Final Project Presentation

Time/Date/Place: 2:00pm on Th 05/02/2013 in Cramer 203

The final presentation is to convey your design and results to a more general audience of interested parties to include your client. Everyone should come away with an understanding of your problem, solution and efficacy of your solution.

General Guidelines:

• approximately 20 minutes in length, 25 minutes total with questions;
• all team members are expected to speak;
• order will be teams 4-3-2-1;
• a projector is available in the room, but not a computer (please coordinate for one, common computer and practice beforehand);
• assume your audience is a mix of supervisors, colleagues, sponsors and guests, all of which are interested in your outcome;
• dress will be business casual;
• suggested outline:
  1. Title Slide that identifies the project and design team.
  2. Overview Slide that shows the general outline and direction of the presentation.
  3. General Description and Motivation of the project at a level anyone can understand.
  4. Problem Statement including requirements and specifications defined by you and your customer.
  5. Overview of Design including how overall system functions in terms of its subsystems and interfaces. A block diagram might be useful here.
  6. Technical Description of Major Subsystems including specifications; design; justification; key components; and supporting material from analysis, simulations or experiments.
  7. Status of design to include prototype's functionality, budget.
  8. Test Results for tests and evaluations that were done to verify performance.
  9. Conclusion briefly summarizing presentation.
  10. Backup Slides with details not appropriate for presentation, but useful as backup or in a handout such as detailed gantt charts, budgets, diagrams, etc.