Poster Presentations

The AERIM REU students will soon be presenting their progress posters at Michigan State University on their research this far.

To prepare a professional research poser try following the tips below.

Rules to live by:

1.     Title must be clear from 3m away (90-150 point font bold)

2.     Layout in reading order: left to right and top down

3.     Use a different size or boldness to define column headings

4.     Use upper and lower case lettering… ALL UPPER CASE IS HARDER TO READ

5.     Avoid large paragraphs of text.

a.     Break them up into sections,

b.     short statements, or a

c.     bulleted list.

6.     Body text around 26-32 point font.

7.     Use a plain font such as Arial or Times and a dark text on a light background.

8.     Nothing below 24 size font…you can’t read it.

9.     No more than two fonts

10.  Color scheme: Complimentary, Monochromatic, or Analogous

11.  Try to use pictures with resolution of at least 300 dots per inch

12.  Graphs: Clear titled axis and ticks, no gridlines, clear plot lines, defined legend, short clear title

13.  Leave enough space between shapes for a “clean” look

14.  Use color to show importance. Bright colors in the background, soft colors on top

15.  Minimal equations, only those that are necessary

16.  Label all diagrams, drawings, graphs, and make them readable

17.  Use images to support text…

Sources and additional information can be found at the links below.

1. http://www.liv.ac.uk/media/livacuk/computingservices/printing/making-an-impact-with-your-poster.pdf
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCKhmKeAXY0
3.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD_zCBT3GUk

Outreach Activity

The AERIM REU students took part in the YMCA Detroit Leadership Academy's 2014 career day on May 29th. The students introduced first through fifth graders to engineering by demonstrating some fun experiments and talking about what its like to study engineering.

 Overall the day was a great success and it seems like we will have a lot of future engineers!

Meet our students!

We are happy to welcome all the new students! They have recently received their research assignments. 

This year's students and projects include:

1. Scuffing of Aluminum Silicon Alloys

• Maria Schueller from the University of Wisconsin Platteville
• Measrainsey Meng from California State University
• Jazmyne Claggett from the University of Maryland

Project Blog: 

          http://alsiscuffing.blogspot.com/

2. Nanofluids

• Jaime Guajardo from the University of Texas at Arlington
• Sai Stephens from Georgia Institute of Technology

Project Blog: 

          http://ouaerimnanofluidsgroup.blogspot.com/

3. Numerical Modeling of Heat Transfer in Ball-on-Disk Scuffing Tests

• Jonathon Glover from Oakland University
• Caleb Messmer from the University of Evansville

Project Blog: 

          http://bodscuffing.blogspot.com/

4. Oil Jet Cooling

• Stephen Powell from Oakland University
• Jan Hellmich from the University of South Alabama
• Zachary Waldrup from Oakland University

Project Blog: 

          http://oiljetcooling.blogspot.com/