What are Design Presentations?

Presentations on what you have been working on during UC Berkeley ASAE

What NOT to do

  • Read off the slide
  • Reading off the screen
  • Not being able to hear what you said
  • Have bad body language
  • Not very detailed
  • Having no idea what you are displaying

What to do

  • Spread out the words
  • Don’t insert big code blocks
  • Include diagrams/pictures
  • Include Design Objectives
  • Include Design Constraints
  • Approach
    • How are you achieving your objectives
      • What are your inputs?
      • What ideas are you using
      • Are you using software / hand calculations / both
  • Results
    • To what extent were the objectives achieved?
    • Quantitative if possible
    • Were there trade-offs made
    • If an objective was not met, is it critical?
      • If critical, how to address?
  • Next Steps
    • Where do you go from here?
      • Optimize Design
      • Fix issues
      • Prototype