To Prepare: Visit the recorded “Preparing for FoCI 2021: Virtual Presentations & Poster Tips and Tricks.” Watch Here
Poster options: Standard (36” x 48”, h x w) PDF or an Interactive WordPress site that includes videos etc.
Posters must be uploaded to Box (link sent via email) no later than March 29.
Before FoCI:
Reference the March 4 “Preparing for FoCI” seminar and additional Gather.town resources.
Attend a practice session.
Test your camera, microphone, lighting in your room, and pick a location with a plain background as Gather.town does not allow virtual backgrounds and you do not want your background to be distracting.
Have a 90 second, rehearsed synopsis of your poster ready for your audience.
Optional: Upload a ≤ 3 minute video of you presenting your poster. This will be uploaded to your poster space when you are not there.
Check your session date and time. Your poster will be visible during the entire FoCI event, but you must be present during your session for judging and to present your poster to the FoCI audience.
Invite your family, friends, and colleagues.
At FoCI:
Dress professionally and check your surroundings – no distractions or loud noises.
Log out of Zoom or other apps that use your camera and microphone.
Ten minutes prior to your session, visit https://bit.ly/foci2021 to enter FoCI via the Gather.town link.
(If you are not presenting, you may enter FoCI at anytime.)
Focus on Creative Inquiry Poster Forum
The Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry (FoCI) event is Clemson’s university-wide poster symposium showcasing undergraduate research, service-learning and other engaged learning experiences through the CI program. Teams of students and mentors present their work during this event to the Clemson community and guests.
The 16th Annual FoCI was help on April 1 – 2, 2021. The virtual poster session was hosted via Gathertown. The space is available for viewing through April 9, 2021.
Enter FOCI
FoCI is for a general audience so posters should be presented in an understandable manner. This is different than a disciplinary conference where scientific vocabulary is very important. Because of the general audience, we ask that each CI Project submit one poster that generally presents the overall work of the project. If a team wants to submit a more specific poster or more than one poster to present different works within the project, they are asked to submit via the CSRF link.
Where:Gather.town Enter Here
When:Thursday and Friday, April 1-2, 2021
Poster sessions 10AM – 3PM each day
Plenary Session and Awards Ceremony on April 2nd at 3:10 – 4 PM
There will be prizes for the top poster voted by our panel of judges as well as the top "people's choice" posters.
Agenda View the 16th Annual FOCI Program
April 1
Morning Poster Session: 10AM-12PM
Afternoon Poster Session: 1 – 3PM
Morning Poster Session: 10AM-12PM
Afternoon Poster Session: 1 – 3PM
April 2
Morning Poster Session: 10AM-12PM
Afternoon Poster Session: 1 – 3PM
Morning Poster Session: 10AM-12PM
Afternoon Poster Session: 1 – 3PM
Plenary Address & Awards Ceremony: April 2, 3:10 – 4PM
Speaker: Dr. Jessica Larsen, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and 2020 recipient of the Bradley Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry
Title: Undergraduate Driven Research in Polymeric Drug Delivery
Description: The Larsen Lab focuses on polymer-based drug delivery systems for brain and central nervous system disease. In this presentation, Dr. Larsen shares two projects driven by CI undergraduates towards the development of drug delivery vehicles. First, she will discuss how the modulation of nanoparticle shape can lead to increased uptake and co-delivery of hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs in neural cells. Second, she looks at the effect of commonly used and FDA-approved polymers on blood component health, which has major implications for drug delivery vehicle design.
Dr. Jessica Larsen
2020 Recipient of the Bradley Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry
2020 Recipient of the Bradley Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry
