Posters for the Design Expo
In addition to displaying your finished hardware at the Design Expo, you will need a poster to explain the project. The poster will have a lot of the same content as your final oral presentation, but you can be more creative with graphics and color. A grade sheet is attached which details the content expectations. Use a standard three-panel foam core poster backing, available from McGuckins or Art Hardware. There is a chapter in the textbook on poster techniques. The textbook is available in the classroom and on the web. Your goal is to interest your audience in your project and inform them about the essentials. Your target audience is other first-year engineering students who are unfamiliar with your project, so make the level and detail of your explanations appropriate for them. They should be able to understand what you’ve done and why just from reading the poster.