Oral Presentation

Presentation Files
A student whose research paper selected for presentation is given 12min to show the work followed by 5min question and answer. The presentation must prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint file or PDF file to present the material. Each school must collect the files from students who are selected for presentation and submit the files by March 4, 2009. Each file must be named as described below. The total file size of each student must be less than 50MB including any associated video files.

If the file size is less than 2MB, it may be sent via email to JSHS@stonybrook.edu. Larger files must be sent via CD-ROM to the following address.

Professor Chad Korach
Director, LI-JSHS
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794

To ensure backup, each student should bring USB flash drive or CD-ROM containing his/her presentation files to the symposium.

Note: If the project was performed under supervision of mentor or a collaborative work, the presentation must include a clear description of student’s role and a scope of assistance received.

Naming of Files
Each student’s file must be named as “xxx-z-present” where xxx is the school code and z is the student code. Any video files must be also named as “xxx-z-present-video1.”

Sample Procedure:

  • Fort Lee High School: Choose “FLH” as the school code.

  • For a student listed B in the School Paper Submission Form, presentation file must be named as “FLH-B-present.”

  • Any video files must be named as “FLH-B-present-video1,” “FLH-B-present-video2,”  etc.

Preparation of Presentation

Oral Presentations should include:

  • Title slide giving the name of your research project, author’s name, and school affiliation.

  • Background into the research problem: This may include initial observations or reference to previous work performed by the student or others.

  • Methods and procedures: In an oral presentation this should be as brief as possible, but enough so that the audience has a basic understanding of how the experiments were carried out. Include pictures or diagrams of any apparatus constructed. No actual apparatus can be brought to the symposium. If you need to show how something works (for example, how your engineering project performs), include video in the presentation.

  • Results: Use tables and figures rather than text, if possible. You will explain to the audience what the data in the figure or table represent. Be sure to label each axis and explain all symbols. Statistical tests should be included if appropriate.

  • Conclusions: This is perhaps the most important part of the presentation. Be sure to reflect on your hypotheses and support with statistics. 

  • Acknowledgements: Any and all help that you received on your project (including that of your hard working teachers!) should be acknowledged at the end of your presentation.