Creating an informative, clear, and concise visual presentation that effectively explains how your vehicle systems function and why you constructed them the way you did will go a long way in helping you to sell your “product” to the “client” – in this case, the competition judges. 

Guidelines and required components:

• Font size that is clearly legible from a distance of 1.5 m

• All measurements are in SI units (metric)

• Your school/club and team name (if applicable)

• Images AND captions

• Team photo

• Photo of your ROV

• Photo(s) of any special features of your vehicle and building photo(s)

• Description of your vehicle and why you built it the way that you did

• Answers to the following questions:

• What was the most rewarding part of this experience?

• If you were to do this again, what would you do differently?

• How ROVs are currently being used in national marine sanctuaries
  Use the information that you included in your technical report (see Technical Report) to create a brief summary paragraph of ROV missions taking place in sanctuaries.  Include a photograph or other graphic.   

• Acknowledgements
  Please recognize any companies, organizations, professionals from industry, and/or mentors who helped to support your team by donating funds, building supplies, equipment, site visits to facilities, time, and/or technical expertise.

• Other items that you may use in your poster or have on display include:

• Diagrams or sketches (CAD drawings, for example)

• Photo journals

• Copies of your team’s technical report

• Resumes of individual team members
  Note:  This year we are planning to circulate the resumes of students nearing graduation and/or interested in applying for a MATE Center Technical Internship to competition sponsors and other potential employers (think JOBS!).  More information about this process, as well as guides to resume writing, will be set out to teams in January 2004.  There is no obligation to participate. 

Recommendations for your poster display:
We recommend using Microsoft PowerPoint or Publisher slide presentation program to create your team’s poster presentation.  PowerPoint will allow you to include both text and photos, which should make creating your presentation relatively easy.  Once you’ve created your slide presentation in PowerPoint, you can print out each individual slide and tile the slides along the presentation board.  For example, the two side panels will hold four 8 ½” x 11” pieces of paper; the center panel has room for eight.  You may want to use 24-lbs. or higher stock, such as cardstock, paper for text and photographic paper for images to ensure presentation quality display materials. 

Your team will be required to submit a copy of your team’s poster presentation materials, so please bring two sets – one to display on the presentation board and one to turn in to competition officials.  Please place the materials in a folder with your school/team name.