ABET, 9
academia, 4
accident, fallacy of, 54
accreditation, 9
acronyms, 68
ad hominem fallacy, 54
additional material, 112
affirming the antecedent, 51
affirming the consequent, 52
ambiguity, 60
amphiboly, fallacy of, 60
analogy, weak, 59
analysis (and synthesis), 15
animation, 86
antecedent, 50
appeal to authority, 61
appeal to ignorance, 55
appeal to the crowd, 61
archiving a presentation, 132
as a book, 132
as an article, 132
argument
deductive, 72
inductive, 72
argumentation, 71
Aristotle, 54
arriving early, 119
ASCE, 10
attitude, critical, 67
audience, 2, 13, 17, 20, 45, 119, 120, 125, 127
attitudes, 117
background of, 20
chatting with, 128
criticism from, 129
difficulties with, 127
envisioning, 20
motivating, 33
positioning, 22
praise from, 129
preconceived notions, 117
authority, appeal to, 61
average behavior, 65
bad experiences, 3
begging the question, 58
benefits of speaking skill, 5
Bernoulli’s equation, 106
big picture, 116
bluffing, 8
body language, 111
Bohr, Niels, 61
bottom-up design, 16
brevity, 21
business cards, 128
capacitors, 19
captions, 92
categorical design, 35
causality, 66
causation design, 35
check
accord with standard principles, 66
agreement with known special cases, 64
average behavior, 65
causality, 66
dimensional, 62
expected variation with a parameter, 63
order-of-magnitude, 63
singularities, 66
superposition, 66
symmetry, 66
checklist
after the talk, 132
building a presentation, 98
delivering a presentation, 124
designing a presentation, 42
engineering a presentation, 23
optimizing a presentation, 115
choice of topic, 24
classification, 107
cliches, 75
closure, 32
clutter, 83
code of ethics, 98
cognitive bias, 104
colloquialisms, 75
comparative design, 35
complexity, 90
composition, fallacy of, 57
designing, 32
examples, 32
purposes of, 32
conclusion indicator, 73
conclusion phase, 28
concurrent design, 16
conditional, 50
conflict of interest, 46
consequent, 50
converse, 50
correlation, and causation, 67
cost of poor speaking skills, 4
countdown, 119
critical thinking, 137
critique, 21
crowd, appeal to, 61
cum hoc ergo propter hoc, 57, 67
customers, 3
deductive argument, 72
definition, 72
backup, 96
safety, 96
visibility, 92
denying the antecedent, 53
denying the consequent, 52
arrangement of details, 74
selection of details, 74
standpoint, 73
design
bottom-up, 16
hybrid, 16
spatial, 35
top-down, 14
design constraints, 25
diagrams, 90
backgrounds, 90
captions, 92
color, 90
fonts, 90
legends, 92
lines in, 90
dichotomy, false, 59
diction, 68
dimensional check, 62
dimensional correctness, 62, 105
disjunctive syllogism, 53
division, fallacy of, 58
dress requirement, 112
elevator pitch, 36
engineering design, 3
engineering design process, 8, 11, 24
example, 13
flowchart, 12
steps, 11
engineering ethics, 138
English
acronyms, 68
and mathematics, 79
diction, 68
grammar, 21
level of formality, 68
punctuation, 70
spelling, 68
word choice, 68
equals sign, 76
equations, 76
breaking, 89
how to describe, 78
meaning of, 79
multi-line, 89
number of, 77
on slides, 87
referring to, 78
equipment demo, 102
equivocation, fallacy of, 60
errors, catching, 62
evaluation, 114
evidence, 67
eye contact, 111, 115, 117, 119
affirming the consequent, 52
appeal to authority, 61
appeal to ignorance, 55
appeal to the crowd, 61
begging the question, 58
cum hoc ergo propter hoc, 57, 67
denying the antecedent, 53
false dichotomy, 59
formal deductive, 47
hasty generalization, 56
informal, 54
of accident, 54
of amphiboly, 60
of composition, 57
of division, 58
of equivocation, 60
of opposition, 61
of suppressed evidence, 59
post hoc ergo propter hoc, 56, 67
straw man, 55
weak analogy, 59
false dichotomy, 59
feedback, getting, 17, 24, 114
fielding questions, 112
filler expressions, 111
final report, 34
firm hold, 113
flash of insight, 25
footers, 86
form and function, 18
formal outline, 37
framing the goal, 17
garbage in, garbage out, 24
generalization, hasty, 56
gestures, 120
getting the audience’s attention, 31
globalization, 10
going overtime, 110
grammar, 102
graphic design, 138
graphical tags, 86
graphs, 90
backgrounds, 90
captions, 92
color, 90
fonts, 90
legends, 92
lines in, 90
grouping related elements, 86
handouts, 114
hasty generalization, 56
he said, she said, 70
heuristic reasoning, 138
honesty, 112
humor
risks of, 32
use of, 31
hybrid design approach, 16
IEEE Code of Ethics, 98
ignorance, appeal to, 55
improvement, 11, 43, 115, 127, 133
inductive argument, 72
industry, 4
information, in your mind, 19
ingenuity, 13
insight (flash of), 25
insufficient sample, 56
interruptions, 113
design of, 30
effectiveness of, 28
examples, 31
forms of, 30
purposes of, 30
reference to preceding speaker’s remarks, 31, 44
reference to recent incident, 31, 44
statement of purpose or thesis, 31, 44
use of humor, 31
intuitive plausibility, 62
iterative improvement, 16, 24, 117
jargon, 68
job interview talk, 34
jumping to conclusions, 67
Knuth, D.E., 140
laser pointer, 112
LATEX typesetting system, 139
legends, 92
level of formality, 68
limiting cases, 64
limits of knowledge, 112
lines, 90
listener, 20
level of understanding, 20
purpose of, 20
logical equivalence, 73
logical implication, 72
logical negation, 51
main body of presentation, 28
mathematical maturity, 24
microphone, 112
mishap, learning from, 133
moderator, 111
modus ponens, 51
modus tollens, 51
motivating the audience, 32, 33
movement, 111
movie, 86
murmuring, 113
National Science Foundation, 98
necessary condition, 62
negation, 51
nervousness, 120
Neumann function, 66
noise, 23
notation, proper, 76
Ockham’s razor, 67
opposition, fallacy of, 61
order-of-magnitude check, 63
overlength, 110
parameter, 63
passion, 120
plausibility, intuitive, 62
post hoc ergo propter hoc, 56, 67
ancillary elements, 97
content, 96
formatting requirements, 96
layout, 96
visual aspects, 97
preconceived notions, 117
premise, 47
premise indicator, 73
preparation, 1
presence, 120
presentation, 1
archiving, 132
as engineering design problem, 11, 13
audience characteristics, 20
benefits of skill, 5
building, 45
cost of poor skills, 4
delivering, 119
designing, 27
doing your best, 127
ease of, 1
ending slide, 33
equipment, 22
hybrid, 34
importance of, 2
optimizing, 109
reinventing, 131
relaxation during, 127
repeating, 130
structure of, 27
target specifications for, 45
time limit, 22
types of, 34
presentation equipment, 22, 45
procrastination, 41
professional society, 132
professionalism, 4
progress report, 34
proprietary information, 132
quad chart, 82
quality control, 46
algorithm for, 122
answering, 122
readiness for, 112
understanding, 122
quotations, 138
readability, 90
readiness
for questions, 112
to connect with listeners, 111
to fit the time limitation, 110
to keep a firm hold on things, 113
to perform in the venue, 112
to present the subject, 109
reference to a recent incident, 31, 44
reference to the occasion, 31, 44
rehearsal, 2, 16, 21, 80, 115, 116
reinventing a presentation, 131
reputation, 132
respect for truth, 67
revision, 115
rhetoric, 36
rubric, 5
for stage presence, 6
general presentation, 5
guide for developing, 7
scientific law, 60
scoring guide, 5
seating, 45
signpost words, 25
singularities, 66
situational awareness, 22
slides, 79
animation on, 86
appearance of, 80
backgrounds of, 86
color use with, 83
content of, 82
crowded, 83
fonts for, 83
footers on, 86
giving presentation without, 80
graphical tags on, 86
grouping elements on, 86
layout of, 83
number of, 80
punctuation on, 70
simplicity of, 80
templates for, 86
titles on, 86
web links on, 87
sloppy diction, 68
solution alternatives, 11, 13, 25
sophism, 136
sound, 86
spatial design, 34
speaking conventions, 21
special cases, 64
specifications, 45
speech
clarity of, 114
formal, xii
spelling, 68
statement, 49
conditional, 49
converse of, 50
status report, 34
straw man fallacy, 55
Strunk, W., 137
sufficient condition, 62
superposition, 66
suppressed evidence, 59
synthesis (and analysis), 15
technical presentation, 1
archiving, 132
as engineering design problem, 3, 11, 13
benefits of skill, 5
cost of poor skills, 4
ease of, 1
importance of, 2
reinventing, 131
repeating, 130
route to success, 3
time limit, 22
TED talks, 9
Teller, Edward, 62
templates, 86
terminology, speaker’s grasp, 109
The Great Courses, 9
Thoreau, Henry, xi
thought, 17
time limit, 22, 45, 110, 113, 116
titles, 86
top-down design, 14
tricks of the trade, 9
two-funnel picture, 29
um, 111
unexpected events, 121
video, 22
content, 82
layout, 83
weak analogy, 59
web links, 87
white space, 83
word choice, 68
words often mispronounced, 69