Topics: Research topics, such as your current or previous Individual Problems work or results from other research experiences you may have had, are very appropriate and are encouraged. The topic must be chosen and submitted to me by February 22. Please talk to me in advance about possible topics or ask me to suggest some if you don't have any ideas.

A title and abstract prepared according to the same guidelines used for ACS meetings will be due one week prior to your presentation date. The title/abstract will be distributed to all Chemistry faculty and posted on the course web site. An effort should be made to make your poster look interesting and inviting.

Poster:

1. The poster presentation is limited to an area of 6 feet wide by 4 feet tall. Posters should be planned so that they make use of most of the available space.
2. The poster should include at least one graph and at least one table and at least one figure or scheme with chemical structures. It is strongly preferred that the poster be done as a large format printout rather than as individual placards. 
3. The poster should be easily legible at a distance of 4 feet.
4. The poster should follow a logical organization scheme and be laid out clearly in terms of the sequence in which it should be read.
5. You are expected to stand with your poster during the entire poster session class period and present and/or answer questions from faculty and other students on it. All students in the class not presenting a poster during the same period are also expected to visit their classmates' posters and ask some questions.
6. Grading of posters: The professor will consider your fellow students' critiques in arriving at a grade for your poster. Attractiveness, legibility, organization, appropriateness of content level, adherence to ACS style guidelines.

Oral presentation of the poster:

1. Length of presentation should be approximately 10 (±2) minutes.
2. Grading of presentation: You will be graded both on the content of your poster presentation and on your ability to present it clearly and enthusiastically. You need to sound like you know what you are talking about it so do not neglect studying the content.