JUNE 16-21, 2013 • TAMPA, FLORIDA
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BEST POSTER AWARD
As a poster presenter, you are automatically eligible to
win the Best Poster Award. The posters will be reviewed
in three stages:
1.
Prior to the conference:
Poster session chairs will
familiarize themselves with the poster content and
review technical content.
2.
After the posters are hung:
Poster session chairs
will select the top three to four posters as finalists
for best poster; a star will be placed on these
posters to indicate their selection.
3.
During the poster session:
The session chairs
will listen to the poster presenter’s summary.
The poster session chairs will judge the posters based on
Clarity of Presentation, Technical Merit, Impact, and
Oral Presentation.
These categories are described in
more detail below. One winner will be selected at every
poster session and the winner will receive a certificate.
Poster Reviewing Criteria
Clarity of Presentation
•
Organized to guide observer through information in
a logical order; provides the motivation/objectives
and approach of the research, summarizes the key
results and highlights the impact of the work.
•
Proper use of graphics, figures, text and white
space to allow for easy viewing.
•
Proper text scaling for comfortable viewing.
•
Efficient use of graphics to convey complex
information.
Technical Merit
•
Research is novel (e.g., discusses novel material
development, novel device design, novel conversion
mechanism, novel theoretical approach, novel
characterization method, etc.).
•
Research addresses a critical gap in PV technology.
•
Systematic analysis conducted to arrive at results.
•
Conclusions are fully supported by data.
Impact
•
Results represent a significant advancement over
the current status of the field or provide a critical
breakthrough that will allow such advancement.
Oral Presentation
•
An organized and concise summary of the work is
presented, emphasizing the motivation/objectives,
approach, key results, and impact of findings.
•
Presenter is knowledgeable in all aspects of poster
and able to address specific questions about the
presented research.
•
Presenter understands the broader impact of
the work and can suggest potential methods for
extending the research.
BEST POSTER AWARD
