How to give a written presentation.Conferences: Oral and poster communication optimisation and strategies

1. Subject: How to give a written
presentation.
Conferences: Oral and poster
communication optimisation and
strategies
Compulsory cross-disciplinary core courses
ACTIVITY 3 > Block 2

2. Professor:
Javier Narciso Romero
University Professor

3. Contents
1. Written presentations
2. Conferences

4. 1. Written
presentations

5. STEFAN HELL | NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR CHEMISTRY, 2014
"Our welfare state and our quality of life are based on scientific findings."
The 2014 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry has said that "in a broad
sense", human history is the story of scientific discovery.
Source: http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/12/08/ciencia/1418063781_807253.html
Written presentations

6. Expository mode: this is used to convey a
message that the recipient is intended to reflect
upon and analyse.
Characteristics: clarity, conciseness, precision,
objectivity, accuracy, correct use of language.
Written presentations

7. Your first article.
First, ask these two questions:
Have I read sufficient articles, books, etc.?
Is my research of the same quality as the articles that I
consider good?
It is necessary to be optimistic and positive, but a reality
check is advisable: it is unlikely that any of us is the next
Einstein!
Written presentations

8. Each journal has a different format (increasingly less so),
and thus the target journal must be selected before starting
to write.
How do I choose a journal?
• Absolute and relative impact index (JCR).
• Who is my target audience?
• Look at where leaders in the field publish.
Written presentations

9. Written presentations

10. I think I have a good article, should I publish it in an open
access journal?
Beware! Only do this if, and only if, it is in the first quartile,
otherwise the price will rocket!
As a general rule, if the research is relevant it should be
sent to the first quartile (JCR).
The order is less relevant (Q1): the audience is the
determining factor.
Nature vs Science
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11. What do the readers look at?
• Abstract-Conclusions-Figures
• They make the decision whether to read or not!
Other factors to take into account:
• Prestige of the institution
• Prestige of the named authors
• Journal quality
Written presentations

12. Written presentations
Parts of an article:
Title: 1 sentence, 1000 readers
Abstract: 4 sentences, 100 readers
Introduction: 1 page, 100 readers
The problem: ½ a page, 10 readers
The idea: 1 page, 10 readers
Details: 5 pages, 3 readers
Discussion: 2 pages, 10 readers
Conclusions: ½ a page, 100 readers

13. Parts of an article:
Title: engaging and short.
Accurately reflects content.
Abstract: concisely defines the problem and the merits of our ideas.
Editors use this to select reviewers.
Introduction: states the purpose and area of ​​the research, as well as major
advances.
It provides references to related work published previously.
Written presentations

14. Methodology:
• Gives a precise description of the points presented in the introduction, and
expresses the idea before reporting the details.
• It provides sufficient information to enable another researcher to replicate the
experiment.
• Evidence can be: theorems, measurements, case studies, analysis and
comparison.
Written presentations

15. Results: these show the impact of the results in comparison with
recent studies.
Conclusions: these summarise the most important results in
comparison with recent studies.
Acknowledgments
References
Written presentations

16. Written presentations

17. 2. Conferences

18. Types of conference presentation:
• Plenary speech
• Key note address
• An oral presentation (15-20 minutes)
• A poster (A0)
Conferences

19. An oral presentation (20 minutes).
A 15 minute talk followed by 5 minutes of questions.
Important aspects:
• Structure the presentation
• Keep within time limits
• Ensure clarity of presentation
• Use appropriate audiovisual aids
Conferences

20. Structure of the presentation:
• Introduce the idea/problem (3 minutes)
• Experimental (2 minutes)
• Results and discussion (9 minutes)
• Conclusions and acknowledgments (1 minute)
Conferences

21. Audio-visual aids:
• Transparencies
• Colours
• Font size
• Beware of tics!
Conferences

22. Needle coke infiltrated with pure copper
Previous Results

23. •Thermal conductivity
•Thermomechanical testing
Material Characterisation:
Molten
Metal
N2
Gas Exit
Carbon
Preform
Infiltration
Chamber
Experimental Procedure

24. Extreme resistance materials from the space to
fusion
R. Prieto, M. Duarte, N. Rojo,
J.M. Molina, E. Louis and J. Narciso,
Materials Institute of the University of Alicante (IUMA)

25. Posters:
• A lot of competition
• Why should people attend my poster?
• Engaging!
• Identification (personal-work)
Conferences

26. Jornadas
Puertas Abiertas 2011
El Departamento de Química Inorgánica está formado
por una plantilla de unas 80 personas de las cuales 45
son becarios que están realizando la tesis doctoral.
La investigación se desarrolla en los siguientes grupos
de investigación:
Laboratorio de materiales avanzados
Materiales carbonosos y medio ambiente
Laboratorio de adhesión y adhesivos
Laboratorio de nanotecnología molecular
El Departamento de Química Inorgánica ha tenido un
ingreso medio anual en los últimos 10 años superior al
millón de euros.
La investigación realizado ha generado más de 500
artículos en los últimos 5 años, y se han licenciado más
de 10 patentes.
Los artículos se han publicado en las revistas más
prestigiosas del área, incluido Science y Nature. Y
alguno de ellos ha merecido ser portada en alguna
revistas.
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ADVENGMAT
ISSN1438-1656
Vol.10–No.6
June,2008
Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Systems
Laser Surface Texturing
Magnesium Corrosion
Steel Coatings by Electrophoreti cDeposition
20 MPa H2
adsorption
Materiales biomiméticos.
Materiales compuestos
Materiales nanoestructurados
Materiales para la producción y almacenamiento de
energía.
Materiales de carbón (adsorbentes, estructurales)
Adhesión y adhesivos (medicina, aeronáutica, calzado)
Catalizadores heterogéneos e híbridos
Medio ambiente (eliminación de contaminantes,
purificación)
Síntesis de productos farmacéuticos, química verde.
Materiales realizados en Química Inorgánica:
a) Zeolita, b) Mesofase, c) Materiales
compuesto, d) Catalizador e) Fibra recubierta.
Sistema experimental para catálisis Planta piloto materiales compuestos
Banco de pruebas de motor Almacenamiento de gases
a
b
d e
c
MANUFACTURE*OF*SiC.FeSi2*COMPOSITES**
FOR*NUCLEAR*APPLICATIONS
Antonio Camarano, Javier Narciso, José Miguel Molina
Instituto Universitario de Materiales de Alicante. University of Alicante, aptdo. 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain
Research and development of materials for fusion applications is focused on the finding of SiC-based composites with improved temperature limits and on their characterization in terms of
mechanical properties, lifetime and irradiation performance. These composites offer the greatest potential for very high temperature operation among the possible candidates with low neutron
activation. However, it is still required considerable further research and development to solve engineering feasibility and manufacturing issues. Issues receiving greatest attention include new
fabrication methods in order to improve performance and lower fabrication costs. Reactive infiltration method is a suitable process to obtain RBSC (Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide) with a wide
variety of complex shapes. After reactive infiltration, the RBSC material retains completely the shape of the infiltrated carbon preforms. The problem for the use of RBSC materials in fusion
structural applications comes from the presence of remaining unreacted carbon and silicon. Free silicon has detrimental effects on mechanical properties at temperatures over 1200ºC and carbon
shows lower resistance to neutrons radiation than SiC, causing severe damages on the material.
To overcome this limitation silicon must be removed and carbon presence minimized on RBSC material. In this work we present a new method to produce RBSC materials in which residual
carbon and silicon have been considerably reduced. For that sake carbon preforms were spontaneously infiltrated with Fe-containing Si alloys. By a proper control of the architecture of the preforms
remaining carbon cannot be detected in the final materials. Residual silicon has been, as well, minimized by the formation of the metallic disilicide, FeSi2. For these new SiC-FeS2 composites we
expect a considerable improvement of mechanical properties and chemical stability, in respect to the classic SiC-based materials.
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EXPERIMENTAL
RESULTS AND DISCUSION
INTRODUCTION
CONCLUSIONS
Acknowledgements
Financial support from (
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (project
Si pellets
99.999%
Fe bar
99.95%
Surface treatment
300 ºC, 1 hour (5 ºC/min)
1450 ºC, 1 hour (5 ºC/min)
Ar atmosphere 100 ml/min
Alloys preparation Infiltration process
Graphite
crucible
Boron nitride
application
Alloy Furnace
Si#5wt.%Fe+
Si#15wt.%Fe+
Si#25wt.%Fe+
Infiltration
1450 ºC, 3 hours
3 ºC/min
Ar atmosphere 100 ml/min
Carbon
Preform
Carbon
Preform
+ Si pellets
99.999%
Infiltration
1450 ºC, 1 hour
3 ºC/min
Ar atmosphere 100 ml/min
SiC
SiC.FeSi2*
COMPOSITES
Characterization techniques
Mercury intrusion porosimetry, Helium picnometry, Optical microscopy
(OM), Thermogravimetry, Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-Ray
Fluorescence Three point flexural test
Carbon preform characterization
Si – Fe alloys characterization
SiC and SiC-FeSi2 COMPOSITES characterization
ρskeletal(g/cm3) ρbulk(g/cm3) P (%) Dpore (µm)
1.24 0.60-0.70 47 27.80
XRD
Microstructure
XRD
Three point flexure test
Figure 2. Optical micrographs of: a) Si -5wt.%Fe , b) Si -15wt.%Fe, c) Si -25wt.%Fe. Figure 3. a) Optical micrograph of RBSC ; and SiC-FeSi2 Composites
synthetized from :b) Si -05wt.%Fe , b) Si -15wt.%Fe, c) Si -25wt.%Fe.
Figure 1. X-ray diffraction patterns of Si-5wt.%Fe
Figure 4. X-ray diffraction patterns of SiC-FeSi2 Composites
synthetized form Si -05wt.%Fe.
Figure 5. Evolution of flexure strength as a function of Fe% in
RBSC and SiC-FeSi2 Composite
XRF
Samples
Nominal XRF
Si (%) Fe (%) Si (%) Fe (%)
Table 1. Alloys metal content determined by XRF
Table 2. SiC-FeSi2 Composites properties
Sample
Temperature
(°C)
Dwell time
(h)
Preform
density (g/
cm3
)
Infiltration
density (g/
cm3
)
Flexural
stress
(MPa)
1
1
RBSC /
RBSC /
RBSC /
Microstructure
RESULTS AND DISCUSION
Conferences

27. Javier Narciso Romero
narciso@ua.es
University Professor
Dept. of Inorganic Chemistry