Poster Session
Poster Session
Description
The TEECA “Poster Session Contest” requires students to complete research on a topic of technological significance selected annually by TEECA and then to present the research in the form of an educational display called a Poster Session.
Topics will be selected from broad categories such as:
Technologists: Raymond Loewy (Father of Industrial Design), Leonardo da Vinci, Henry Dreyfuss
Inventions/Innovations: steam engine, telephone, elevator, electric generation and distribution integrated computer chip
Technological Principles: structures, mechanisms, human factors, systems
Social or Environmental Impacts: public water systems, Luddites, recycling, Industrial Revolution.
The intended audience for the Poster Session display will also be announced in advance.
Student contestants must attend a regional or national meeting, set up their Poster Session, and make a five (5) minute presentation. The Poster Session may be designed by an individual or a two or three-person team. The contest is intended to encourage high-quality research and display presentations and as such should be part of a design class or supported by the institution/program as an extracurricular activity. It is anticipated that the material developed in this contest will benefit the student in student teaching or as a beginning professional.
This year’s topic (from Category 4) is Social Impacts.
"Drone Technology: Expanding Applications from Agriculture to Search and Rescue"
Focus: Examine the inventions/innovations behind drone technology and its expanding use in fields such as precision agriculture, disaster relief, and logistics.
Key Points: Explore the engineering principles behind drone flight, sensors, and AI, as well as the environmental and societal impacts of widespread drone usage.
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Coordinator
Professor Erik Schettig, North Carolina State University
