Preparing Your Poster

Make sure that you consult with your Research Advisor prior to printing the final version of your poster

 

Poster size

• A size of 3' x 4' is standard required.  Layout may be horizontal or vertical

 

Mounting

Posters must be mounted on the display boards from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

• Pushpins will be provided

• Please make sure your poster is leveled when mounted

• Use the ID in the Technical Program to locate your poster board. ID number will be placed in the upper corner of each poster board.

 

Program

The Symposium starts at 12:30 pm and ends at 6:40 pm. The Symposium is open to the public but some events are by invitation only*. See Program. 

 

 

Presentation

  • All posters must remain up until the end of the symposium.
  • Presenters will be split into groups A (2:30 pm to 3:35 pm) and B (3:45 pm to 4:50 pm).  See Technical Program for assignments.
  • Presenting authors are expected to stay for the entire symposium.  (See Program)
  • Presenters must stay by the side of their posters during their assigned session and are expected to provide feedback to at least three fellow researchers during the other.session.
  • Feedback forms will be distributed at the symposium..

At the end of Session B please remove your poster; you may leave your poster at the registration desk and pick it up the following Monday or Tuesday at CCSB 3.0100. COURI will hold the poster for two working days after the symposium. Posters that are not picked up will be disposed of. COURI will not take responsibility for posters not turned in at the registration desk from 4:50 -5:00 pm.

 

Judging and Awards

Faculty and graduate students will be juding poster presentations.  Awards will be presented at the Awards Banquet*

Best Overall Poster

  • Certificate
  • Invitation to Sigma Xi-The Scientific Research Society, initiation and first year associate membership fees. (Sponsored by Sigma Xi)
  • Undergraduate Research Awardee UTEP Polo Shirt
  • $50.00 Gift Card

Best Poster Presentation Award (one per category):

Honorable Mention

  • Certificate
 

*The Reception and Awards Banquet is a ticketed event - by invitation only and exclusively for students presenting their research and competing in the poster presentations, associated faculty members and volunteers. 

 

Student Resources

Preparing and Delivering Technical Presentations Workshop

Part I – To my Technical Peers

Part II - To a Non-technical Audience (Associated Competition Info)

Saturday March 09,  8:30 am – 2:30 pm, CCSB 1.0410

Facilitated by: Lourdes Echegoyen, Ph.D.

COURI workshops are for Undergraduate Researchers currently engaged in research.

 

COURI invites every undergraduate researcher in engineering, science, health sciences or nursing to the Preparing and Delivering Technical Presentations Workshop. Participants will work on preparing professional scientific poster presentations and delivering a professional oral presentation in an organized and concise manner. What constitutes a good scientific poster and power point presentation will be discussed, and students will have the opportunity to create a poster from an existing report and present it to peers.

We would like to thank Dr. Vanessa Lougheed for sharing with us a poster template that you may use to create your poster.

"The objective of your poster is to communicate a clear message and support it with a combination of figures, tables and short blocks of text. "

Find this and more tips on Dr. Lougheed's poster. 

Poster Template

 

Student resources on preparing a poster courtesy of SACNAS. 

                             Poster tutorial videos:

Elements of a Successful Poster (Part 1)

Preparing a Successful Poster (Part 2)

Presenting a Successful Poster (Part 3)