1. 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/results 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
Show any components that you have selected (and why)
Follow-up accountability:
Fellow students will write down any questions during presentation regarding specific slides (make sure slides are numbered). Write down any question that you orally ask.
Questions will be distributed to each team and each team will have one week to answer them.
Answer what you feel are good questions
Discuss why you think that bad questions are not appropriate or misunderstood
12/7/2018
MAE 4291: Senior Design 1

2. 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
12/7/2018
MAE 4291: Senior Design 1