Seniors,

This year's poster session will be held in TUC 300 (open space where
all the candy dispensing machines are - near the info booth) on June
2.  The exposition will run from 11:00AM to 2:00PM.  Prizes will be
awarded to the top three exhibits according to the following criteria:

Category                                    Weight
--------                                    ------
Posters:                                    30 (subtotal for the group)
  Clarity and organization:                 10
  Effective use of visuals:                 10
  Oral presentation quality:                10
  
Project:                                    70 (subtotal for the group)
  Originality:                              10
  Timeliness (1):                           10
  Impact on current tech trends (2):        10
  Impact on society or an industry/company: 10
  Completed as proposed:                    10
  Completed within budget:                  10
  Sustainability:                           10
                                           ---
                                  Total:   100


(1) provides results that will contribute indirectly to the advancement of the
state of the art of some technology

(2) providing results that will contribute directly to the advancement
of the state of the art of some technology

Judges are:
  Robert Sexton, Shareef Dabdoud, and Rhonda Myers.  All are graduates
  of UC and are very highly thought of among the faculty.  Robert and
  Rhonda have considerable industrial experience.

Prizes are (in descending order of total points):
  1st place: $150
  2nd place: $100
  3rd place:  $50

Prizes are given to the team leader (as specified in the contract) who
has authority to disperse as he or she sees fit.

Notes on your Poster Exhibit:
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  1. You will not be able to lean posters up against a wall - hence
     you should provide some support to them to allow them to stand 
     freely on the table.
  2. Allow 4.5 feet of table space lengthwise and 3 feet of table
     space widthwise.
  3. Posters should have easily readable (including large enough font)
     short paragraphs explaining:
     a. Motivation
     b. Questions you addressed
     c. Methods you used
     d. Experiments you ran
     e. Results of the experiments
     f. Conclusions
  4. Illustrations (especially in color) are welcome
  5. There will be limited space in front of your posters for an
     actual model of your project or actual component.  However, we
     encourage such items.
  6. If you need more than 4.5 feet of table space lengthwise, let us
     know and we will get you more.
  7. If you have a huge example to exhibit (for example, a foosball
     table) let us know and we will make space for it.  Please note,
     there is an elevator near the exhibition area so it should not be
     difficult getting a large exhibit into the demonstration area.
  8. Time to begin setting up: 10:00AM.