• You should prepare a 10-15 minute presentation to explain your project and to be presented by the whole group on tome specified by your course advisor..
• Later in the finals week, two paper copies of the final report should be prepared and a digital copy on a CD-ROM of both your final report and your poster/powerpoint presentation along with any movies or data your presented on the data projector should be handed in. Please consult with your course advisor to find out the date when your final report and the digital copies are due.
  

• Attend all the presentations held during your final project presentation time slot.
• Hand in two paper copies and a digital version of both the final report, poster and data/movies used during presentation.

A poster of size 42" by 56" should be prepared by the group for the final presentations on Monday, June 12 form 7pm-10pm. The poster should contain and will be graded on the following specific topics in your project:

You are free to use any Poster Design you may desire, as long as the poster contains:

• Project Title (top center of poster)
• Names of students involved in project (below title)
  
• Names of course advisor and project advisor(s) (below student names)
• Wite poster background with colored text, figures and captions
  
• Above mentioned project topics

1. Select size of the printer/plotter: Preferably 42" wide, but 36" wide poster is fine too.
   
2. Preview: Preview the poster before you submit the final version. This is done by selecting either the cplot1_np36 or cplot1_np42 printer from the print menu in the program you are using: cplot1_npxx means no plot. This preview option will send you an email with a Acrobat  PDF of you printout. Verify that the dimensions and the contents of your poster are correct via Acrobat Viewer.
3. Printing: When you are ready to print, select either cplot1_co42 or cplot1_co36 (depending on the size you want) from the print menu and print (make sure that you use the same settings as a successful test print, step 2).
   

A 15 minute oral presentation should be a synopsis of your project. In case you are required to make a poster, the presentation should be given as a Poster Pitch, otherwise it should be a standalone presentation. The standalone presentation will be graded on the following topics:

This oral presentation should be divided among your group.  We suggest that the group leader or designate introduce the outline of the project and then have appropriate group members present specific areas. An projector will be provided for viewgraphs to be used in the presentation and should be used to display an enlarged version of the main figures and important text of your project and/or any movies that you like to show.

• A PC operating on Windows with Power Point and a projection system will be available for accompany your presentation.
• Please bring your presentation on either a CD-ROM or a USB thumbdrive.
• Make sure you show up 10 minutes before class, to copy relevant data to the harddisk of the PC in the class room.
• In case you bring a CD-ROM make sure you only use CD-R (do not use a CD-RW) and please do not use any directCD software to create your CD-ROM, as the PC in the class room will not support CD-R created with directCD.  Make sure you simply burn the CD as a conventional data CD.

If you need any special audio/video resources for your final presentation, please email Professor de Callafon at callafon@ucsd.edu.

Two paper copies and a digital copy of the final report are due during finals week. Since the presentation are scheduled at different tiems (consult with your course advisor), the final reports are due later in the finals week to give you some time to finalize the report writing. Again, please consult with your course advisor to find out the exact dates when your final report is due.

The text of the report, not including title page, table of contents, and lists of figures and tables, and references should not exceed 20 pages.  Use 12 point font and no less than and one half for the line spacing. Some summary figures and tables can be placed in the text, otherwise for ease of organization and editing they can be also be placed in the appendix, particularly if there are many figures that would take up too much of the text portion of the report.

When you hand in your final report, you must include a floppy disk/ZIP disk or CD-ROM with your report, your poster and accompanying presentation in PDF, WORD, LaTeX or PPT format). Compress files with a program such as PKZIP in case you have troubles fitting it on the disk.

The final report should follow the general outline of a typical MAE171a/175a/126a lab report with the appropriate sections:

1. Title

The title should be short and describe the contents or major objective of the report.  A title page should be used with full identification including class, names, group number, experiment, and dates.


2. Abstract

An abstract is a condensation of the entire report into a paragraph or two which will enable the reader to get a summary view of the report.  The abstract gives an overview of the report and helps a potential reader to understand what to expect in the report.  The abstract should contain major pieces of information from the report, with  the exception of the references and appendices.  The abstract should not be longer than about a page or two hundred words.  The abstract should contain pertinent results with errors, commentary on the degree of agreement with appropriate theory.


3. Table of Contents

The table of contents should be organized in a manner which permits fast access to the contents of the report. All major headings should be listed in the order of their appearance in the report with the page numbers corresponding to them.


4. List of Figures

Titles of all figures and photographs in the report should be listed in the order of their appearance in the report along with  the corresponding page numbers.


5. List of Tables

Titles of all tables in the report should be listed in the order of their appearance in the report along with the corresponding page numbers.


6. Introduction

The introduction presents to the reader to the material contained in the report.  This introduction should provide the general objective of the experiment to be described.  The objective should be concisely stated using complete sentences. This section not only informs the reader of the nature and purposes of the experiment, it also becomes the writer's own guide to what is to follow in the report.


7. Theory

Pertinent principles, laws, and equations should be stated, and specialized or unfamiliar terms should be defined in this section.  Analytical diagrams such as theoretical cycles, flow diagrams, or dynamic response diagrams should be included here.  The general nature and significance of experimental coefficients, correction factors, or efficiencies should be indicated.


8. Experimental Procedure

This section is important in describing how the experiment was designed and conducted.  Accurate identification of the equipment should be given including the model number of any commercial equipment used in the experiment.  A generalized sketch or .block diagram of the equipment such as models,  test specimens, transducers, computer interface, software, etc. are useful in conveying to the reader an understanding of how the experiment was conducted.  It is also necessary to include a description of how the experiment was conducted.  This includes any test procedures or calibration processes that were used in conducting the experiment. The criterion here is that someone familiar with the general area of investigation should be able to reproduce your experiment from the information given in this section.


9. Data and Results

The general results of the experiment are summarized in a few short paragraphs, supported by such tables and graphs that are significant in describing the data that was taken to accomplish the objective of the experiment.  Tables and graphs should include pertinent material and have accompanying titles to indicate what is being presented.  Original data sheets and other raw data should be placed in an appendix.   Graphical representation of the data from the experiment helps the reader understand how the data was acquired and in what form it will be used in further analysis.  The use of logarithmic or other special  scales should be considered.  Cross plotting may be advantageous.  General trends in the data should be noted and in particular if any apparent discrepancies appear they should also be noted since they may lead to difficulties in the experiment that may lead to erroneous data analysis.


10. Discussion

This section presents the results of the experiment in the context of the analysis of the data based on the theory that was described in the introduction.  This discussion could involve comparison with the results of similar investigations or with the expected results based on theory.  The strong points of  the  work should be brought out here, along with any limitations.  In this regard the error analysis section should be referenced.  The performance of the experiments in the class are sometimes hampered by lack of time or limitations in methods or the equipment.  If problems are encountered in the experiment it is important that in the discussion section recommendations should be made for any changes or further work that would more adequately accomplish the original objective.


11. Error Analysis

In the equipment transducers and instruments used in the experiments has limitations of the precision and accuracy of the resulting measurements.  Important in the error analysis section is a formal analysis of the propagation of errors from the raw data measurements thorough the analysis scheme into the final results.  Refer to the error analysis material from the appropriate lecture and handout materials provided in the class.


12. References

It is important in presenting the material in the report to indicate where reference information has been obtained.  For a  research reports, in  particular, this can often be done with footnotes or by reference number to a references list that appears at the end of the text section of the report and prior to appendices.


13. Appendices

Summary data, including spread sheets with data, drawings, and detailed derivations required in the analysis should be included in the appendix..  Any sample calculations that are important  and, unless very brief, belong in the appendix.  Calibration data and results are usually placed in the appendix.  Special descriptions, drawings, and details regarding test methods may well appear in the appendix if their importance is secondary to the object of the experiment.  Mathematical developments of special equations should be placed in the appendix.  Copies of code listings or other special reference material can be placed in the appendix for convenient reference.

Summarizing, the final assignment consists of a final presentaton and an accompanying poster (if applicable) (25%) and a final report (45%). The final presentation (and display of the accompanying poster if applicable) is scheduled by yoru course advsior. Consult with your course advisor for the exact location of the final presentations. As everyone should attend all the final presentations, the order of the presentations is determined randomly upon the start of the presentations. Each presentation should take less than 15 minutes.