Reflection - Visualization 

 Challenges and Selection 

 Having been a student from the past 5 years , whose main expertise lies in chemical engineering   and research , I have worked on several research - based projects to be presented on national level ,   on behalf of my college . As a researcher , we are often presented with specific problems or we   choose them ourselves and it is up to us to present new , cutting edge solutions . More then often , I   have observed a lot of people explaining their work via mode of multiple heavy paragraphs in a   power point or even on a poster in a symposium that tends to lead the viewers to confusion , loss   of the line of thought or simply boredom . As a soon to be participant in these events , one of my   main challenges was to find a method to keep my audience engaged as well as make the work   presented to them clearer to understand . To find an effective tool to ensure this happens , I   questioned several of my peers as well as my professors as to which presentations stand out to   them and by the process of letting them lead the conversation I surmised that majorly visualization   as a mode was something that engaged and made them understand the concept well . 

 Application 

 I decided to first use this tool , not directly at the competition , but while presenting the idea behind   the research to my college professors at start . My project involved building a straw like prototype    which purified water as it passed different levels of the straw . Instead of rattling of numbers of   how scarce safe drinking sources of water are in my country , I showed them a short compilation   of videos of people from these villages to convey the intensity of the problem and get their   attention . I further backed it up with visual charts holding the statistics to cement a need for a   solution in my viewers . The next step I took , was to engage with the professors and ask them for   solutions they know to exist for this problem . I wrote them down in bubbles on the whiteboard and   verbally explained using data and information from my study to explain why a lot of them were   not feasible in these villages and crossed them out . 

 I then went further to introduce my prototype as a possible solution by means of a simulation of   the prototype right from construction to the expected result . Giving them the range for some of the   properties of water , I urged them to select their own numbers from the range and see the simulation   work and observe the results for themselves . This led to the foundation of their belief in my idea .   As a last step , I presented a network that lead to the finished product right from the sources of   procurement of materials as well as the construction and the planned tests for the protype and   explained it in a method close to a flow chart , for easier understanding and grasp . 

 While presenting this later , at the conference , I followed the same visualization techniques   mentioned above and include an overlook of the challenges faced while carrying out the research   project as well . 

 Insight and Approach 

 By incorporating such techniques in other projects as well , I learnt that the mode of visualization   ( i.e. videos and networks of flow ) help the audience to get engaged as well as helped them to feel   more connected to the idea behind the project as well as understand it . Furthermore , by involving   them in the process , such as letting them see for themselves the difference in a simulation by the   choice of data they feed , made them want to listen further and made them feel as if they ’re part of   the presentation as a whole and the presentation was not merely a one sided conversation . It often   sparked a conversation between multiple viewers and me , which led to attraction of a bigger crowd   as well as inputs to the idea itself . 

 An alternative approach which I would like to try out for some future projects is the approach of   storytelling . I have found that storytelling is a compelling start to pitch in an idea and intend to use   it again by collection of data and interviews and presenting my idea as a plausible story in the   future , which might make them more intrigues before presenting the idea in detail . 


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### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection - Visualization 

 Challenges and Selection 

 Having been a student from the past 5 years , whose main expertise lies in chemical engineering   and research , I have worked on several research - based projects to be presented on national level ,   on behalf of my college . As a researcher , we are often presented with specific problems or we   choose them ourselves and it is up to us to present new , cutting edge solutions . More then often , I   have observed a lot of people explaining their work via mode of multiple heavy paragraphs in a   power point or even on a poster in a symposium that tends to lead the viewers to confusion , loss   of the line of thought or simply boredom . As a soon to be participant in these events , one of my   main challenges was to find a method to keep my audience engaged as well as make the work   presented to them clearer to understand . To find an effective tool to ensure this happens , I   questioned several of my peers as well as my professors as to which presentations stand out to   them and by the process of letting them lead the conversation I surmised that majorly visualization   as a mode was something that engaged and made them understand the concept well . 

 Application 

 I decided to first use this tool , not directly at the competition , but while presenting the idea behind   the research to my college professors at start . My project involved building a straw like prototype    which purified water as it passed different levels of the straw . Instead of rattling of numbers of   how scarce safe drinking sources of water are in my country , I showed them a short compilation   of videos of people from these villages to convey the intensity of the problem and get their   attention . I further backed it up with visual charts holding the statistics to cement a need for a   solution in my viewers . The next step I took , was to engage with the professors and ask them for   solutions they know to exist for this problem . I wrote them down in bubbles on the whiteboard and   verbally explained using data and information from my study to explain why a lot of them were   not feasible in these villages and crossed them out . 

 I then went further to introduce my prototype as a possible solution by means of a simulation of   the prototype right from construction to the expected result . Giving them the range for some of the   properties of water , I urged them to select their own numbers from the range and see the simulation   work and observe the results for themselves . This led to the foundation of their belief in my idea .   As a last step , I presented a network that lead to the finished product right from the sources of   procurement of materials as well as the construction and the planned tests for the protype and   explained it in a method close to a flow chart , for easier understanding and grasp . 

 While presenting this later , at the conference , I followed the same visualization techniques   mentioned above and include an overlook of the challenges faced while carrying out the research   project as well . 

 Insight and Approach 

 By incorporating such techniques in other projects as well , I learnt that the mode of visualization   ( i.e. videos and networks of flow ) help the audience to get engaged as well as helped them to feel   more connected to the idea behind the project as well as understand it . Furthermore , by involving   them in the process , such as letting them see for themselves the difference in a simulation by the   choice of data they feed , made them want to listen further and made them feel as if they ’re part of   the presentation as a whole and the presentation was not merely a one sided conversation . It often   sparked a conversation between multiple viewers and me , which led to attraction of a bigger crowd   as well as inputs to the idea itself . 

 An alternative approach which I would like to try out for some future projects is the approach of   storytelling . I have found that storytelling is a compelling start to pitch in an idea and intend to use   it again by collection of data and interviews and presenting my idea as a plausible story in the   future , which might make them more intrigues before presenting the idea in detail .
### Output: 