The Wild World of Large Laborious Posters. Create effective posters by thinking like a designer

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1 The Wild World of Large Laborious Posters Create effective posters by thinking like a designer

2 Why Does Design Matter? Design is not about decoration; It s about effectively communicating. Good design allows you to easily and effectively communicate your ideas visually.

3 You Are Already A Designer Every time you use visuals to communicate you are designing. A few simple choices can make your designs effective.

4 It s Not Complicated Your design can only be as good as the content you start with. Your poster is a tool that helps you attract an audience and give a dynamic presentation.

5 STEP ONE The first step in the design process is to answer the question: What am I trying to communicate?

6 STEP TWO Figure out How do I communicate that? Decide what charts, graphs, and images communicate your core message.

7 STEP THRE E Create a hierarchy of information. The most important information should attract the eye. If you try to make everything equally important the viewer will get overwhelmed and can easily become disinterested.

8 STEP FOUR Start Designing! Start with a quick sketch that reflects the hierarchy you want to achieve. Follow a few guidelines and you will have an attractive and professional poster.

9 C.R.A.P Contrast Repetition Alignment Proximity

10 CONTRAST Contrast makes objects distinguishable from each other. Use contrast to draw attention to dominant elements. Every good design has a strong focal point.

11 Weak Contrast INTRODUCTION Strong Contrast INTRODUCTION VV VV

12 REPETITION Reuse the same elements: colors, fonts, type sizes. This will give your poster cohesiveness and make your information look organized and well thought out.

13 Weak Repetition Strong Repetition TITLE ONE Subtitle Subtitle Subtitle VV TITLE TWO Subtitle Subtitle Subtitle TITLE ONE Subtitle Subtitle Subtitle VV TITLE TWO Subtitle Subtitle Subtitle

14 ALIGNMEN T We use alignment to make sure nothing in your design looks like it was placed there randomly. Try to align every element to another element. Visualize a grid that everything aligns to.

15 Weak Alignment Strong Alignment VV VV

16 PROXIMITY Proximity is all about moving objects closer or farther. Related items should be visually grouped together.

17 Weak Proximity TITLE ONE Subtitle Subtitle Subtitle Strong Proximity TITLE ONE Subtitle Subtitle Subtitle VV VV TITLE TWO Subtitle Subtitle Subtitle TITLE TWO Subtitle Subtitle Subtitle

18 Design Tips Set your file up correctly. The printer can print up to 43 inches wide. Try to keep the height to 43 inches or smaller. If you want your poster to be cut down to exact dimensions add a border for the print shop to cut along.

19 Design Tips Pay attention to the length of your lines of text. The optimal length for lines of text is characters. If the length is to long the reader s eyes will have trouble focusing.

20 Design Tips Embrace empty space. Empty space is important because it gives organization and separation to the elements of your design. It also keeps the viewers eye from getting overwhelmed.

21 Design Tips Beware of gradients and drop shadows. Use gradients sparingly and carefully. They can easily make you poster look dated and the text hard to read.

22 Design Tips Choose colors wisely. Colors can be eye-catching and appealing. Watch out for pastels and neon colors because they can easily look unprofessional.

23 Design Tips Fonts can make or break you. Choosing the right font can be daunting task. Try to limit your poster to 2 fonts. Stay away from fun or funky fonts.

24 APPROVED FONTS Sans-Serif Helvetica Open Sans Calibri VV Century Gothic Franklin Gothic Gill Sans Tahoma Serif Century Georgia Baskerville VV Hoefler Text Times New Roman Garamond

25 Design Tips Use High Resolution Images. Many images that you pull from the internet will not print well. Try to only use images and figures that are at least 4 x 4 inches and 300 DPI.

26 Design Tips Use the correct logos. A variety of logos with different background colors are available for you on the public drive: Z:\Public\Logos

27 BEFORE High pressure and high magnetic field dilatometry Audrey GROCKOWIAK 1*, D.Graf 1, W. Coniglio 1, J.-H. Park 1, T. Murphy 1, S. Hannahs 1 And S. Tozer 1 1 : National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida *grockowiak@magnet.fsu.edu Introduction Dilatometry measures the changes in length of a material as a function of different external parameters, such as temperature (thermal dilatation), magnetic field (magnetostriction), or pressure (compressibility). Dilatometry is a thermodynamic quantity sensitive to first or second order phase transitions. First- order phase transitions : Clausius-Clapeyron equation Second-order phase transitions : Ehrenfest relations dt = (ΔV ) (Δ L dp c (ΔS) V Δ L ) m (ΔS ) dt =V M T (Δα c) dp c (ΔC p) Dilatometry measurements at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Capacitance Piezo Cantilever Fiber Bragg Grating With : α c = 1 L (Δ L L ) Thermal expansion : β= dln(v)/dt Magnetostriction : λ= ΔL(H)/L Compressibility : κ= dln(v)/dp Quantum oscillation detection using capacitance dilatometry on Yni 2 B 2 C (Ref 1) Ref 2 Sample attached to movible capacitance plate Variation of capacitance => sample expansion Resolution : 0.1Å at low T Sensitive to field Ref 3 Atomic force microscope tip on sample Resistance change in piezo element =>sample expansion Resolution : 0.1-1Å at low T Sensitive to field Periodic n-index modulation, refracts one Bragg wavelength λ B Shift in λ B => strain => sample expansion along fiber Resolution : ΔL/L 10 5 Can be coupled to and used into pressure cells! Principle of FBG measurement UV laser centered around 1550nm Circulator : separates incoming and going beams λ B refracted from FBG spread by spectrometer (Acton SP2500, f=500mm, 600g/mm) Detected by 92KHz InGaAs linear array camera (Goodrich). Resolution : nm/pixel Gaussian fit of λ B for sub-pixel resolution Differential measurement with 2 nd empty FBG Ref 4 Piston cylinder cells Body of the cell : MP35%N Piston : non magnetic W-C Mini-me piston cylinder cell Developed at the NHMFL P max : 2 GPa Sample space : Ø1.5mmx2mm Can rotate => Allow use in confined space of a dilution refrigerator and magnet bore Piston : permits to transmit fibers and wires to the cell Ruby fluorescence line : measure P Preliminary results Pressure measurement with a FBG BaFe 2 As 2 Theoretical behaviour of FBG with various strains (5) : Δλ B =(1 ν2 λ B 2 (P 12 ν(p 11 + P 12 ))) ΔL L +(α(t )+ 1 dn n dt )ΔT 0.76 ν : Poisson's ratio, 0.20 P : components of strain-optic tensor α : thermal expansion coefficient For 28MPa : Δλ =1.40pix (1.5p +/-1pix) For 52MPa : Δλ =2.6pix (2.1p +/-1pix) For 67MPa : Δλ =3.35pix (3.5p +/-1pix) Room T measurement of empty FBG Response in a High Pressure Intensifier cell Pressure medium : 4 He Reasonable agreement, sensitive to υ References 1. Anisotropic thermal expansion and magnetostriction of YNi2B2C single crystals, Bud'ko, S L et al., J. Phys.: Condens. Matter (2006) 2. Versatile and compact capacitive dilatometer, G. M. Schmiedeshoff et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 77, (2006) 3. High Resolution Miniature Dilatometer Based on AFM Piezocantilever, Park, J.-H., et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, (2009) 4. High resolution magnetostriction measurements in pulsed magnetic fields using fiber Bragg gratings, R.Daou et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 81, (2010") 5. Fiber Grating Sensors, A. D. Kersey et al., J. Lightwave Technol. 15, 1442, Acknowledgements AG acknowledges GS Boebinger for the financial support. P.Canfield and V.Taufour (Iowa State U.) for the BaFe2As2 samples DOE, NSF for Florida State, NNSA (grant number NNSA SSAP DE-NA )

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29 THANK YOU Caroline McNiel Graphic Designer, Public Affairs