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UL System Undergraduate Research Guidelines 2011-2012

Guidelines for Undergraduate Research Conference

Oral Presentation Information: Each oral presentation requires a submitted abstract (see abstract guidelines below). There will be 15 minutes plus 5 minutes allotted for questions and answers at the end for each oral presentation. Please plan accordingly. Standard audio/visual equipment and computer will be available for the speakers. Please bring your presentation on a USB/flash stick. We will have a computer available with a Windows

• perating system, as well as projector, that will be set-up to display the presentation. Make sure your

presentation is a Microsoft PowerPoint slide show or something compatible (i.e. OpenOffice). Please be present for your listed session as there will be time to load your presentation at the beginning

• f the session.

Poster Session Information: Set up by presenters begins at 8:30, Friday, April 20, 2012 in Memorial Gym. Open: Memorial Gym will be open to the general public to view posters starting at 10:30 a.m. From 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. authors will be expected to attend their posters as a poster session provides

• pportunity for interaction with peers and professionals.

Take down by presenters no later than 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 20, 2012. Poster boards will be numbered. Presenters should attach their posters to the board number corresponding to the number assigned to their posters in the final program. Poster Specifications

• 1. Posters may not be larger than 48 ins x 36 ins. Posters must contain a title, an abstract, and

introduction, methods, results, conclusions, and literature cited sections.

• 2. Posters may be attached to the boards by push pins or alligator clips. Tape is not allowed. Mounting

supplies will be provided.

• 3. Posters that do not meet these specifications will not be displayed.

UL System Undergraduate Research Guidelines 2011-2012 The following websites (and many others) may be useful for additional poster construction information but please be sure to follow the above guidelines the Student Poster Session . http://afs2011.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Guidelines-for-Designing-Posters-AFS- 2011.pdf http://www.asp.org/education/howto_onPosters.html http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/Poster_Presentations/PstrStart.html http://www.tltc.ttu.edu/posters/How_to_Make_a_Poster_Using_PowerPoint.pdf Guidelines for abstracts Students who participate in either of the poster session or oral presentations must complete the online student presentation form at (http://www.ulsystem.edu/index.cfm?md=form&tmp=home&fmid=44) that includes a short abstract of their work so that this can be captured in the Academic Summit

• program. Online forms including abstracts are due no later than March 20, 2012.
• 1. Abstracts should be 100 words or less in length and should be written using complete

sentences in paragraph form and not as a bulleted list.

• 2. Abstracts should provide sufficient background to provide adequate context for the reader.
• 3. Title of the abstract and poster should be appropriate.
• 4. A statement of objectives should appear in the abstract.
• 5. Methods by which the data were obtained should be included.
• 6. Results should be provided within the abstract.
• 7. Conclusions and a summary of the research should be provided within the abstract.
• 8. Clarity and completeness should be accomplished within the abstract.
• 9. Spelling, grammar, and readability should be paramount in the writing style.
• 10. Scientific style should be used if applicable to the research.

Conference Registration Students presenting at the conference will have to complete the online registration form and pay a $20 registration fee. A priority registration date of March 30 has been established, after which the student registration fee increases to $25. (The conference registration form can be found at http://www.ulsystem.net/index.cfm?md=form&tmp=home&fmid=42&emaillist=0.) This one charge registration fee covers all aspects of the Academic Summit including the Juried Art Exhibition reception, as well as the Service-Learning and Undergraduate Research meetings on Thursday and Friday, April 19 and 20.

UL System Undergraduate Research Guidelines 2011-2012