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Given name(s) SurnamePosition at your last co-op placement

Company name2B or 3A Candidate for B.A.Sc. in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Date of your presentation

Copyright © 20nn by Given name(s) Surname. All rights reserved.

Title of presentation

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Outline

Some introductory sentence:– First item– Second item– Another item

• First item related to another item• Second related item• Another related item

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Things to do

You should:– Save this file as your userid_tpm.pptx– If you want a different font, change the font on the first slide of

View → Slide Master– Pick a sans serif font; not one with serifs, like Times New Roman– Close Slide Master view with Slide Master → Close Master View– Update the Footer (which appears at the top) as directed

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Appropriate title

Introduce your topic or problem– Give the audience an appropriate background– Assume they are intelligent but ignorant about your topic– Give a brief overview that allows the audience to follow

• Do not teach– Images can be useful here

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About templates

Important quote:“If someone hands you a presentation template to use, then use it as a guideline but not as something carved in stone. Add to it, revise it, and make it your own.”

Consider visitinghttps://drive.google.com/templates?type=presentations

– The author’s opinion:• They’re too flashy• Perhaps the author is too dull

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Another title

Bullet points are necessary– Just ensure the slides are organized

Avoid using complete sentences, as they become tedious to read, and the more there is to read on the slide, the less the audience will be listening to you.Pay attention to this, you who are now thinking about putting down every word you intend to write.

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Another title

Custom Animations allow you to make text appear– Open Slide Show→Custom Animation...– Add with Effect→Entrance→1. Appear

Do not go crazy with animations– Technical audiences will become annoyed

“That’s cute. The presenter knows how to use PowerPoint… Now tell us something useful.”

Use Shift-Enter to break to thenext line with the same style

– Remember, these slides are far too dense…– Your voice carries the message

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Another title (but don’t use “…”)

Equations? Useful, but don’t overuse– Insert→Object...– Object Type: Microsoft Equation 3.0– The font is Times New Roman

n

nnn

n g

flimgf O

VS

dVdS FnF

3.27

5.14

2.2

411

111

001

x

1T

11T

nnb

na

nn k

22

2*2

**2*

2 zxzx

zzzxx

zzxzxzxzxzx

222 zyx variables italicized

vectors and matrices bold

functions and numbers roman

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Another title (but don’t use “continued”)

• Tables are useful: Insert→Table...– The Consolas typeface (0/O) is used in the 1st column

• Uses a slashed zero• Nicer than Courier New (0/O)

– Title row is bold and center aligned

STL Container Data Structure Comments

deque hybrid allows random access

vector array allows random access

priority_queue

heap-as-array

list doubly linked list use forward_list for a singly linked list

set binary search tree use unordered_set for a hash table

map binary search tree use unordered_map for a hash table

Table 1. Standard Template Library (STL) container properties

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Another title (don’t use “cont’d...”, either)

Present data appropriately:– Line up the decimal points; one number equals two spaces– Use an en-dash (–) and not a hyphen (-) for subtraction– Use the same precision

Ugly Poor (m/s) Better (m/s)3.1415 m/s 3.1415 3.14110.5432553 m/s 10.5432553 10.540-5.45323 m/s -5.45323 –5.4530.235 m/s 0.235 0.2351.53254 m/s 1.53254 1.533

Table 2. Presenting numbers.

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Another title

Images/figures can be cut-and-paste into PowerPoint

Figure 1. Percentage of EU Farm Land by Country in 2004.

Figure 2. Neither use gif nor expand small images.modified from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Risks_and_Impacts_of_Global_Warming.png

Reference if you are not the author

Text too small!

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Another title

Use vector graphics available in PowerPoint– Use Ctrl–arrow-key to make small nudges

OvalsRectangles

Line StyleDash Style

Arrow Style

Fill Color and Line Color

Font Colour

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Another title

To order objects (as to what is in front of others):– Select the object– Right click and from the pop-up menu select

Order → Bring to front Send to back Bring forward Send backward

– This way, text can appearing in front of images or vice versa– You must right

click on thegrey border ofthe text boxes...

porcupine

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Review of test data indicates conservatism for tile penetration

• The existing SOFI on tile test data used to create Craterwas reviewed along with STS-87 Southwest Research data– Crater overpredicted penetration of tile coating

significantly• Initial penetration to described by normal velocity

– Varies with volume/mass of projectile (e.g., 200ft/sec for3cu. In)

• Significant energy is required for the softer SOFI particleto penetrate the relatively hard tile coating

– Test results do show that it is possible at sufficient massand velocity

• Conversely, once tile is penetrated SOFI can causesignificant damage

– Minor variations in total energy (above penetration level)can cause significant tile damage

– Flight condition is significantly outside of test database• Volume of ramp is 1920cu in vs 3 cu in for test

HOPEFULLY YOUR SLIDES DO NOT LOOK LIKE THIS

HOPEFULLY YOUR SLIDES DO NOT LOOK LIKE THIS

HOPEFULLY YOUR SLIDES DO NOT LOOK LIKE THIS

Parker et al., “Orbiter Assessment of STS-107 ET Bipod Insulation Ramp Impact”, January 23, 2003.

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Another title

You can introduce organization charts– Not too much detail, please– Use a larger font size!

Text

Text Click to Edit

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Another title

Try to avoid the other “features”– Especially

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Another title

• Fill in a few more slides– One slide per minute

• To practice, press F5• Good luck!

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Summary/Conclusions (as appropriate)

Put your summaries and conclusions here– The audience will remember most what they read here– Reiterate but rephrase and do not simply repeat– If you’re running out of time, just say

“And here are my summary and conclusions. Are there any questions?”

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References

[1] Edward R. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed., Graphics Press LLC, Cheshire, Conneticut, 2001.

[2] Edward R. Tufte, Visual Explanations, Graphics Press LLC,Cheshire, Conneticut, 1997.

[3] Michael Alley, The Craft of Scientific Presentations, Birkhauser, 2003. [4] Douglas Wilhelm Harder, “Guidelines for Technical Presentations”:

https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~dwharder/Presentations/Guidelines/[5] Photograph by Matthew Manjos

This template presentation was prepared by Douglas Wilhelm Harder.