Postgraduates: PACE meets industry - Poster Session

A showcase of postgraduate research in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Melbourne

PACE, the Postgraduate Association of Chemical Engineering is proud to announce the launching of our most ambitious project to date, and undoubtly the most significant single event organised by PACE.

This poster session, where the postgraduate students showcase their research in a poster format, is the perfect opportunity for industry to discover the current and latest research being conducted by postgraduate students here in the department. The attendees will have the opportunity to browse through the wide variety of research currently being undertaken, to speak to the brilliant collection of postgraduates in the department as well as all attending academics.

The poster session is also a great opportunity for the students to share their research with a wide variety of audience, to share ideas and problems; for students to gain experience in presenting their research to a wider, more general audience.

General Details

Prize GREAT NEWS! Prize Money Increase!

Key Dates

Information for Sponsors

Information for Supervisors

Information for Students

General Details

WHO'S WELCOME

Anyone with an interest in research in Chemical or Biomolecular Engineering including current postgraduates, post-doctorates, academics, industry representatives as well as undergraduate students who may be considering undertaking postgraduate research.

WHERE

Plaza Conference Centre (Plaza Rooms 1 & 2)

WHEN

December 7th, 2005; 9am – 12pm

REFRESHMENTS

Refreshments will be served at the end of the poster session with the awarding of the three best poster prizes.

Prize

Great news! We have had success with obtaining industry sponsorship! As a result, we have been able to increase the cash prize amount from $400 in total to $700!

1st prize $350

2nd prize $250

3rd prize $100

The prizes will be judged by a panel of three academics from the department and awarded based upon a wide range of criteria including content, clarity and overall presentation (more to come).

Eligibility

• the poster must be your own, original work
• the poster must have been prepared on or after July 1
• the abstract, in electronic format, must be submitted to the PACE committee by November 1st, download the Abstract Template here!
• also by November 1st, you must notify the PACE committee whether your poster will need to be printed
• the electronic format of the poster, along with a sample printout (A4 will suffice) must be submitted to the PACE committee by November 23rd
• see below (Information for Students) for more details on acceptable electronic formats

For students who are about to complete their PhD, we welcome posters prepared before July, but they will not be eligible for a prize. We want all research in the department represented, so please put in an abstract even if you're nearing completion but have an old poster.

KEY DATES

Tuesday 1st November: Abstracts due in electronic format. Also, please notify the PACE committee whether you need a new poster printed or already have one prepared. Please remember that both are required by the due date for your poster to be considered for any of the prizes.

Download the Abstract Template here.

Monday 28rd November: Due date for the electronic version of your poster. Once again, the electronic version must be submitted by the due date for your poster to be considered for any of the prizes.

Wednesday 7th December: Poster Session

Information for Sponsors

To help PACE fund this event, including the cost of prizes and refreshments, sponsorship from industry is highly encouraged. For more details, please contact any of the PACE committee members: Julianna Franco, Gwynneth Rice or Waven Zhang.

Information for Supervisors

*NEWS* PACE has managed to find sufficient sponsorship, both in-house and from industry to cover the cost of printing of all the posters!!

Information for Students

The poster that you submit should be a summary and representation of your research project. If you already have a poster from a conference or symposium, that will be accepted, but only if it is recent.

The purpose of the event is to showcase the reasearch being conducted by the postgraduates vithin the department. If you have an existing poster that you have prepared for another event, we are more than happy to include it as a part of our poster session. However, for the poster to be eligible for the prize, certain criteria must be met (see Prize).

See also Key Dates for due dates of abstracts and posters. Download the Abstract Template here.

The size of the posters are A1 (594 x 840 mm). The posters will be printed by the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, who have the following recommendations on the making of the poster:

Supported Software

• Mac Platform
• Illustrator 10.0
• PowerPoint 2001 (OS 9)
• PowerPoint for OS-X
• Acrobat 4.0
• Photoshop CS
• Pagemaker 7.0
• Quark Express (Saved as EPS)
• InDesign CS
• It is highly recommended that you set up the desired page size on your program, rather than scalling it up when printing

What's needed for printing

• the electronic file
• An A4 sample printout in black and white or colour
• A copy of any 'non-standard' fonts you may have used

File Transfer Methods

• E-mail: anatomy-poster@unimelb.edu.au Files should be no larger than 4 Mb. If they are larger, they can be winzip compressed (Windows) or Stuffit compressed (Mac) before sending. Include contact and billing information, departmental number and campus, type of computer used (Mac or Windows)
• Floppy disk
• Zip or Stuffit compression can be used to bring files to desired size
• Zip 100/250 or CD both platforms
• USB flash drive both platforms
• AppleShare on Mac, look for Anatomy zone, computer name is Photography G4 or photolab G5, log on as guest. Place file in labelled folder and then notify our staff
• FTP: Phone or e-mail to arrange FTP server to be started. IP address is 128.250.225.168 Place file in labelled folder & phone or E-mail to notify staff. This is a good method for transferring large files from off campus locations

Other Details

• Picture files imported into your file should be TIFF, PICT, JPG or EPS
• Keep the resolution to no more 150dpi, a high resolution will not increase the printing quality, but will increase the file size and processing time

For more detailed information for poster printing, see the Imagine & Posters Service website. For more details on advice in poster formats, see their advice [doc] file.