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Oral Presentation Towards the end of the semester, each team will give an oral presentation explaining their design process and results. Please refer to the technical communications guide on the EEIC courses website for a general overview on giving oral presentations and a sample presentation. Rationale: This assignment is a chance for you to share information about your unique Lab- on-a-Chip (LOC) with the entire class for their benefit via an oral presentation (with visuals). The oral presentation covering the LOC project is an opportunity for each student team to practice communicating their ideas concisely and in a way that is captivating to the audience. Assignments and Grade Breakdown (see schedule for due dates):  Outline for LOC Oral Presentation (25 pts.)  Draft of visuals and plan for the LOC Oral Presentation (25 pts.)  LOC Oral Presentation (100 pts.) Outline (25 pts.) Requirements: you are required to provide the following in a Word document:  Show the organization of your presentation material.  Arrange the presentation materials such that the subsequent topics are connected and have a smooth flow.  Show the high-level content of your presentation material.  The order in which the team members are planning to present the material.  The approximate amount of time your group will spend on each topic.  Make sure to include as much detail as possible. You will receive your outline back with comments and recommendations. Remember to incorporate your GTA’s recommendations when planning for your actual presentation. Lab-on-a-Chip Project Description Page 1

Grading of Outline: POSSIBLE ITEM POINTS OUTLINE FORMAT 5 CONTENT AREAS 10 SPEAKERS LISTED 5 EFFORT/NEATNESS 5 Draft of the Oral Presentation (25 pts.) After reviewing your GTA’s comments on your outline, start prep aring PowerPoint slides for your presentation based on your outline and the reviewer’s comments. For your draft, create slides of your possible presentation materials. This draft should be a close approximation of what you are planning for your presentation . In grading this, GTAs will be looking at:  Content covered (see below)  Formatting of the slides (e.g., font, font size, slide color, font color, etc.)  Aesthetics (If the color of the font and the background slide chosen helps/hinders visibility of the presentation material.)  … and length. (Avoid full/long sentences in slides.) [There is no minimum/maximum number of slides required; however, keep in mind that the presentation must be six minutes in length with two minutes set aside for audience questions and answers.] What you will include:  The order in which the team members are planning to present the material  Time allotted to each topic of presentation  Visual aids!!! – Relevant (e.g., picture of equipment or facility vs. random clipart of a cartoon lab) pictures, diagrams, figures and tables are strongly encouraged Lab-on-a-Chip Project Description Page 2

Print out the slides as 3 slide hand out and indicate the speaker and the time allotted beside each slide. Points will be deducted if this is not done. Grading of draft of slides: POSSIBLE ITEM POINTS MAJOR CONTENT 15 AREAS SLIDE FORMAT 5 SLIDE CONTENT 5 Oral Presentation (100 pts.) Dress : Business casual Time Allowed: 6 minutes for presentation, with 2 minutes for questions and answers (approximately evenly divided among the team members) Content of Presentation: It is very important to focus your presentation on your team’s experience . Do not include common information that all teams shared, i.e. requirements. Each team’s presentation should be very individualized not re petition of other teams’ presentation.  This should be a concise oral presentation with a concentration on your chip designs, and how your chip operated.  Focus on your brainstorming ideas, and how you finally arrived at you final designs.  Discuss the features of the final chip design (geometries of paths, shapes of wells, valves etc.) and explain why these design choices were made Lab-on-a-Chip Project Description Page 3

 Discuss the results of your final competition and why you chose your final design from the two designs  Discuss the problems encountered, and what you would do differently  More time should be spent on those areas where points are most concentrated.  Email the final version of your PowerPoint presentation to your GTA by 9 pm the day before the presentation. Bring a backup on the day of the presentation!! For more information on point distribution, please refer to the Oral Presentation Evaluation Form below: Lab-on-a-Chip Project Description Page 4