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New Mexico State University

General Guidelines

    An oral presentation (maximum of 15 minutes) will be required of each team per task. Points will be deducted for exceeding the time limit on the basis of 25 points per minute or fraction thereof. An additional 10-minute period will be allowed for judges' questions. The time required to move onto the stage, to set-up and break-down displays and audio-visual equipment should not exceed five additional minutes for each presentation.

    Prior to the oral presentation, the team captain should identify the presentation team members to the judges. These participants can be any of the members who officially sign-in at registration. The presentation may include up to a maximum of four student presentation team members.

    Audio-visual equipment such as slide projectors, overheads, etc., are allowed. PowerPoint presentation projectors will be provided by WERC. WERC will not provide the computers.  WERC highly recommends that you provide your own PowerPoint projector as the connection cords are not always compatible.

    The judges' questions may only be answered by the student presentation team members.

    The oral presentations will not be open to any of the participating teams until the team has completed their presentation. If you are competing in two or more different tasks, you and/or your faculty will not be allowed to attend any presentation until after you have completed all of your presentations. Video taping of the presentation by team members or team representatives is not allowed.


Judging Criteria

  • Overall quality, completeness, level of research and discussion of results
  • Justification and advantages of the proposed project
  • Process flow sheet, material balance and safety discussion
  • Realism of cost estimates
  • Ability to answer judges' questions
  • Delivery and effectiveness of presentation