My advisor provided me with the above long format poster for the webcast blog assignment. I received the poster in pdf format with page size 7'7" x 3'.
Prof. Sue Mantell highlighted the importance of recognizing the institution at which the work presented was completed. The example poster that I was given does a nice job of this by including the Milwaukee School of Engineering logo and by incorporating the school colors into the background.
In regards to the overall layout of the poster, it follows a natural top-to-bottom, left-to-right progression, but it does not have numbers or arrows to indicate this sequence. However, the box headers should provide the observer with a good indication of the flow.
The graphics utilize a mixture of "cartoons" and photographs. The cartoon in the concept section provides a good overview of the concept without complicating matters. The photographs used appear to have been necessary because they could not have been efficiently represented in other forms. The primary critique is that the text for the charts and other graphics may be too small to be easily read from a distance. However, this is difficult to judge from an electronic copy of the poster.
Overall the text size is easy to read, but the information is presented primarily in bullet lists, which Prof. Sue Mantell warned against. However, I am uncertain what format would be better to present the information.
This poster ties directly into the project that I am working on this summer. My project involves the mass optimization of the combustion cylinder for the concept presented on the poster. At this point I have an initial geometry and am working on developing appropriate constraints that will allow solidThinking Inspire to run the optimization specified.
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