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Presenting Your Undergraduate Research

Presenting Your Undergraduate Research. Wednesday October 23, 2002 Wozniak Lounge, Soda Hall Sheila Humphreys Sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Matters. Why Present Research?. Pave the way for more research Increase self-confidence Improve public speaking skills

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Presenting Your Undergraduate Research

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  1. Presenting Your Undergraduate Research Wednesday October 23, 2002 Wozniak Lounge, Soda Hall Sheila Humphreys Sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Matters

  2. Why Present Research? • Pave the way for more research • Increase self-confidence • Improve public speaking skills • Build your resume for jobs

  3. Why Present Research? • Create new knowledge • Communicate your results to the world • Clarify your thinking • Encourage other undergraduates

  4. Ways Research is Presented • Papers – written report of research (purpose, methods, results, conclusion, next steps) • Presentations – oral discussion of research • To your research group • To your program participants (e.g. summer research program) • To conference attendees • Posters – visual aid that provides a concise summary of research • Provides research explanation with or without you • Web Sites

  5. Opportunities for Presenting Research • Conferences/Competitions • Many professional technical societies host student conferences and competitions • IEEE, ACM, SWE, NSBE, etc. • Provide a supportive environment to present your research findings • Allow you to earn funds toward your education • Publications • Your web site (example: Anna Liao’s site: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~miriya/project.html) • ERL Technical Memos - informal way to document research findings • Journals - You can submit papers to undergraduate scientific journals (e.g. Berkeley Scientific, Synergy)

  6. Next Steps: • Discuss the idea of presenting research with your current research advisor(s) • Define project to allow for research to be documented and presented • Obtain guidance for the development of technical paper or presentation materials • Search for possible venues to present your research • Stop by the Center for Undergraduate Matters in 246 Cory Hall

  7. Upcoming Research Activities Workshop: How to Prepare for a Poster Session Tuesday, Nov. 5, 5-6 pm Room TBD Engineering and Science Fall 2002 Poster Session: Exploring the Possibilities Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, 12-3 pm Wozniak Lounge, Soda Hall http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/Students/uro/poster/posterfall2002.html

  8. Helpful Websites SWE - www.swe.org IEEE - www.ieee.org ACM - www.acm.org NSBE – www.nsbe.org Berkeley Scientific - http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bsj/ Synergy - www.clemson.edu/synergy UGM Undergraduate Research Page - http://buffy.eecs.berkeley.edu/Programs/ugrad/UgradResearch/index.html

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