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• Details about update presentations
  • What to turn in and bring to the presentation
  • Presentation Guidelines
  • Who’s evaluating who
  • How you’re evaluating the other presenters
  • How you are graded for presentations
• First Update Presentation: Project Status and Direction
  • Common feedback from first presentation
• Second Update Presentation: Customer Requirements & Benchmarking
• Third Update Presentation: Benchmarking cont., Design Specifications, & Identify Critical Function Prototypes
• Fourth Update Presentation: Critical Function Prototypes & Design Specifications

• Common feedback from first presentation
• Andy’s midterm presentation feedback
• Presentations Schedule

Details about update presentations

What to turn in and bring to the presentation:

1. Upload your presentation to your wiki site and email the link to your slides to Andy () and Prof. Provancher () by 10AM at the latest the day you present.
   • Please include the names and email addresses of all your team members on the first page of your presentation to expedite contacting your group via email.
2. Upload your update memo to your wiki site and email the link to your memo to Rebecca DaPra () and Prof. Provancher () by 10AM on the day you present.
   • Please include the names and email addresses of all your team members at the top of the first page of your memo to expedite contacting your group via email.
3. Bring copies of your slides to class for Andy and Prof. Provancher for us to give you feedback on.
4. Print out an evaluation form for each member of your team
   1. For the 1st presentation, these will go to Andy, after that they will go straight to the presenters.
5. Please upload your presentation and memo to your wikiSite and link them off the presentations page.

Presentation Guidelines:

• Follow the main guidelines found in April’s presentation from in class (Monday 8/29) (ppt, pdf) for your presentation.
• Email your Update Memo (1–2 page summary of your progress and presentation) and Powerpoint slides to Andy Dohanos (Communications TA) and Dr. Provancher by 10AM on the day your group presents.
• 8–10 minutes per group presentation (2–4 minutes for questions)
• 3 Presenters maximum per presentation (though everyone must present during the semester)
• Everyone in each group must be present on the day of their team’s presentation, or receive an exception from Dr. Provancher in advance.

Whose evaluating who

• Team 3 will evaluate Team 1 (while Team 2 is setting up)
• Team 1 will evaluate Team 2 (while Team 3 is setting up)
• Team 2 will evaluate Team 3 (while Team 1 is helping pack up Andy’s laptop)

ME 4000 : Peer Evaluation Questions (or see attached PDF)

1. Can you offer any positive or constructive feedback regarding the presentations organization? (i.e. Intro, Body, Conclusion)
2. Can you offer any positive or constructive feedback regarding delivery? (i.e. vocal, physical)
3. Can you offer any positive or constructive feedback regarding the use and/or the presentation of visual aids?
4. Can you offer any positive or constructive feedback regarding teamwork? (i.e. consistency, cohesiveness of the presentation, presenters)
5. Did you feel the presenters accomplished their task. (i.e. Is the audience adequately updated?)

How you are graded for presentations

Main Criteria:

1. did you present (if you don’t present the entire semester, you will get a zero)
2. did you put any effort into your presentation
   1. are you trying to follow good presentation
   2. did you practice
   3. did you prepare thoughtful content for your presentation
      1. is this content at the right level
         1. no long pages of equations
         2. no need to belabor unimportant matters
         (remember you only have a short time, so communicate what’s important)
3. have you shown improvement
4. have you communicated/coordinated with your team, so that the presentation is coherent
   1. is the presentation balanced (reasonable pockets of time for all topics & presenters)?
   2. is the appearance of your presentation consistent?
   3. are your transitions good
   4. does your preview and review list what was covered in the presentation

Grades for those who present will span from 60 (poor/lacking effort &/or no improvement) to 100 (shows effort and improvement). Those who do not present will receive a zero for this grade (their entire presentation/memo grade).

First Update Presentation

For the first update presentations of the Fall 2005 Semester, I would like each team simply to have as the focus of their presentation to explain to the Teaching Team what your project is about, what you’ve been doing since ME 3910 with your project, and what you’ll be doing. Pretend your audience is a group of undergrads from another University. That is, they have about the same technical knowledge that you do, but don’t know anything about your project.

Second Update Presentation

• Main emphases: Customer Requirements & Bench Marking

Your presentation should include:

• Some Bench Marking related to your project
• Updates
• key dates in your schedule
  • reference your current progress, whether your ahead or behind on your schedule
  • Include how you are doing on your schedule
  • what is the next thing(s) your team is focusing on?

Your memo should parallel your presentation (minus the project description and team intro).

Third Update Presentation

• Main emphases: Bench Marking cont., Design Specifications, & Identify Critical Function Prototypes

• Some Bench Marking related to your project OR some refinement of design specifications as a result of work that your team has been doing (maybe you won’t have anything to report here).
• Updates on stuff your group has been focusing on.
• Mention what you will present at the next update presentation as your Critical Function Prototype (CFP)
  • Mention your motivation and goals in choosing this CFP what you think you will learn by doing this CFP
• key dates in your schedule
  • reference your current progress, whether your ahead or behind on your schedule
  • Include how you are doing on your schedule
  • what is the next thing(s) your team is focusing on?

Content for Third Update Presentation
(The structure or your presentation might look something like this)

• Preview/Outline Slide
• Schedule & status
• Updates
  • Stuff you’ve been working on
• Discussion of CFP candidates & criteria
• Describe chosen CFP and justify why it was chosen and what you hope to learn from making it.
• Review/Summary Slide

Your memo should parallel your presentation (minus the project description and team intro).

Fourth Update Presentation

• Main emphases: Critical Function Prototype & Design Specifications cont.

• Your main emphasis should be on presenting your Critical Function Prototype (CFP)
  • Review your motivation and goals in choosing this CFP
  • Show the design of your CFP and talk about what you learned
• Other updates
• key dates in your schedule
  • reference your current progress, whether your ahead or behind on your schedule
  • Include how you are doing on your schedule
  • what is the next thing(s) your team is focusing on?

Your memo should parallel your presentation (minus the project description and team intro).

Content for Fourth Update Presentation
(The structure or your presentation might look something like this)

• Preview/Outline Slide
• Schedule & status
• Misc. updates (if you have time, these should be important if you include any)
• Describe chosen CFP, reminding audience what you hoped to learn from making it.
  • Bring CFP to class if possible and show audience
  • Describe what you learned, surprises, failures, etc…
  • Take pictures and label the important things you want to show us
• Review/Summary Slide

Presentation Groups for Project Updates
Group Teams

1. Formula SAE, Mini-Baja1, Mini-Baja2
2. All-Terrain Walker, Hexaball, Robotic Hand
3. Soapbox Derby, Toppy Bottle Separator, Chumbleysticks
4. Microfluidic Spotter Optimization, Micro Air Vehicle, High Speed UAV
5. Mini Portable Heating System, Desalinization, Precision Kiting
6. Scuba Pool Project, Whale Watching UAV, Wind Energy Research Program

Lab and Presentation Schedule

Week	Monday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Week 1 (8/24 - 8/26)		Course Introduction
Week 2 (8/29 - 9/2)	Presentation	Update Group	Lab 0	Lab 0
	Expectations/Format
Week 3 (9/5 - 9/9)	Labor Day	Update Group 2	Lab 1	Lab 1
Week 4 (9/12 - 9/16)	Update Group 3	Update Group 4	Lab 2	Lab 2
Week 5 (9/19 - 9/23)	Update Group 5	Update Group 6	Lab 3	Lab 3
Week 6 (9/26 - 9/30)	Update Group 1	Update Group 2	Lab 4	Lab 4
Week 7 (10/3 - 10/7)	Update Group 3	Update Group 4	Fall Break	Fall Break
Week 8 (10/10 - 10/14)	Update Group 5	Update Group 6	Lab 5	Lab 5
Week 9 (10/17 - 10/21)	Update Group 1	Update Group 2	Lab 6	Lab 6
Week 10 (10/24 - 10/28)	Update Group 3	Update Group 4	Lab 7	Lab 7
Week 11 (10/31 - 11/4)	Update Group 5	Update Group 6	Lab 8	Lab 8
Week 12 (11/7 - 11/11)	Update Group 1	Update Group 2	Lab 9	Lab 9
Week 13 (11/14 - 11/18)	Update Group 3	Update Group 4	Lab 10	Lab 10
Week 14 (11/21 - 11/25)	Update Group 5	Update Group 6	T Day	T Day
Week 15 (11/28 - 12/2)			Lab 11	Lab 11
Week 16 (12/5 - 12/9)		Final Reports due (5pm in MEB 2110)		Reading Day