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Reporting Requirements

The Student-Faculty Programs Office requires that all students submit two written progress reports, an abstract, a final technical paper, and a final oral presentation. These reports help students develop good communication skills, focus on progress toward their research goals, and synthesize the work done over the ten-week period.

Progress Reports
Follow these progress report writing requirements. Deadline:  5:00 PM on the July and August pay dates.

Abstracts
Abstracts are compiled into an abstract book for each of the scheduled seminar days.  Please follow these abstract writing requirements. Deadline:  5 PM on the August pay date.

Final Technical Paper
Follow these final report writing requirements. Please read and follow them carefully.

Final Oral or Poster Presentation
All students are required to give an oral or poster presentation on one of the regularly scheduled seminar days. However, some students may arrange to give their presentations at other times.

The SURF Talk Book provides assistance in the preparation of the oral presentation. The purpose of the book is not a speech textbook that gives useful information for all types of speaking presentations, rather its focus is for undergraduate students presenting technical information to a general audience. For guidelines, access the SURF Talk Book (pdf).