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This material is based in part upon work supported by NASA through the Alaska Space Grant Program (80NSSC20M0070).

Graduate Student Talks

Graduate student research grant awardees are asked to prepare a 15 minute presentation covering a short background of their project, its significance to NASA and Alaska, and current progress.  Where possible, graduate students should present their research such that it is understandable to the general scientific audience.  Pictures, videos and props are welcome.  Please direct questions to Charles Emerson at uaf-spacegrant@alaska.edu.

Graduate talks will be judged based on their:

  1. Presentation
  2. Research Impact
  3. NASA-Relevance
  4. Visuals
  5. Time-Usage/Natural Flow

Undergraduate Posters

Undergraduate and STEM Education Fellowship awardees should plan on presenting a poster about their research/project/internship experience.  The Symposium poster session will be open to the public and have an allotted time for judges to visit each student and poster.  Undergraduate presenters are asked to be prepared to present their poster in 5-10 minutes.  Small demonstrations and props are welcome.  Please direct questions to Charles Emerson at uaf-spacegrant@alaska.edu.

Do not forget to involve your mentor to see if you are missing something!

Poster Sizes:

Smallest - 36"x24"
Recommended - 48"x36"
Largest - 56"x42"

Undergraduate presenters and posters will be judged in tandem based on the following:

  1. Background
    Background information provided is relevant, comprehensive, and succinct. In-text citations are included where appropriate/necessary.
  2. Purpose
    The research/engineering question/objective is clearly defined, e.g. novel topic, innovative design, extends existing work or theory, tests boundary conditions of an effect.
  3. Methodology
    Methods/procedures are easy to follow and clearly explains how data were collected/how tasks were performed.
  4. Results
    Conclusions are appropriately drawn based on the research design. They are appropriately communicated for the discipline.
  5. Visual Interest
    The poster is visually interesting and is structured such that the viewer can naturally be drawn from point-to-point, clearly understanding the student’s intention.
  6. NASA Relevance
    Student and poster provides clear indication of their work being relevant to NASA.