Rules and Judging Guidelines¶

Judging Guidelines

• Download the Judging Rubric
• Download a Detailed Explanation of Each Category

Attendance

• All students are strongly encouraged to participate in this department event (no matter their year). Giving a talk or poster will help you improve your communication skills and there are opportunities to win prizes.

Oral Presentations

• Talks will take place both on Thursday the 18th and Friday the 19th of April (morning and afternoon).
• Talks will be presented live and will be be 12 minutes long with 3 minutes of questions and will be timed. Any talk exceeding 15 minutes will be interrupted.

Poster Presentations

• Poster presentations will be in person only.
• The maximum height of the poster should be shorter than 41 inches (1.04 meters). Orientation should be Horizontal(Landscape).
• Make sure all features on the posters are clearly visible (figures, font sizes)
• The presenters need to send their poster file to Laura Rush (lbr5310@psu.edu) by April 11th