POSTER PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS

Student Research Symposium

What Is a Poster?■ This is a way to present your research

– People can take a quick look and then move on– People can quickly read about the entire project– Should catch their eyes while remaining professional

Why a Poster and Not a Talk?■ Either is good.

■ A talk is often considered more prestigious. – Fewer talks at a conference than posters

■ People who come to your talk are interested in your paper.

■ At a poster session, people may stop by and look at your poster even if they are not at the session to look at your research

What Does It Look Like?■ Tall and large 6 piece stand that will require large binder clips

to hold the poster in place.

■ One large print

Which should I use?

■ For the A&M-SA Student Research Symposium, we are requiring students to print their posters on a single sheet of banner material from PowerGrafx.

■ (see next slide for more information)

Power Grafx■ Powergrafx Signs

5947 Culebra Rd. San Antonio, TX 78238

(near Southwest Research Institute)

■ (P): 210.433.7920■ (E)mail file to: sales@powergrafx.net■ The following files are accepted: jpg, eps, ai, pdf

Power Grafx■ Please use Work Order provided on the SRS webpage

■ Save ppt file as a pdf and then email to sales@powergrafx.net, along with the completed work order.

■ You will need a couple days’ lead time.■ Cost is $24. Be sure to include the work order—the $24

rate is a wholesale educational discount and they will need to know you are a student here.

■ Once you email the work order, be sure to call and confirm they received your email and pick up date.

How To Attach?■ You must have your poster turned in by:

Tuesday May 1, 2018 before 5 PM to CAB 435J.

Label your poster, using a sheet of paper, with the following: Presenter nameTitle of project

Faculty Sponsor namePhone and email

Volunteers will have your poster displayed Thursday before the event

Can I use Power Grafx for other conferences?■ If you are still representing this institution,

you can use Power Grafx’s deal.

How Do I Write On the Poster?■ Preferred easy-to-read font:

– APA style includes: Arial, Helvetica– Not Times New Roman (better for books and papers, not posters)

■ Use a LARGE font:– Not much on each slide.

■ University Fonts:– Oswald– Vollkhorn Regular

What Do I Need?■ Title with name/affiliation

■ Faculty sponsor name

■ Introduction with a few sources from background literature

■ Hypotheses

■ Design/Methodology

■ Results with graphs/pictures

■ Discussion

■ References

■ Handout (optional)

Handout (optional)

■ Some people give out their entire paper– Not necessary

■ Brief summary is best

■ Just print an 8.5x11 handout of your poster from Power Point

Poster Template

Available on the SRS webpage @http://www.tamusa.edu/SRS/index.html

Printed Poster delivered to…

As soon as your poster is printed, please deliver to Office of Graduate Studies and Sponsored Programs, CAB #435J, with Juliana Velez

by May 1, 2018, 5 PM

Label your poster, using a sheet of paper, with the following: Presenter nameTitle of project

Faculty Sponsor namePhone and email

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