CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Title of Presentation Authors Student 1 Student 2 Student 3 Student 4 Advisor Dr. Name1, Dr. Name2 Industry Representative Mr/Ms/Mrs Name Affiliation

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Agenda Introduction Speaker Background Speaker Methods Speaker Results Speaker Conclusions Speaker Demonstration Speaker

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Introduction Begin by introducing yourself and your team. Recognize (thank) your Advisor, Industry Rep, and any others who significantly helped the team. Define the problem your project solves. Explain why it is an important problem/project. Describe what your audience will learn as a result of your presentation.

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Background Describe any information that the listener requires to understand the presentation. Explain what your project is supposed to do. Go over the key functional specifications.

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Methods Describes how you did what you did. What technical and logical sequence did you follow? Be sure your procedure follows standard engineering practices.

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Results Start by describing the architecture of your project. Then, move to your implementation. Start with a high-level block diagram, describe it’s major blocks, and then drop into each block and do the same. Describe any data collected and compare it to your theoretical calculations.

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Conclusions Recap your main messages (key points). What is it that you want the audience to remember? Discuss possible areas for improving the design. Provide a sense of closure.

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Demonstration Briefly describe what you will be demonstrating. Tell the audience what they will see, what to look for, and why it is important. Your demonstration should be “turn-key” and ready to go (e.g., don’t connect cables). Sandy Ressel has carts for your project. Plan a contingency in case your demonstration fails to work. Bad luck does happen.

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Thank You. Are there any questions?

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Suggestions and Restrictions NOT PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION 1.Do not modify the template. If it doesn’t fit on one slide, then add a second slide. If you make the font sizes smaller, the audience can not read it. Also, if you put too much on one slide the audience can not read it. 2.The next slide identifies the correct fonts and point sizes. If you have a first-level (or second-level) heading, remember to use at least two and not just one. Do not use a third-level heading.

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Times New Roman 44 Times New Roman 32, 1 st first-level –Times New Roman 28, 1 st second-level –Times New Roman 28, 2 nd second-level Times New Roman 32, 2 nd first-level –Times New Roman 28, 1 st second-level –Times New Roman 28, 2 nd second-level Times New Roman 32, 3 rd first-level margin

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Suggestions and Restrictions NOT PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION 3.PowerPoint may re-format the font size if you try to include too much information. Limit your text so that this does not happen. Keep everything within the defined boundaries and margins. 4.Keep your presentation text to short bullets. Do not use text that reads like a sentence. Keep it simple. Think of each text line as a newspaper headline. Lots of information, very few words.

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Suggestions and Restrictions NOT PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION 5.Include lots of figures, tables, or digital images. Visual material is very effective: a picture is worth a thousand words. Lots faster too. Avoid dark pictures as they will not show well on the projector. 6.Make use of color in your supporting material. Use clip art when appropriate to illustrate a point. Spice it up with color. 7.If it makes sense, animate your objects. Animation helps explain a sequence.

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Suggestions and Restrictions NOT PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION 8.If you have equations, use an equation editor to create professional-quality objects. 9.Please do not refer to your project by its project name; use only its title. 10.Because of time constraints, you will not be allowed to add files, pictures, or other audio visual material to you presentation after the cutoff date and time (Monday, April 16 at 5 PM).

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Suggestions and Restrictions NOT PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION 11.Don’t assume the EH216 PC has an application installed. You will have access to the internet, but not your P: drive. There is a phone line in the room. 12.Don’t overrun you time allotment of 15 minutes and let everyone on the team speak. Your moderator will cut you off to keep on schedule. 13.Please dress appropriately and in “business” attire. We will be a bit more formal then in class.

CS-EE 481 Spring Founder’s Day, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Suggestions and Restrictions NOT PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION 14.You can sign up in the engineering office to reserve a practice time slot. You must do a dry run of your presentation and demonstration with your advisor prior to Founder’s Day.