2.2.1 Oral Proposal

Description: The oral proposal addresses the same major points as your written proposal. The proposal should demonstrate your understanding of the issues and present the approach you are proposing to take to achieve stated objectives. The proposal should include sufficient detail about the critical elements of the project to afford your primary audience the opportunity for offering constructive criticism.

Structure:

Introduction: Slides Video

Statement of motivating problem; identify key technical issues (need); statement of objective.

Body: Slides Video

  1. Overview of technical approach and appropriate theoretical background with references to applicable theory, analytical models, hypotheses, or previous pertinent work
  2. Experimental methods and test design
  3. Data acquisition: Description of data that will be taken
  4. Methods of data analysis: how data may answer to the motivating need expressed earlier.
End: Slides Video

  1. Time schedule (Gantt chart): Task v. time (in weekly increments for both semesters; also indicate important milestones)
  2. Required facilities and resources (including a proposed budget).

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