General information for presenters:
Sigma Pi Sigma and GRASP are hosting the 7th Annual Department of Physics and Astronomy Poster Competition! It will be held on Friday, October 3rd from 10 am - 1 pm in Sci 106. The participation of all students involved in research is strongly encouraged. This is especially a good opportunity for anyone planning to present a poster at the Texas APS meeting (October 9th-11th) or other conferences this year. This competition offers participants the opportunity to practice their poster presentation and receive feedback to improve their poster design before going to conferences.
The deadline for abstract submission will be 11:59pm on Monday, September 22nd, 2023 and the deadline for poster submission is Friday, September 26th, 2023 at 11:59 pm. Posters should be appropriate for 36"x 48" format and utilize university-approved templates along with some poster making tips available from the Teaching, Learning, & Professional Development Center, Graduate School.
Contestants will participate in in person presentations. Judging of the posters will be based on a rubric, an example can be found here. Posters will be judged by multiple people and rubrics will be used to identify the top posters within each division.
If you have already submitted an abstract and it has been accepted, you can upload your poster by following the "Contributions List" link on the main agenda page, then clicking on your submission followed by "Add Material"; this should allow tou to upload a PDF to Indico.
If you have any questions, please feel free to send Anžej Margeta-Cacace, Connor Aronoff, or Shwetha Nagesh an email. We look forward to another great turnout this year!
Day-of information for judges and spectators:
At the start of the poster competition, we shall have a short introduction before we kick things off. Please feel free to wander to where you think the most interesting research is.
Please note that some of our presenters have conflicts during certain times and may not be available when you come in person; if this happens, please check back in later!
Organizing Committee: Anžej Margeta-Cacace (President, Sigma Pi Sigma), Connor Aronoff (Vice President, Sigma Pi Sigma), Shwetha Nagesh (President, GRASP)
Advisory Committee: Dr. Lee (Sigma Pi Sigma Interim Faculty Advisor)
