGE EXIT

ADVANCED PRESENTATION SKILLS SOLICIT A RESPONSE FROM THE AUDIENCE MUST BE CONTENT RELATED (NOT OKAY: HOW ARE YOU, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, ETC.) POLLING QUESTION DISCUSSION QUESTION CONTROL AUDIENCE INDICATE HOW TO RESPOND (RAISE HAND; SHOUT OUT ANSWER) INVOLVING ALL PARTICIPANTS TAKE AUDIENCE RESPONSE AND INTEGRATE INTO CONTENT