Pitt Physics REU | Duquesne University Summer Symposium

University of Pittsburgh
Research Experience for
Undergraduates in Physics
Focus On Minorities

Annual Summer Research Symposium

The Summer Research Symposium hosted by Duquesne University is an annual showcase of undergraduate research across the Greater Pittsburgh area.

Symposium links at Duquesne University

Note: The Duquesne web pages are in flux. The following are links to possibly-outdated Symposium-related pages at Duquesne.

Summer 2002 Duquesne REU calendar.
Online abstract submission page (correct as of 21 June 2001) here.
The page for the 2001 Symposum, along with some info from 1998 through 2000.
Other old Duquesene Symposium-related pages can be accessed here.

Duquesne Board Space Suggestions:

At the Duquesne symposium, students get a large vertical push-pin board space, and pins, to pin-up slides. Each student gets half the blackboard-sized bulletin board, as shown in this picture of Kyoo Jackson from summer 2001, so there is room for more slides than can fit on a posterboard. It is recommended that Pitt REU students prepare copies of slides on colored backings, as illustrated in this picture of Grace Schoonover from summer 2000, along with a large title slide, as illustrated in this picture of Justin Russel from Pitt summer 2000.

Presentation Suggestions

When planning research presentations, a few well-chosen figures are better than lots of writing; layout should be such that the viewer's eye follows the flow you intend; and the presentation will be clear if you have a clear idea of what your research is about.

Extensive examples of good posters and bad posters.
From U of M Biology Professor Kathryn Tosney.
Overhead transparency suggestions.
From the American Mathematical Society.
Some Do's and Don'ts for poster-making.
By Stephen Block, Molecular Biology, Princeton.
Multimedia lecture on improper use of graphs.
(Click on "How To Display Data Badly"); very informative and entertaining (requires Java and Real Player).
An extensive list of links to other poster presentation recommendations,
from the University of Buffalo.

Summer 2003 Symposium Abstracts
Summer 2001 symposium abstracts: Larissa Bifano Darius Dixon Kaisha Fields Eric Furst Kyoo Jackson Lena Katz Ronald Moore An Ngo Jill Schmidt Charlotte Sotomayor	Summer 2000 symposium abstracts: Carla L. Adams Larissa Bifano Vasilica Crecea Kaisha L. Fields Andrea L. Habakuk Opal Harrison Ronald Moore An T. Ngo Ernest Opare Sarah Panitzke Justin Russel Grazia V. Schoonover Anne Smith Charlotte Sotomayor Alexander Urban Ryan West

contact information (Pitt REU staff only, please):
Carmen Rios, Duquesne University Undergraduate Research Program Coordinator
100 Mellon Hall
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Phone: (412) 396-4172
fax: (412) 396-4881
email: urp@duq.edu,
or rios@duq.edu.

last updated on 5 May 2002 by Gordon Weinberg.
All information subject to change without appearance here.

this page: http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~reupfom/duquesne_symposium.html
main REU page: http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~reupfom

Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations
expressed in this material are those of the authors
and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.