For anyone planning on making a poster:
http://www.learning.wisc.edu/ugsymposium/poster.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/ExamplePosters.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/examples/
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/CreatePosterLayout.html
*I have attached a copy of my poster as an example.