Oral Design Presentation

In addition, the oral design presentation is discussed and suggestions are made for the organization of the presentation, the media used, methods for rehearsing, and written handouts. Also discussed, are typical criteria for evaluation and the usage of videotapes. 

A typical oral design presentation by a team comprised of three students at a university is scheduled for 30 min with an additional 10 min for questions and discussion. This provides sufficient time to... 

When preparing an oral design presentation, it helps the speakers to have an appreciation of the criteria by which it will be judged. Similarly, when serving on a team to evaluate oral presentations, it is important for the evaluators to understand the criteria and to apply them fairly, especially when they play an important role in the preparation of a course grade and the selection of an award winner. 

Figure 22.2 Oral design presentation evaluation form.

Increasingly, oral design presentations are recorded on videotape or DVD to provide a record of the presentations, as well as to enable each design team to critique its own presentation with a view toward improving the next one. In most cases, a portable camcorder, mounted on a tripod, is adequate to capture the bulk of the presentation. 

Furthermore, readers have learned how to organize an oral design presentation. In this connection, they have become familiar with the alternative media for the presentation, with the reasons for rehearsing the presentation and the methods used to evaluate presentations. 

In the last week of class, the companies presented their finished design, again in writing and orally by the CEO to the class. The differences between the initial proposal and the final design formed excellent feedback for the students of what they learned in the course. The weeks in between the proposal and the final design presentation were primarily filled with lectures and tutorials on technical design details that they needed to complete their overall design. Each week a short written... 

Aqueous products that are at greatest risk from microbial spoilage include solutions, suspensions, and emulsions for repeated oral, parenteral, or external use and include critical products such as multidose injections and eye drops. Unpreserved products without adequate antimicrobial efficacy should not be presented in containers intended for use on more than one occasion unless justified. When antimicrobial preservatives are used, their efficacy has to be demonstrated using the Ph Eur test for antimicrobial preservative efficacy. Factors to be taken into account in designing a preserved product include the nature of the preservative, its concentration in the product, the... 

There should be an oral presentation towards the end of the semester to the management (which is your classmates, the professor, and the invitees) on your business plan for a proposed new product on the innovative product idea, on market and technology analysis, on the financial and environmental analysis, and on your recommended action. Be prepared to answer searching questions from your management, and to hear constructive comments intended to improve your research, your analysis, your recommendation, and your presentation skills. If time permits, it would be useful to take all the comments and constructive suggestions into consideration, and make a second oral presentation. The product design project concludes with the submission of a written report, which would be in parallel with the traditional process design project. 

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