Ryerson Engineering Day
Date: Friday April 24, 2020
Time: 10:00 to 5:00 pm
A showcase of capstone design projects.
Location: George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church Street.
All Engineering Departments will be participating in the Ryerson Engineering Day
Biomedical, Computer, and Electrical Engineering will display their posters and projects in the 3rd. and 4th. floor labs . Aerospace, Civil, Chemical, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering will display their posters on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor hallways and in the Sears Atrium.
Ryerson Engineering Day SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Registration Form must be submitted by 11:59pm Monday March 23, 2020.The link to the Registration Form was emailed to all students March 2, 2020.
Poster PDF File must be submitted by 11:59pm Thursday April 9, 2020.
FAQ for participants
Q: THE FORM SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS PASSED, MY EQUIPMENT NEEDS HAVE CHANGED, WHAT TO DO?A: Email jkoch@ee.ryerson.ca with as much detail on the changes required.
Q: WHEN CAN WE SET UP OUR EQUIPMENT?
A: Doors will open around 9:00am.
Q: MUST MY TEAM ATTEND?
A: From the course Outline: Students are required to participate in an "Open House" exhibition.
Q: WHY DO ALL TEAMS NEED TO REGISTER, AND WHAT IF THIS FORM IS SUBMITTED LATE?
A: We need the information from the registration form to decide who gets setup in which lab, and what equipment to place at each team's station. If your registration form is late, you may not be placed in the best location and you may not get requested equipment. Planning starts the day after forms are due.
Q: OUR TEAM IS USING EQUIPMENT FROM A DEPARTMENT RESEARCH LAB, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, COMPANY OR HOSPITAL, HOW DO WE GET IT PUT AT OUR STATION?
A: It is the team's responsibility to obtain permission from your FLC and the owner of the equipment before it can be moved. Your team will be responsible for moving it to your station the morning of the Open House. The lead group member should contact Jim Koch to arrange help with moving if necessary.
Q: HOW AND WHERE WILL CAPSTONE PROJECTS BE DISPLAYED?
A: Each team will be assigned a bench in one of the ENG labs based on equipment needs and FLC recommendations. - Lab benches are cleared of all extra equipment, only the equipment requested on the registration form will be placed at the bench.
- In the special requirements section of the registration form be sure to state if you need extra floor space for robots etc., and if you are using wireless devices and what frequency so that projects on the same frequency can be placed in separate rooms.
- Each EDP project poster (designed and submitted by April 9th.) will be set up at the teams station, see below.
Q: WHO CAN I ATTACH WIRES TO FOR BODY MEASUREMENTS?
A: No visitors are to be tested, only group members designated and approved by FLC/Coordinator are permitted.
Q: WILL TEAMS BE ABLE TO CONNECT THEIR COMPUTER TO THE DEPARTMENTS NETWORK?
A: If you asked for network access please see Jason Naughton in ENG439 who will determine your needs.
Q: WILL TEAMS BE ABLE TO USE THE LABS DURING THE EXAM WEEKS?
A: Yes but in some cases access will be limited. - Set up for open house takes about 8 days. Labs are cleared of equipment, benches are cleaned etc. While we are working on a lab it will be closed, usually for 1/2 a day. - Power project labs are set up first, students assigned to these labs may use their assigned bench under the same conditions as during the semester. ENG308, 309, 310 will only be open when a engineering support person is available. - ENG 306, 307 will be the last labs set up, generally the day before open house, once these labs are set up there will be limited equipment based on the needs of the team assigned to the bench. - All labs will open 1 hour before the start of the Open House.
Q: I WANT TO USE A LCD PROJECTOR, IS IT POSSIBLE AND WHO SUPPLIES IT?
A: We do not recommend using a projector, space is limited, lights have to stay on in the lab.
If you insist you must bring your own, or book one through Ryerson Technology Equipment and Services located in Kerr Hall East, room KHE227.
Q: WHAT SHOULD I WEAR, WHAT SHOULD I BRING?
A: Please dress as if you are going to a job interview. Industry guests will be invited to the open house. - Remember to bring some up to date resumes.
Q:The Dean's Office will provide pizza and pop for lunch. CAN I EAT IN THE LAB?
A: We prefer you didn't. Lunch will be served on the forth floor, please keep Food and Drink up there. - Please be careful, you are still responsible if you spill something and damage equipment, or cause an accident.
Poster Info:
Mounted poster which will be set up at each station.
Deadlines
Each EDP project team is required to design a poster and submit a PDF copy to Jim Koch for printing by 11:59PM April 9, 2020.Posters will be printed by the department and mounted in three fold poster boards and set up at the teams station.
The department will cover the cost of printing and mounting posters submitted by the deadline.
After the deadline, teams are responsible for printing and the cost.
If you end up printing your poster please bring the printed poster to Jim Koch in ENG418 by April 23rd. so it can be mounted.
Format
Poster dimensions: 24" wide x 36" high, PORTRAIT format only.
Content
Poster must contain the following key information:1. Title of the project
2. Name of the authors
3. Motivation: Brief outline of the motivation for your project
4. Your approach: Detail your approaches using text, figures, tables, charts
5. Conclusion: Highlight your contributions and findings of the research
Submission Format
Email Subject Line :2020 PosterPoster file name: You must use the following format: ProjectCode_student_last_names(all three students).PDF
Example of the poster file name: NP01_Bardeen_Shockley_Brattain.pdf
Make sure you verify the size of your poster. If you submit an incorrect size the printers will enlarge or shrink to fit, and it could make your poster look bad, reprints are teams responsibility.
ELE/COE Students, please email your file to jkoch@ee.ryerson.ca and copy your FLC. Some FLC's may want to see your posters before submission, please check with your FLC.
BME Students, please have your FLC check and OK your poster, then email your file to jkoch@ee.ryerson.ca
Hints and Tips
Reference: There are posters from 2017, 2018, 2019 on the 3rd floor of the ENG building that you can use as references in designing your posters.If you are including pictures try and use ones with as high a resolution as possible otherwise they will look very pixelated when blown-up to poster size.
If you are going to include the Ryerson Logo on your poster please follow the guideline found at Ryerson Brand
Sample Template:
24" x 36" Poster Template
Make sure your poster is the correct size and pictures look good.
View the PDF on a widescreen monitor bigger the better.
Open the pdf with Adobe Reader. Check "file / properties" and check that your poster is 24" x 36".
Zoom to to 100%.
Scroll around and check the images.