Rinker participates in the 15th Annual Norman Borlaug Lectureship Poster Competition

2017 Oct 31

Amelia Rinker, Nutritional Science, presented a research poster at the 15th Annual Norman Borlaug Lectureship Poster Competition, presented by the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Nutritional Sciences Council at Iowa State University.

Both undergraduate and graduate students were invited to submit an abstract for the competition on their research in world food issues. Amelia was among those selected to present a poster at the competition, which preceeded a lecture by the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate on campus.

Faculty judges at the poster presentation consider:

• content and organization including overall content, logical presentation, clarity of expression, punctuation
• quality of presented research or study and relevance to world food issues including techniques and experimental design if appropriate, if topic is current, innovative and provides better understanding
• presentation and explanation of materials and methods
• presentation and explanation of results that are scientifically sound to explain results
• conclusions including soundness, supported by results, concise, precise, adequate and appropriate
• oral presentation skills in discussing your work and the relationship of the project to world food issues with the judges

The public and campus community were invited to attend the poster presentation and visit with students about their research before sitting down for the lecture, which is held in conjunction with the annual World Food Prize celebration.