Presentation on

Technical Seminar/Dissertation Phase I

TOPIC OF PRESENTATION

by
Name of Student
(Enrolment Number)

Department of Civil Engineering,

MIT School of Engineering
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 Contents of the Presentation
Slides Content
Title Slide Topic, name of the student( enrolment number) & faculty, Name of College &
University
Contents of It should include all the major titles of presentation to be covered
Presentation
Introduction It presents the background to your study, introduces your topic and aims, and
gives an overview of your research.
Motivational It explains in short, why your research was needed. It's a justification of the
Background importance of your work and impact it has on your research work, it's
contribution to new knowledge and how others will get benefited from it.
Aim and Problem Aim should broadly point out what you hope to accomplish and your desired
Statement outcomes from this research. A problem statement is to explain the problem
your project will address. In general, a problem statement will outline the
negative points of the current situation and explain why this matters.
Scope of work Here the work to be performed is described in accordance with the title of
research work. It should contain any milestones, reports, deliverables, and end
products that are expected to be provided by the performing party.
Internship Details Relate task/job at internship with respect to the proposed project work.
Express in percentage i.e. amount of work to be able to complete through
internship.
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 Time-Limits

• Oral Presentation (with PowerPoint): 10 minutes

maximum
• Question & Answer session by Judges: 3-5 minutes
• Use Times New Roman font completely.

 Time limit should be strictly followed

Animations & Videos (if any) may be included, but they

should be played within the same allotted time limit of 10
minutes.
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 General Guidelines
• Keep the text as brief as possible.

• Data looks better organized & easier to

comprehend if given in POINTS.

• No more than 10 lines of text (or points) per slide.

• All letters on the slide should be big enough to

make it readable.

• Use font of 32 points for titles and 16-18 points

for secondary points
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 Slide Background & Readability

Choose an attractive picture (related to your topic, of course)

as the background for your TITLE slide.

For the other following slides, background and text should

be in contrasting colors.

A light background & dark print works well.

A dark background & light print also works well.

A dark background & dark print??? Not so much...

A light background & light print??? Not at all!

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 Graphs & Figures

• A well-documented graph or figure is way

more attractive and better than lengthy text.

• Tables are difficult to read; represent data

graphically whenever possible.

• A photograph often is worth a thousand

words.

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 References

• Mention the top five or six references for your paper

preference-wise in points.
• Do not explain anything, just mention the references.
• Include books & research papers, if any.
• Avoid commonly referred websites (like Google or
Wikipedia).
• Do not linger for more than 10 seconds on this slide.

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 14. ‘Thank You’ Slide (1 slide)
Just mention ‘THANK YOU’ on this slide.
Include ‘QUESTIONS?’ If you want.

THANK YOU
Questions?
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