It’s time to make a poster of your research project. If your mentor is giving you help with this, send at least one draft to me by midnight Wednesday, January, 29. Everyone else must attend a meeting in the Research Room on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday for about an hour. Time slots start every hour on the half hour (8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30). Please select one and email me before Sunday evening. Time slots are available on a first come, first served basis. We have 5 good computers for this (4 Dell workstations and 1 iMac), which means no more than 5 students per time slot. You may also bring your own laptop if you feel more comfortable working that way.
Posters are made with Microsoft PowerPoint. (Other applications can be used, but our computers all have PowerPoint.) Bring an electronic copy of your research paper and electronic copies of all diagrams, photos, graphs, etc. All artwork must be original. No one will tell me, "I got that picture from Google". One exception to this would be organizational logos. I have high resolution copies of many university logos that I got from their public affairs offices (Brooklyn College, SUNY Downstate, NYU Langone Medical Center, etc.). Midwood Science also has a logo.
Black and white printing should be done at Staples. A 48" × 36" engineering print is about $7 or $8. Not all Staples locations offer this service, however. Check before you go. They may tell you they need one business day to complete your order. Do not plan on going to Staples on Friday. You may not get your poster back before they close.
The best buy for color posters is probably through PhD Posters. The charge something like $50 for a 48" × 36" color inkjet print. Make your order through their website. The pick up location is at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Once again, expect to wait at least one business day for your order to be fulfilled.
Your mentor may also have a budget for posters or access to a large format printer. It doesn’t hurt to ask.