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About the 2025 Action Team Poster Competition

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Do you have research you’d like to share?

 

Part of the mission of the Cold Spray Action Team is to promote the participation of students in the cold spray industry by providing an opportunity to showcase their research in a public forum. One of the forums to accomplish this goal is the poster competition.

 

Abstract submissions are due March 14, 2025. Any research work related to cold spray will be accepted in this event.

 

Please note the poster competition details and submission guidelines.

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Criteria:  Abstracts should contain original material relevant to the field of cold spray.

 

Format:

The 2025 Action Team Poster Competition will be held in-person only The 2025 Action Team Poster Competition includes an abstract submission via the form prior to the deadline on March 14, 2025 to be featured in the meeting program. 

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Technical Requirements:

Poster submissions must include:

• The abstracts must be submitted electronically via our submission form as either a Microsoft word document (.doc), or a PDF.

• Abstracts should include the title, all authors’ names and affiliations

• Abstracts are not to exceed 250 words

• Abstracts should include any pertinent disclosures regarding the research

 

Eligibility:

To be deemed eligible for the 2025 Action Team poster competition, you must be a

• Postdoctoral Fellow

• Graduate Student

• Undergraduate Student

 

How do I apply to present a poster?

Submissions will be accepted via submission form to the CSAT Organizing Committee until the deadline on March 14, 2025.

 

Each entrant may submit only one poster and must register separately to attend the meeting in-person (register here).

• Cold spray related posters are to be set up on Tuesday 5/20/25 in the morning to remain for judging until awards on Wednesday 5/21/2025 in the afternoon.

• Posters related to large scale additive technologies will be set up on Thursday 5/22/25 in the morning to remain available for judging until awards that afternoon. 

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Additionally, please send along a PDF file of your poster to be displayed on our website with the proper accreditations.

 

What will the judges be looking for at the Poster Competition?

The judges will evaluate you in different categories. 

​I. Poster Appearance and Presentation
II. Importance and Clarity of Research Topic
III. Quality of Study Design and Execution

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Poster Content:

• Posters should contain relevant information, objectives, methods, results, and conclusions. You can include other parts like future work, alternative hypotheses, etc. You can be creative as to how you present your work, but it should be easy to follow.

• Tables and figures should be clear and appropriate. This is achieved by proper labeling and having the figures and text big enough.

• Clearly show the development of your research. The order in which you show your experiments and data matters. Make sure it has a logical flow.

• Methods should be presented in a way that makes it clear that they will help answer your question and/or test your hypothesis.

• Include the implications of your conclusions or possible impacts of your results. This does not have to be a big part, but it will serve as a primer for a conversation about the importance of your research.

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Project Merit:

• Convey in a clear way how the project came about.

• Explain how the findings will advance research within the cold spray field.

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Poster Appearance or Clarity:

• Take your time. Do not leave the poster-making task for one or two days before the deadline. The first draft is never excellent, and you will need to make changes.

• Be meticulous. Make sure your fonts are legible, you have no typos, and you are consistent with your sizes and font throughout the poster.

• Include as many diagrams, pictures, and figures as you can. If you can illustrate an important point using text or a figure, if you have space, use the figure.

• Keep in mind that your poster should be visually appealing and should grab the attention of the reader.

• Here are some online resources:

  • NeuroWire: How to make your scientific poster stand out

  • How to Design Attractive Scientific Posters That Are Also Effective

  • Social Space: How to Design an Award-Winning Conference Poster

  • Duke Office of Graduate Medical Education: Creating an Academic Poster by Mariah Rudd, BS (PDF)

  • Twitter Thread and YouTube Video with lots of resources by Mike Morrison (@mikemorrison) on how to make a #betterposter

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Contact

Thank you for your valued participation in our program!  If you have questions or comments about the 2025 Action Team Poster Competition, please e-mail the CSAT Organizing Committee.   

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Abstract submissions are due by March 14, 2025. Review our past Poster Competition submissions here.

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Poster dimensions for printing should be 36”x48” with horizontal orientation. Remember to bring your poster to the check-in table upon arrival at the DCU Center.

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