ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Chad A. B. Wilson, Ph.D. Director of Technical Communications Across the Curriculum February 9, 2010 Effective Presentations

Team 5 Oral Presentation (Student D 09/25/09) Team Members: Truong, David, Quy Ngo, Cristobal Pena, Raghuvar Seth Direct-Driven Wind Turbine

BLU-LED PROGRESS REPORT Team 3: Hao Le Andrew Hammen Jianfeng He September 25, 2009

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations We will learn three things today: How to determine the parts of a presentation How to deliver PowerPoint presentations How to design presentation slides

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Time Engineers Spend Communicating source: Survey of 300+ Cornell engr grads, source: instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/aep264/LectureOneFeb02.ppt Oral Pres 16% Other Work 56% Writing 28%

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Presentations in engineering Advantages of presentations Can make the presentation come alive Can revise the presentation on the spot Can use films, slides, and color Disadvantages of presentations One chance to say something correctly One chance to catch the material Deal with time constraints Communicate to multiple audiences From Michael Alley’s The Craft of Scientific Writing

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations The components of a presentation are based on the same principles as the components of written texts Purpose What is the purpose of a progress report? Audience Who is the audience for your progress report? Time You want to consider your

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations How much time do you have? Never go over time.

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations The guideline for creating an effective presentation: Tell ‘em what you’re going to tell ‘em, Tell ‘em, Tell ‘em what you told ‘em.

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Always tell your audience where your presentation is going. Mapping

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Determining the parts of the presentation Designing slides Delivering the presentation Introduction

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Determining the parts of the presentation Designing slides Delivering the presentation Introduction

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Three things to consider when creating a presentation The components of a presentation Slide design, including balancing the oral and written components of a presentation Presentation delivery

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Three things to consider when creating a presentation The parts The delivery The slides

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Introduction Military Applications Applications for health/medicine Computer Stuff

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Three kinds of applications Military Applications Applications for health/medicine Computer Stuff

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Overview of today’s presentation Military Applications Applications for health/medicine Computer Stuff

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Overview of today’s presentation Military Applications Medical Applications Computer Applications

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Three applications of nanotechnology Military Medical Computer

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Three applications of nanotechnology Military Medical Computer

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Three applications of nano- technology Military Medical Computer

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Three applications of nano- technology Military Medical Computer

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Three applications of nano- technology Military Medical Computer

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Three applications of nano-technology Military Medical Computer

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Three applications of nano-technology Military Medical Computer

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Three applications of nanotechnology Military Medical Computer

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Overview Project Description/Scope Technical Aspects Current Stages Milestones Project Schedule Project Budget

Contents 1.Introduction 2.Milestones 3.Progress Description 4.Engineering Constraints 5.Scheduling 6.Budget 7.Conclusions

Technical detail of project: Analog circuit and MCU Progress of our project Milestones we are working on & expected accomplished date. Goal: Construct device that locates direction & distance of sound source from device.

OverView  Purpose : To produce a small wind turbine direct driven power train.  Milestones Accomplished and in Progress  Goals:  1. Generate power to supply effectively for a Load(Grid)  2. To Effectively use kinetic energy to charge a 12 volt battery  Engineering Constraints  Schedule & Budget

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ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Fourier Transform Fourier Transform Cepstral Analysis Cepstral Analysis Perceptual Weighting Perceptual Weighting Time Derivative Time Derivative Time Derivative Time Derivative Energy + Mel-Spaced Cepstrum Delta Energy + Delta Cepstrum Delta-Delta Energy + Delta-Delta Cepstrum Input Speech Incorporate knowledge of the nature of speech sounds in measurement of the features. Utilize rudimentary models of human perception. Acoustic Modeling F eature Extraction Measure features 100 times per sec. Use a 25 msec window for frequency domain analysis. Include absolute energy and 12 spectral measurements. Time derivatives to model spectral change. From Michael Alley’s website at

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University of Houston System Design Team 3 Bluetooth BLU-LED Bluetooth Module Microcontroller Unit LEDs Motor

Block Diagram

Requirements Flash LED’sMeasure distance Detect line Record audioPlay soundDisplay message on LCD Grip & carry objects Design Assembling parts Electronic Design Programming Deliverable ECE 4436 Robot

Milestones M1: Robot moves and turns M2: Robot follows a black line M3: Robot displays distance to the wall on LCD M4: Robot records and plays sound M5: Complete robot with printed PCBs, a subroutine library, and a sample set of lab exercises

Progress Description M1: Robot moves and turns Order parts Assemble gearbox, motors, and chassis ◦ Hardware design Design and implement Motor Driver module  Regulate voltage to 3V from a 6V battery pack  Integrate wireless transceiver Integrate MCU module (NanoCore12DXC32S) Software design Control motors using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) ◦ Test and debug

Motor Driver Module Figure 1: Diagram of Motor Driver Module

Prototyping Board Figure 2: Prototyping board with MCU and Motor Driver modules integrated

Mechanical Structure Figure 3: Robot chassis, gearbox, motors, and ball caster

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations PMDF permanent metal deck forms Created by Dr. Todd Helwig, Civil Engineering

Scheduling 24-Aug31-Aug7-Sep14-Sep21-Sep28-Sep5-Oct12-Oct19-Oct26-Oct2-Nov9-Nov Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12 M1: MCU receives characters from PC M2: Character patterns display correctly M3: Spinning LEDs generate message M4: Control motor speed for stablization M5: Messages updated via bluetooth

Scheduling Figure 4: Gantt chart Gantt chart created by Jonathan Arias

Scheduling [1]

Budget Project Cost to DateExpected Project Cost to Date Expected Project Total Cost Labor $14,450.00$ $39, Parts $ $313.00$ Consulting $150.00$500.00$ Total $16,163.00$17,363.00$

Budget Expenditures to dateProjected expenditures to dateTotal projected expenditures PARTS: $110$205$400 LABOR: $4410$44800$10140 CONSULTING: $800 $2,800 TOTAL:$5320$5485$13,340

Budget Budget Expenditure To Date Projected Expenditure To Date Total Projected Expenditure Parts$118$110$200 Labor$7,800 $32,400 Consultation$450 $2,000 TOTAL$8,368$8,360$34,650 Table 2: Financial Expenses for ECE 4436 Robot Project

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Think of your slides as notes

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Watch out for the following during your presentations Putting your hands in your pockets Turning your back to your audience Trailing off at the end of sentences… Staring at your professor during your presentation Looking only at your group of friends Standing perfectly still Reading from notes, especially in monotone Saying “umm,” “well,” “like,” or “uh” throughout your presentation Looking surprised at the slide that comes next Having to say, “Hmm, that wasn’t supposed to do that.” Including group members who aren’t familiar with the presentation Staring at your notes throughout the entire presentation Including slides with just lots of text (like this one!)

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations RESULTS FOR EXISTING DECK-GIRDER CONNECTIONS  (in/in)  (k/in) Stiffening Angle at Panel Ends 22 gage deck Created by Dr. Todd Helwig, Civil Engineering

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations FEM MODEL WITH PANELS FOR DECK ELEMENTS Four-node shell elements of deck panel Eight-node shell elements of top flange of girder The translational degrees-of-freedom in the x, y, and z-directions were coupled between the corner nodes of the deck panels and the centerline nodes of the top flange. Translation of the flange imposes shear deformations on the deck form system. Denotes coupling of translational degrees- of-freedom in x, y, and z-direction between deck and girder nodes Created by Dr. Todd Helwig, Civil Engineering

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Created by Dr. Todd Helwig, Civil Engineering

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Your Presentation Here! Now that we know what slides should look like, let’s talk about how to deliver them!

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations For timing Practice your presentation at least once or twice.

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations For timing Practice your presentation at least once or twice. For problems with your slides

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations

For timing Practice your presentation at least once or twice. For problems with your slides For professionalism

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Communication is about words, as well as inflection and gestures 7% is communicated through the actual words you use 55% is communicated non-verbally 38% is communicated through inflection and vocal quality From Mahrabian, Psychology Today

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations It’s not a movie, so don’t make your slides the main focus. Don’t read from the screen.

Conclusions  Our goal is design and fabricate a small wind turbine directly driven power train.  As of now, the team is behind schedule due to the demand of our client.  We are currently over budget by approximately $2,000  The team believes that we will be finished by the deadline, Nov 2, 2009

Any Questions?

Questions?

Summary Project is delayed due to ordering process. Milestones 1 and 2 are undergoing Milestone 3, 4, and 5 are expected to be on schedule. Questions ???

ECE 4334: Effective Presentations Tips for Effective Presentations Start designing your presentation early Practice, practice, practice Speak in a normal tone Do not read from the screen Use clear transitions Repeat your key points Use your body language Purpose Audience Technical knowledge Guidelines for designing effective slides