COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FORUM

FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015

WHY PRESENT A POSTER?

WHAT IS A POSTER SESSION?

• At conferences, meetings, events• Large room or hallway • Posters displayed in rows• Program or booklet identifies the posters, presenters, and

their topics• Audience mills around visiting posters, asking questions

and engaging in discussion

WHY HAVE A POSTER SESSION?

• For Conference Organizers:• Not enough time to have every visiting researcher give

an oral presentation• For UT

• Prepares students to give poster presentations at national conferences (a low-stakes introduction)

• Spotlights our talented undergraduates• Allows a focused interaction between students and

faculty and industry scientists

WHY ATTEND A POSTER SESSION?

For the audience:

• Can spend as much or as little time with each poster

• Less formal setting to speak with researchers

• Can get a sense of wide range of projects

• Good networking - meet like-minded undergraduates, industry representatives, faculty.

WHY PRESENT A POSTER?

• For Presenters:• Presentation of your work is part of the research process

• Fantastic preparation for an oral presentation or published paper

• Provides an opportunity for you to ask questions about your work and discuss things with your mentors and faculty

• Informal - can be more like a conversation

• For summer fellowship recipients, it’s a requirement

• Awards!!! Over 20 - $500 awards will be given to presenters at the Forum.

WHAT DOES “PRESENTING A POSTER” MEAN?

• Individuals or teams• Create a poster

• Large, usually 4’ x 6’ printout• A single power point slide

• Present your poster• Stand in front of the poster• Engage people in discussion• Answer questions

• Although no formal “presentation/oral talk” you should prepare a couple of answers to “So tell me about your work”

• For scientists in your field• For scientists outside your area• For non-scientists

OVERVIEW: WHAT IS A SCIENTIFIC POSTER?

• A large document that pictorially describes your research

• Contains:

• Title

• Collaborators & Institutional Affiliations

• Introduction/Background

• Research Question

• Methods

• Results

• Discussion and Conclusion

• Reference section (articles that were vital to your research)

• Acknowledgement section

• Contact Information

http://phdposters.com/gallery.php

http://phdposters.com/gallery.php

http://phdposters.com/gallery.php

Teamwork

Fun

Accomplishment

$500 awards!

CNS Undergraduate Research Forum is Friday, April 17, 11am-3pm, Welch Hallway

NEXT STEPS

• BY FEB. 27: REGISTER • Forum website, Student Participants• Register - “Intent to Submit a Poster”

• Go to a Poster Workshop• Speak with your research supervisor• Use resources, such as the Guide to Creating a Research Poster• BY MARCH 23: Submit an Abstract• UP TO APRIL 10: Print your poster – for free!

Questions? Lynda Gonzales, TIDES Assistant Director

PAI 3.04; lyndag@austin.utexas.edu; 512-232-8345