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Student Paper Competitions

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Abstract Submission Begins: 26 March 2024

Abstract Submission Deadline: 23 May 2024, 8:00 p.m. ET

Author Notification: 26 August 2024

Manuscript Deadline: 2 December 2024, 8:00 p.m. ET

*Dates are subject to change.

 Abstract Submission Process & Requirements  Technical Presenter Resources    Submit an Abstract

Student Eligibility and Submission Requirements

Student Eligibility Requirements:

• Student author(s) must be members of AIAA in order to enter the competition.
• Student author(s) must be full-time students in good academic standing at their university/institution at the time of submission.
• Manuscript content represents the work of the author.
• Student(s) must be the primary author(s) of the paper and the work must have been performed while the author(s) was a student.
• Student author(s) must be able to attend the Forum to present their work should it be selected for presentation.

Student Submission Requirements:

• Student Paper Competition submissions must adhere to the overall Forum Abstract Submission Requirements.
• Students must select the “Student Paper Competition” presentation type during the electronic submission process. Do not submit the abstract more than once. Only submissions with Student Paper Competition” presentation type indicated will be eligible for the competition.
• All submissions must be made by the Forum abstract submission deadline of 23 May, 8:00 p.m. ET.
• For further requirements and instructions, please refer to the detailed descriptions of each Student Paper Competition as described in their call below.

Student Paper Competitions in the topics below are being held in conjunction with the Forum:

Please direct questions to: Eric Stewart , NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

To be considered for one of the student paper awards within the Aerospace Design and Structures Group, students must submit their abstract to one of the following areas:

• Adaptive Structures
• Complexity in Aerospace (CASE)
• Design Engineering
• Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
• Non-Deterministic Approaches
• Spacecraft Structures
• Structural Dynamics
• Survivability
• Systems Engineering

Authorship:  Student papers should report on work primarily conducted by students in collaboration with their faculty advisors; therefore, all primary/presenting authors of papers submitted for consideration in the Student Paper Competition must be students at the time of abstract submission. The first author of the paper must remain the same between the abstract, final paper, and presentation. Up to two non-student co-authors are allowed.

Presentation:  At conference, the presentation must be given by the primary author of the paper.

Extended Abstract:  Student abstracts must be extended abstracts that follow the rules outlined in this Call for Papers. When submitting to the abstract submission website, select “Student Paper Competition” as the paper type.  Semi-finalists will be chosen based on an evaluation of the extended abstracts.  The results of the semi-final round will not be made public.

Deadline:  Student manuscripts must be uploaded to the manuscript submission website by  the published regular conference paper deadline for the AIAA SciTech Forum .  Students should note that the latest version of their paper submitted prior to the deadline will be the version used for judging.

If for any of these reasons a paper is removed from student paper competition, authors still have the opportunity to submit their paper by the published regular conference paper deadline for the full AIAA SciTech Forum deadline as a regular conference paper.

The following awards will be presented to the winners where a single paper can only win one award:

Jefferson Goblet Student Paper Award:  The highest ranked Aerospace Design and Structures paper based on manuscript and presentation quality is recognized with the Jefferson Goblet Student Paper Award, which was established over twenty years ago and named to honor Thomas Jefferson. The recipient receives a monetary award ($500), a certificate, and a goblet modeled after a 1788 design by Thomas Jefferson.

American Society for Composites Student Paper Award:  The highest ranked composites-related paper based on manuscript and presentation quality is recognized with the American Society for Composites Student Paper Award. The recipient receives a monetary award ($500) and a certificate.

Lockheed Martin Student Paper Award in Structures:  The Lockheed Martin Student Paper Award in Structures recognizes an outstanding structures-related paper, based on manuscript and presentation quality. The recipient receives a monetary award ($500) and a certificate.  

Harry H. and Lois G. Hilton Student Paper Award in Structures:  The Harry H. and Lois G. Hilton Student Paper Award in Structures recognizes an outstanding graduate-level, structures related paper, based on manuscript and presentation quality. The recipient receives a monetary award ($500) and a certificate. 

SwRI Student Paper Award in Non-Deterministic Approaches:  The Southwest Research Institute Student Paper Award in Non-Deterministic Approaches recognizes an outstanding NDA-related paper, based on manuscript and presentation quality. The recipient receives a monetary award ($500) and a certificate.

The Aerospace Design and Structures Group Student Paper Competitions include submissions to the following topics:

Please direct questions to:  James Creel , Texas A&M University

The Walter R. Lempert Student Paper Award in Diagnostics for Fluid Mechanics, Plasma Physics, and Energy Transfer is sponsored by the Aerodynamic Measurement Technology (AMT), Plasmadynamics and Lasers (PDL), and Propellants and Combustion (PC) Technical Committees (TC).

The award is given on an annual basis in memory of Dr. Walter R. Lempert. Walter Lempert was an outstanding scientist and engineer who had a profound impact on AIAA and in particular these three TCs. The Walter R. Lempert Student Paper Award is given to the most outstanding student paper submitted to sessions organized by these TCs at the annual AIAA SciTech Forum.

The Award shall consist of $500 cash and a Certificate of Merit identifying the name of the Award, the Award winner, the title of the paper for which they won the award, and the date of the award. If required by the IRS, the winning student shall submit a W-9/W-8 to AIAA. The Award winner will be recognized during the AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition (AIAA AVIATION). The Walter Lempert Subcommittee Chair shall provide winner information to AIAA no later than 60 days prior to the Forum.

Any additional funds available through the endowment may be used to support the travel costs for the award winner to attend the conference to receive the award in person. Additional funds may also be used to facilitate honorable mention awards for other outstanding student papers eligible for The Walter R. Lempert Student Paper Award in Diagnostics for Fluid Mechanics, Plasma Physics, and Energy Transfer. Disbursements of funds is based upon the formal AIAA Foundation agreement.

Additional Technical Discipline Eligibility Requirements & Other Rules

Any graduate student in an engineering or related program that is the first author and presenter of a technical paper at an AMT, PDL or PC affiliated session at the AIAA SciTech. The winning students may one receive this award once.

Technical Discipline Selection Criteria:

• The paper must be in the area of measurement techniques and related to the technical disciplines covered by the AMT, PDL and PC technical committees.
• The paper should be evaluated on the innovative nature of the diagnostic or its use. Applications of mature diagnostics are not eligible for this award.
• The papers will be scored according to the following formula:
• Technical Quality/Completeness (50 pts) - Some of the considerations which you may wish to apply here are: clearly stated purpose, a well-developed introduction, methods used, the inclusion of an uncertainty analysis if applicable, well supported conclusions, breadth of references, or other technically applicable criteria.
• Technical Relevance (25 pts) - Considerations here should be contribution to the state-of-the-art or knowledge, timeliness, innovation, etc. in diagnostics for fluid mechanics, plasma physics, and energy transfer
• Readability (25 pts) – Text, grammar, figures, tables, etc.

Please direct questions to:  Andrea Da Ronch , University of Southampton Yunjun Xu , University of Central Florida

The AFM Technical Committee, with the support of Calspan Corporation , is sponsoring the AFM Student Paper Competition. Eligible written papers and oral presentations will be judged by members of the AFM Technical Committee.The competition is within the AFM conference and not part of the larger SciTech Forum and Exhibition. The winner of the competition will be notified after the conference and receive both a certificate and a $500 award.

To be eligible for the competition, the entrant must be the primary author of the submitted paper and the work must have been performed while the author was a student. As such, recent graduates may still be eligible. Entrants will present their papers in the AFM technical sessions, where judges will also be in attendance. To enter the competition, the “Student Paper Competition” option must be selected instead of “Technical Manuscript” when submitting a manuscript via the conference website. Note that when entering the Student Paper Competition, the paper is still published and scheduled within the technical sessions, as normal. Papers are due by the regular final manuscript deadline. All papers with a student as primary author are encouraged to participate in the competition.

The scoring for the award will be equally based on the written paper and oral presentation. Judging of the written paper is based on the criteria:

• Relevance of the topic to atmospheric flight mechanics
• Organization and clarity
• Appreciation of relevant technical issues and sources of error
• Meaningful conclusions of the research.

Judging of the oral presentation is based on the criteria:

• Background and problem definition statement
• Explanation of technical approach
• Explanation of research results

Please direct questions to:  Charles E. Tinney ,  The University of Texas at Austin The Prof. Kirti "Karman" Ghia Memorial Award is presented by the AIAA FDTC to an international graduate student studying in the USA, for an innovative approach to computational fluid dynamics that leads to a greater understanding of the flow physics for a problem related to aeronautics or astronautics.  The winner must present at a paper at SciTech.

Instructions : Graduate student authors may self-nominate for the Professor Kirti "Karman" Ghia Memorial Award by selecting the “Student Paper Competition” option instead of “Technical Manuscript” during submission. Note that when entering the Student Paper Competition, the paper is still published and scheduled within the technical sessions, as normal.

Eligibility : AIAA membership is strongly encouraged but not required.  Nominees must be international graduate students, meaning they do not have USA citizenship or permanent residency, working toward a graduate degree in the USA and presenting a paper at SciTech.  The winner must show written proof, potentially from their departmental graduate office, of eligibility.  Nominees may only win this award once.  Only nominees who choose a topic area under Fluid Dynamics during abstract submission will be considered for the award, and further only those who have a substantial CFD component as part of their paper.

Cash Prize : $1,500 will be provided for the winner’s conference costs, including airfare, registration, lodging, food, and other transportation, to present a paper at SciTech.  This will be given as a check to the winner before the conference to help them plan and pay for their travel.  The winner is required to make their own travel and conference arrangements.

Selection Process and Timing : The award is judged by the FDTC based on the criteria given below.  The judging has 2 rounds.  First, submitted abstracts will be down-selected to a smaller group, and winners of round 1 will be notified at the time of SciTech abstract acceptance decisions (nominally end of August).  Next, round-1 winners will be asked to submit their full papers early, by Oct. 24, for round-2 judging.  One winner will be chosen around the 3rd week of Nov., to give time for travel planning.

Award Presentation Venue : This award is presented at the same SciTech that the paper is given, and the winner will be invited to the FDTC plenary meeting to be recognized and provided with a certificate.  The award will also be acknowledged at the Student Breakfast.

Technical Discipline Selection Criteria

The award is judged by the FDTC, and the evaluation criteria and weights are: 1) an innovative approach to CFD, e.g., a new methodology, speed increase, higher accuracy, new validation framework, post-processing strategy, etc. (weight: 35%); 2) a greater understanding of the flow physics of a given problem, as a result of the CFD innovation (weight: 35%); 3) clarity and prose (weight: 15%); 4) graphical content (weight: 15%).

Please direct questions to: Keiichi Okai , Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Tarek Abdel-Salam , East Carolina University

Green Engineering Best Student Paper Award

This award will be presented to best student paper submitted under Green Engineering Integration Committee.

Please direct questions to: Raghvendra Cowlagi ,  Worcester Polytechnic Institute Xuerui Wang , Delft University of Technology

AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control Best Graduate Student Paper

The GN&C Technical Committee will host a Graduate Student Paper Competition at the AIAA SciTech Forum. In addition to appropriate recognition, all finalists in the GN&C Graduate Student Paper Competition will receive a monetary award of $500 and complimentary registration. The overall winner will receive an additional $1,000 award.

For this competition, full draft manuscript papers are sought from graduate students on GN&C technical research topics, from which up to six finalists will be selected by a panel of judges for inclusion in a special GN&C Graduate Student Paper Competition session. Author eligibility and manuscript submission requirements are described below.

• A student must be the first or sole author, enrolled at an institution of higher learning.
• Upon selection as a finalist the student must provide to the Competition Chairs a 'Statement of Contributions' that delineates the specific technical contributions of each co-author. Furthermore, the student must assert that they have provided the preponderant share of input to both the technical and written dimensions of the paper, and must also include the signatures of all co-authors.
• The student author must be a member of AIAA to become a finalist in the competition.
• The student author must be a full-time graduate student in good academic standing at his or her university/institution at the time of submission.
• Full draft manuscript not exceeding a total length of 25 pages.
• The student author is not the overall winner of the preceding year’s competition.
• Only one paper submission per primary author.

The finalists for the Graduate Student Paper Competition will be selected on the basis of three reviewer scores, with consideration to technical content (30%), originality (30%), practical application (20%) and style and form (20%). Reviewers will be members of the GNC Technical Committee. Each finalist will present their paper in a special session during the conference. The presentation will be evaluated by a panel of judges. The overall winner of the paper competition will be decided on the basis of scores granted to the paper as well as the presentation.

Please direct questions to: Friedolin T. Strauss , German Aerospace Center (DLR) Suo Yang , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

High-Speed Air-Breathing Propulsion Student Paper Competition

High-speed air-breathing propulsion technical committee solicits student papers which address the design, analysis, optimization, testing, and evaluation of technologies and systems that enable supersonic and hypersonic air vehicle propulsion. The key technology areas include but are not limited to ramjet, scramjet and combined cycle engines, inlets, isolators, combustion chambers, nozzles and other enabler components, the design methods and optimization, thermodynamic analysis, the measurement techniques and numerical methods facilitating the interpretation of the physics observed within High-Speed propulsion systems as well as materials, structures and manufacturing methods aiming at construction of the engines.

Focus on high-speed flight regime above or equal Mach 5 or topic related to this flight regime. Topic range includes the same topics as in the general HSABP Call for Papers.

Focus on high-speed flight regime above or equal Mach 5, technical excellence, conciseness, technical approach, technical creativity, compliance with AIAA SciTech style guide and AIAA requirements.

Please direct questions to:  B. Danette Allen ,  NASA

Human Machine Teaming Best Student Paper

Papers are sought that address theoretical, analytical, simulated, experimental, or implementation results related to aerospace applications for advances in human machine teaming where the paper can focus on one of three general elements: the human, the machine, and interactions and interdependencies between them. Concepts regarding human physiology, psychology, human factors, cognitive models, and human performance that support aspects of human machine teaming are of interest. Additionally, concepts regarding artificial intelligence, explainable AI (xAI), machine learning, modeling, feature engineering (e.g., biosignal processing), and human-machine interfaces, which support the mapping of the human to the machine, the interaction with the machine, elucidates trust, and other facets of the human machine system are all topic areas of focus.

Technical Discipline Eligibility Requirements & Other Rules

Submissions will be evaluated by a team which is comprised of:

• Members of the conference program committee
• Representatives from the Human Machine Teaming TC
• Participation is limited to current graduate and undergraduate students from any accredited, degree-program educational institution.
• The teams should be composed of at least one AIAA student member and at least one advisor who is an AIAA member.
• Submissions by individuals or teams are acceptable
• Required submission format: PowerPoint charts + short abstract
• Optional submission material: videos, system mock-ups, demonstrations

The criteria for which each idea will be evaluated on:

• Compliance: is the idea submission complete and does it comply with the rules of the challenge?
• Novelty: does the idea describe a novel approach to providing a solution?
• Originality: how original is the proposed technology or use of existing technology?
• Relevance: How well does the idea relate to the topic and provide a solution aligned with the goals of this challenge?
• Feasibility: how likely can the idea be prototyped?
• Value Proposition: if successful, how well does the idea solve a stakeholder’s need and how likely would the solution be transitioned to a stakeholder?

Please direct questions to:  Andrew Lacher , NASA

Intelligent Systems Best Student Paper

Students are invited to submit extended abstracts by the abstract submission deadline in any broad area of Intelligent Systems to the Intelligent Systems Student Paper Competition. Systems of interest include both military and commercial aerospace systems and those ground systems that are part of test, development, or operations of aerospace systems. Technologies that enable autonomy (i.e. safe and reliable operation with minimal or no human intervention) as well as collaborative human-machine teaming in complex aerospace systems/subsystems are of interest. These include but are not limited to: autonomous and expert systems; discrete planning/scheduling algorithms; intelligent data/image processing, learning, and adaptation techniques; data fusion and reasoning; and knowledge engineering. The application of such technologies to problems that highlight advanced air mobility, certification, carbon emissions/sustainability, space traffic management, and cislunar operations are of particular interest.

• A student paper competition session will be held on Monday evening of January 6th, 2025 at the SciTech Forum; finalists will present during this session.
• Papers will also be included in the conference proceedings, and you will also be required to present as a regular paper in the AIAA SciTech (Two presentations will occur, one on Monday and one in the regular conference schedule).
• Please follow the abstract submission requirements in the Intelligent Systems Technical Discipline Call for Papers.

Technical Discipline Selection Criteria A student competition paper subcommittee and the chair will review the full draft manuscripts submitted as IS student paper competition papers based upon:

• Originality
• Practical Applications or Theoretical Foundations
• Long-Term relevance to IS Technologies
• Technically New, Innovative, or Constructive Review
• Professional Integrity (Credits prior work, claims are supported by results, is objective)
• Clear Presentation (writing, organizing, and graphics)

All papers that are not selected will be forwarded to the area chairs for possible inclusion as regular conference papers. Directly after this session, the subcommittee will decide the winner based on both the paper and the presentation, and the student will be notified by email. The winner will be presented with an award, “Best Student Paper.”

Please direct questions to:  Prof. Carl Ollivier-Gooch , University of British Columbia

MVCE Best Student Paper

The Meshing, Visualization, and Computational Environments (MVCE) Technical Committee is holding a student paper competition for the AIAA SciTech Forum . The student who writes the best extended abstract will receive a $500 award, which will be paid in advance of the conference, to defray the cost of attending the AIAA SciTech Forum .

The extended abstracts will be judged by a subcommittee of the MVCE based upon the importance of the work, originality, quality, and completeness. To be eligible, the student needs to be full-time at either the graduate or undergraduate level. Students are encouraged to submit extended abstracts that are as close as possible to the anticipated final paper.

Please direct questions to: Andrew Dahir , MIT Lincoln Lab Scott Palo , University of Colorado Boulder

Small Satellite Best Student Paper Award

The AIAA Small Satellite Technical Committee is proud to announce the Best Student Paper Competition at the AIAA SciTech Forum. Entrants will be judged by technical committee members and the judging will include both the written manuscript and the oral presentation.  Full-time students at any academic level are encouraged to participate and eligibility requirements are defined by the AIAA and outlined at the top of this page.  More details about the evaluation process can be obtained by contacting [email protected] .

Abstract: Students are encouraged to submit extended abstracts (70% complete papers) which demonstrate the maturity of the work. When submitting to the abstract submission website, select “Student Paper Competition” as the presentation type. Semi-finalists will be chosen based on an evaluation of the extended abstracts. The results of the semi-final round will not be made public.  Deadline: Final student manuscripts must be uploaded to the conference manuscript submission website by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time USA on 11 November 2024 (this is earlier than the deadline for regular technical papers). Students who miss this November deadline will be removed from the student paper competition but may still be allowed to present in the oral session.

The award evaluation will be based on both the written manuscript (75%) and oral presentation (25%).

Please direct questions to: Lulin Jiang , Baylor University Tarek Abdel-Salam , East Carolina University

Terrestrial Energy Systems Best Student Paper Award

This award will be presented to best student paper submitted under Terrestrial Energy Systems Technical Committee.

Please direct questions to: Andrew Lacher , NASA Langley Keith Hoffler , Adaptive Aerospace

Unmanned Systems Student Best Paper Award

Single paper awarded based on technical discipline selection criteria below.

Must be submitted/presented under any of the Unmanned Systems topics.

Selection will be done by a panel of 4-5 judges made up of the student paper competition chairs and 2-3 other committee members who do not have a conflict of interest with the candidates.

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Presentation Competition

Regional Student Technical Presentation Competition (STPC):  The subject of each paper is left entirely to the individual student. Presentations often focus on recent advances in some branch of chemical engineering, original research, or plant design. Participation in the Regional Student Paper Competition offers valuable, real-world experience for students. AIChE's Student Chapters Committee supports the competition with prize money, though the regional awards may be augmented from other sources at the discretion of each regional host school.  Learn more:   https://www.aiche.org/community/awards/student-technical-presentation-competition

IMPORTANT :  Due to a low number of applicants, we are currently accepting everyone who applies.

When you buy the General Admission ticket , Eventbrite will ask you whether you want to participate in the poster and paper competitions. And if the answer is "yes", it will give you Google form links for uploading your files.  The files do not have to be uploaded at the time of the registration, but we should receive them by the specified deadlines for the respective competitions.

A nomination is not required.

Since STPC is an individual competition, multiple students cannot present an oral presentation together.  

Although not strictly enforced, It is strongly recommended that you adhere to a 1,500 abstract word limit and 150 character title limit.

Students will be judged on the following Categories: Nonverbal skills (Eye contact, Body language, Poise), Verbal skills (Enthusiasm, Elocution), Logistics (Visuals/Slides/Movies, Timing, Mechanics), Technical Content (Subject knowledge, Student Contribution) and Student Contribution (Student's Personal Contribution to the Presented Work).

Competition Rules & Instructions

Regional Student Technical Presentation Competition (STPC) Instructions:

The subject of each technical presentation is left entirely to the individual student. Presentations often focus on recent advances in some branch of chemical engineering, original research, or plant design. Participation in the Regional Student Technical Presentation Competition (STPC) offers valuable, real-world experience for students.

General Rules:

1. Each entry must be an undergraduate student and a member of one of the participating student chapters. Others may present, but cannot be considered for the top prize.

2. AIChE places no limit on the number of technical presentations submitted for presentation by a participating student chapter. However, any restrictions on the number of technical presentations placed by the host school due to time constraints, space restrictions, or any other factors must be clearly stated on the Call for Abstracts and must be fair and equitable.

3. Co-authorship of technical presentations is permitted. However, only one person shall make the presentation at the Regional STPC, and this person must have been substantially involved in the project or subject of the technical presentation.

4. A panel of three chemical engineers (faculty, industry representative, or AIChE local section member) will judge STPC presentations. The decision of these judges will be final.

5. Time limits are generally 15 minutes for presentation and 3-5 minutes for Q&A.

6. First Place receives a cash award of $200 from AIChE and will be invited to present at the Annual Student Conference STPC.

7. Second Place receives a cash award of $100 from AIChE.

8. Third Place receives a cash award of $50 from AIChE.

9. Only one Student Technical Presentation from each AIChE Regional Student Conference shall be presented at the Annual Student Conference STPC. In the case of a tie for first prize at a Regional Conference, or if two first prizes are awarded, the Region must make a selection and nominate only one Student Technical Presentation for presentation during the Annual Student Conference STPC.

Presentation Tips

Here are some tips for making good slides (these are personal experience and do not reflect the views or AICHE or the rules/rubrics of the competition):

• Start with something attention grabbing --> Make it clear to the audience why they should care about your particular topic, and why your contribution is novel to the field. In other words, explain the importance of an unsolved problem and explain how your work fits into solving it.  Captivate your audience from the start!
• Present at a rate of about 1 slide per minute
• Make sure to have large visible fonts (including labeling graph legends and axes)
• Don't have a lot of clutter on the slides, but don't leave a lot of white space either
• Use key phrases instead of full sentences (nobody will have time to read them). And even these phrases are more like reminders for you what to say (as opposed to for the audience to read).  You can always speak the words yourself.  Humans can process pretty visuals a lot easier than a lot of dense boring text going by fast in front of their eyes
• Don't present many slides in one slide (there should be one take-away message or result per slide)
• Don't go crazy with animations (a lot of blinking is distracting)
• Only put something on the slide that you are comfortable being asked about.  For example, if you state that a material is an anisotropic conductive film, someone might ask you what anisotropic conductivity is or how you make something anisotropically conductive.  If you don't want to be asked about it, don't put it on the slide
• Follow a structure:  intro/background, methods, results/discussion, conclusion/acknowledgements
• Practice in front of many different people and always time yourself.  It is very frustrating for everyone (including the judges) if you finish way too early, or keep ignoring the overtime warnings

IISE Undergraduate Student Technical Paper Competition

The purpose of the competition is to encourage undergraduate students to write and present outstanding technical papers.

Submission Form, Global Leve l (Microsoft Word)

Score Sheets (Microsoft Word)

Hints for preparing your paper and presentation

2023 winners

1st place: U.S. Southeast Region Kosi Anadi, Ricardo Auerbach, Wesley Brady and Hayden Scaff Louisiana Tech University "Efficient Transit Network Optimization: A Case Study on Bus Route Planning in Lincoln Parish"

2nd place: U.S. South Central Region Logan Bramble, Salem Al-Mansour, Garrett Leibovitz and Maria Jimenez Wichita State University "Propelling Throughput by WIP Reduction and Standardization"

3rd place: U.S. Mid-Atlantic Eliza Macaulay Clemson University "Support Service Resource Allocation to Decrease Youth Sex Trading in Minnesota"

Eligibility

• Students must be an undergraduate student when the nominated paper is written.
• Paper can be projects done for a company as part of a course, internship, or other activity. They may be undergraduate research projects done at the home institution.
• A faculty member may serve as an advisor on a project, but the work should primarily be done by the students.
• A faculty member cannot be a co-author of the paper.
• Only IISE members are eligible to participate.
• Each participating university, including the host institution, may submit up to two papers as entries.

The paper should be written in a professional journal format, including page numbers and table of contents. Every principal author must make an oral presentation at their respective University Region Conference. The first place winner will be eligible to compete in the Undergraduate Technical Paper Competition Global Finals at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo in May 20-23, 2023 in New Orleans, La.

At the regional level, the paper may be written and delivered in the language of the region, or in the language established by the host committee (host committees should, of course, confer with the other chapters in the region before making any decision). The conference host committee is strongly encouraged to budget funds for translation of the document into English, should it be necessary.

English is the official language of the IISE Annual Conference & Expo. The written document must be submitted in English for judging at the international level. Translation services are not provided by IISE.

Paper and Page Layout

Papers must adhere to the following guidelines:

• 8½-inch x 11-inch paper
• The paper should not exceed 20 pages including appendices.
• Font should be Times New Roman, point size 11.
• Margins of 1 inch (2.5 cm) all around.
• Single spacing
• Full text justification
• The following information should be placed at the top of the first page: • Paper title: 16 point Times New Roman bold and centered. • Author(s) listing: 12 point Times New Roman bold, centered and include names, university, city, state, zip code and country.
• Text should be organized into sections and subsections, with an introduction and a conclusions section being advisable. A single line should separate paragraphs; no indentation should be used. Font guidelines are as follows: • Section headings: numbered, 12 point, bold, upper and lower case, left-justified and leave one blank line above only. • Section sub-headings: numbered, 11 point, bold, upper and lower case, left-justified and leave one blank line above only. • Regular text: 11 point Times New Roman, full justified and a single line between paragraphs.
• Sub-bullets must be indented.
• Figures, tables and their captions Tables and figures when included in the main text need to be as close to the point of their introduction as possible. It is noted that figure and table numbering should be independent. Captions guidelines are as follows: • Figure captions: 10 point Times New Roman, centered and place below the figure, leave one blank line above and below. • Table caption: 10 point Times New Roman, centered and place above the table, leave one blank line above only.
• Equations should be centered and numbered, with the number in parentheses, positioned flush to the right margin. Preferably, they should be prepared with an equation writer.
• The entry form is only submitted at the level of the region conference. For the international competition, the host institution sends the first, second and third place winning papers along with the faculty advisor’s certification that it is undergraduate work and that the student is a member of IISE. The papers should be submitted in electronic format (preferably as a color PDF) to Kathy Gamboa at IISE headquarters within one week of the conclusion of the region conference. It is recommended that competitors at the regional conference level submit papers and certifications to the host chapter via color PDFs.
• Each student chapter can select up to two papers for the competition at its University Region Conference. If there are more than two competing papers from a chapter, the chapter should conduct its own competition at the local level to determine which two papers will compete at the regional level. The individual chapter competitions are not the responsibility of the region conference host.
• Multi-authored papers are permitted, provided the names of all authors are on the paper. If four or fewer chapters participate in the University Region Competition, a maximum of three papers may be accepted from each school. All schools, however, must be informed of the change.
• The participating schools must submit three copies of each paper for presentation at the University Region Conferences. These should be addressed to the president of the host chapter. The papers must be submitted at least four weeks prior to the conference to allow time for judging. Flexibility on this regard is up to the host chapter. Keep in mind, however, that the judging is based on the written portion of the project as well as the oral presentation. Depending on how many entries there are, the judges may need 3 to 4 weeks to properly evaluate the papers.
• The faculty advisor, or department head, of the participating school must certify that the paper is an undergraduate work and that the student is a member of IISE. This should be stated on the first page of his or her letter to the president of the host chapter.
• The participants in the international competition will be the first place winners of each of the University Region Conferences. This competition will include an oral presentation by the finalists in front of their peers and professional ISEs at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo. Again, the oral presentation at the region level may be made in the native language of the competitor, however, the winning regional paper must be submitted in English. Translation services are not provided by IISE.
• Only the first place winner (one paper) will represent a region in the competition at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo.
• In the event that the first place winner is unable to present at the finals, the second place winner will represent the region at the finals.
• Depth, significance and originality of subject matter
• Excellence of written presentation
• Excellence of oral presentation

Judging is based on 75 percent written presentation and 25 percent oral presentation. Each presenter must be allowed an equal amount of time, not to exceed 15 minutes plus three minutes for a question and answer period. Questions can come only from students and judges outside the presenter’s chapter. The Host Committee is responsible for establishing the actual minutes allowed, which should be a function of the number of entries received.

There should be a minimum of three judges. Faculty members from competing schools are not eligible to serve as judges. Judging forms are also found in the appendices. The same forms must be used for all levels of competition, including the international level.

The faculty advisor of the host chapter along with the conference committee shall select the judging committee. The committee should have at least three qualified judges (and four are recommended if research papers are included in the competition, with an additional academic and/or research judge); it is recommended that one should be an educator, one an industry representative and the third either:

• An educator with practical experience and knowledge of new developments in the field
• A current graduate student who possesses industrial experience
• A management consultant or top industrial leader who has knowledge of recent developments in the field

Judges selected should have little or no ties to any of the competing chapters or competitors. The host chapter should plan so that the judges deliver their results on the same day of the oral presentations. The host chapter should reserve a conference room or other area where the judges can deliberate in private after the oral presentations.

The host committee is responsible for providing the judging criteria and instructions (see appendix on line) to all judges along with the papers. The judging should take place in two steps:

• Written paper: All scores must be submitted before oral presentations begin
• Oral presentation: Scoring should occur immediately after the presentation

No ranking shall be made until both scores have been tabulated. The important directive is that papers must be original works by undergraduate students. Multi-authored papers are permissible, however, it is assumed that one person will be the principal author and this person will make the oral presentation. The award will be given to the principal author only.

For the international competition, judging will be done on-site, immediately after the oral presentations. The judges will be a committee of prominent, professional industrial engineers selected by the vice-president for student development. The judging criteria will be the same as that of the regional conference. The committee selects the winners of the first, second and third place awards.

Regional Winners

The region winners should be announced during the University Region Conference Awards Banquet. The host chapter should present monetary awards to the winners, with the money coming from conference funds. Suggested amounts are:

• First Place - $500
• Second Place - $300
• Third Place - $200

The host chapter chairperson is also responsible for the release of suitable publicity of award winners to college publications, IISE publications and students’ hometown papers. The chairperson of the University Region Conference should send an electronic version of the first, second and third place papers to   Kathy Gamboa   at IISE Headquarters no later than one week after the region conference concludes. Papers received after this date will not participate in the global competition. All finalists whose membership has expired before the finals must renew their membership prior to the region conference or they will not be able to represent their region.

Past Winners

2022 Global and Regional 2021 Global and Regional 2020 Global and Regional 2019 Global and Regional 2018 Global and Regional 2017 Global and Regional 2016 Global and Regional 2015 Global and Regional

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Organizer:  IEEE Women in Engineering

Description: To bridge the gender gap and promote gender diversity, IEEE Women-in-Engineering (WIE) is organizing a story contest. The winners‘ stories will be plotted in the format of Manga comics, which will be socialized with the community through IEEE WIE Newsletter and website. The Manga plots will be available not only to the IEEE members, but also used as a tool to engage young generations particularly girls through IEEE WIE 1000+ Affinity Groups globally. The aim of the contest is to encourage the younger generation, particularly girls, to consider a career in STEM and work towards it. The story can be either fiction or non-fic

Eligibility: Please apply as an individual or as a group. At least one representative must be an IEEE member/IEEE student member.

Description: For this competition, student will design, analyze and optimize an additively manufactured heat sink to cool a constant heat flux power electronics module subject to free convection. The student teams that are evaluated as having the most effective, unique designs will have an opportunity to test their designs using the additive manufacturing facilities at GE and state-of-the-art test equipment at Oregon State University. These student groups will also present their work at the 2023 ITherm Conference.

Eligibility: Teams of up to eight undergrad and graduate students.

Organizer: IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S)

Description: Design and build reconfigurable intelligent surfaces. The top 6 teams will receive travel funds to attend the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium in Portland, Oregon, USA, July 23–28, 2023 to demonstrate their working systems. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be announced at the 2023 IEEE AP-S Awards Presentation at the conference and will receive cash awards of US $1,500, $750, and $250, respectively.

Eligibility: The team should consist of 2 to 5 students, with at least 50% being undergraduate students. For a 5-year Bachelor-cum- Master degree program, students in years 1 to 3 are considered undergraduates. Each team should be advised by one professional mentor who is a member of the IEEE AP-S, but the work needs to be done primarily by the students. No student or mentor should be involved in more than one team.

Organizer: IEEE Computer Society

Description: Encourages students to develop excellence in their communication skills and achievement in the field of computer science.

Eligibility: All IEEE student members. There will be one award for undergraduates and a second for graduate students

Organizer: IEEE Women in Engineering

Description: The IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Student Branch Affinity Group of the Year Awards are given annually to one IEEE WIE Student Branch Affinity Group and one IEEE WIE Student Affinity Group that have shown outstanding leadership and initiative in organizing activities.

Organizer: IEEE WIE

Description: The IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group of the Year Award is given annually to one IEEE WIE Affinity Group that has shown outstanding leadership and initiative in organizing activities. The award is based on programs that took place during the period of 1 January to 31 December of the preceding year.

Description: The purpose of this award is to recognize an undergraduate/graduate student member of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) who has overcome barriers to pursue engineering and/or who has made a personal impact in their community through their dedication and involvement in projects or activities directed toward fulfilling one or more of the IEEE WIE goals and objectives.

Eligibility: An IEEE Student Member or Graduate Student Member as of the submission deadline A member of IEEE WIE for at least two consecutive (2) years Must not be a past recipient of the IEEE Women in Engineering Inspiring Student Member of the Year Award

Description: The purpose of this award is to recognize a professional member of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) who has made an outstanding contribution to IEEE WIE, their community, and the engineering community, through their dedication and involvement in projects or activities directed toward fulfilling one or more of the IEEE WIE goals and objectives.

Eligibility: An IEEE Member grade or higher A professional member of IEEE WIE for at least two (2) years A professional working in industry/academia for greater than five (5) years Must not be a past recipient of the IEEE Women in Engineering Inspiring Member of the Year Award

Organizer: Region 9 SAC

Description: Exemplary Student Affinity Group will be considered those who demonstrate that they have good management of the institution’s internal and external resources and, mainly, effectively promote the theme of their affinity group through projects and activities. In addition, groups must have quality documentation, which can be used for the continuity of the group’s culture and dissemination of knowledge of good practices and ideas.

Description: If your organizational unit has carried out any innovative activity, which stands out among other activities within the Region, whether it had a correct organization, good audience, won a prize, generated funds and resources for the Branch or managed to have agreements with other universities, companies or institutions, is an excellent candidate to be chosen as a case of success!

Eligibility: • They have updated president and advisor / advisor information at IEEE vTools Officer Reporting; • They are active (have at least 10 members for Branches and 5 for Chapters / Affinity Groups). • Have submitted the 2020 student branch report. In addition, only activities carried out during the period of August 2019 until June 2020 will be considered. Each organizational unit can send just 1 (one) success case.

Description: Will be considered to be exemplary those Student Technical Chapters that prove to have a good internal and external resources management and, mainly, effectively promote their Society area of study through projects and activities. In addition, these chapters should have quality documentation that can be useful for the group continuity and to share good practices knowledge and ideas.

Description: The photo contest IEEE R9 is a fun way to show love by the institute through the activities that the Student Branches have done is through photographic records. Therefore, the photography contest of IEEE Region 9, in which all those registered images, related to IEEE can be a basis for the promotion of the Institute among the different branches, sections, advice or at the global level.

Description: The International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) is an international student competition for innovation, conservation, and effective use of electrical energy.The competition is sponsored by the Industry Applications Society (IAS), Power & Energy Society (PES), Power Electronics Society (PELS), and Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA).

Eligibility: The competition is open to college and university student teams from recognized engineering programs in any location. Participation is on a proposal basis.

Organizer: HRL Laboratories, LLC, IEEE Photonics Society and APS Division of Laser Science.

Description: This competition was established in 2008 in memory of Theodore Maiman and in acknowledgement of his amazing invention, the first working laser, and his other outstanding contributions to optics and photonics. The program recognizes student innovation, research excellence and presentation skills in the areas of laser technology and electro-optics, and is endowed by HRL Laboratories, LLC, IEEE Photonics Society and APS Division of Laser Science.

Eligibility: undergraduate or graduate student of an educational institution of collegiate grade who is devoting more than half-time to studies within the institution at the time the paper was written.

Description: Autonomous underwater robotics is an exciting challenge in engineering, which participants get to experience at SAUVC. The competition is great learning ground for participants to experience the challenges of AUV system engineering and develop skills in the related fields of mechanical, electrical and software engineering.

Description: The NOSB is an academic competition and program that addresses a national gap in environmental and earth sciences in public education by introducing high school students to and engaging them in ocean science, preparing them for ocean science-related and other STEM careers, and helping them become knowledgeable citizens and environmental stewards.

Organizer: The IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS)

Description: For outstanding student poster or oral papers as desired by each of the technical committees of NPSS that organizes a conference. The purpose of these awards is to encourage both outstanding student contributions and greater student participation as principal or sole authors of papers as well as to acknowledge the importance of student contributions to the fields embraced by the NPSS.

Eligibility: Any student who is the principal or sole author/researcher and the presenter of either a poster or oral paper at any IEEE NPSS conference that has chosen to provide outstanding student awards, and who has been identified as an eligible student author, will be eligible. If there is a tie, preference will be given 1) to IEEE NPSS members; 2) to IEEE members; or 3) to non-IEEE members.

Organizer: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society

Description: This prestigious academic competition, founded by the University of Queensland, is designed to enhance students’ research communication and presentation skills by challenging them to describe their thesis topic in just three minutes to a general audience using one static slide.

Eligibility: To participate, simply submit a 3-minute video describing your research and thesis topic to a video platform like YouTube or TikTok. or through a private URL accessible only by the evaluation committee. Your video will be evaluated in the first round based on presentation skills (40%), scientific quality (40%) and originality (20%) of the topic presented.

Organizer: The IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society

Description: The MTT-Sat Challenge is a worldwide competition for teams of undergraduate and graduate students to design and build radio frequency (RF) and microwave hardware for small satellites. The most promising designs will undergo space environmental qualification testing and will be incorporated in a cubesat, which will be launched into orbit (in case MTT-Sat Challenge secures enough funding and a participation in cubesat projects). The main goal of the MTT-Sat Challenge is to advance space RF and microwave education, inspire students to pursue science and engineering education and careers, and prepare tomorrow’s leaders with the interdisciplinary teamwork skills, which are necessary for success. The MTT-Sat Challenge is managed by the IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S) with additional experts and advisors in the field.

Eligibility: undergraduate and graduate students

Organizer: sponsored by the Technical Committees of the MTT

Description: The competition encourages students to employ creative problem solving and gain practical design experience by developing a circuit, or system to address a problem stated in the competition rules while following specified constraints. The students will bring their designs to the competition where they perform measurements and compete against other student teams. The winning teams are awarded cash prizes and recognized at the IMS student luncheon awards. In the IMS 2020 SDC we have 12 different competitions spanning a wide range of topics from power amplifier design to spectral sensing radios. Links to descriptions and rules for each competition rules are below.Winning teams are awarded cash prizes and a chance to publish their designs in the IEEE Microwave Magazine.

Organizer: jointly promoted and organized by IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) and IEEE Sensors Council (SC) and is sponsored by STMicroelectronics

Description: The IEEE International Contest of Sensors and Measurement Systems is jointly promoted and organized by IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) and IEEE Sensors Council (SC) and is sponsored by STMicroelectronics who will provide one SensorTile.box® to each team admitted to the competition. This multisensory device will be the common technology platform of the contest. Those willing to participate will have to submit a proposal, will have to develop their application at their University laboratories and attend one of the scheduled live demonstration sessions co-located with international conferences in the areas of sensors and instrumentation and measurement. For each demonstration event, two awards will be assigned (1st and 2nd place) for the best “Sensors and Measurement Systems” application.

Eligibility: teams of Ph.D., Master and advanced undergraduates (particularly those in fast-track, dual BS/MS, Master programs) students

Organizer: Industrial Electronics Society Awards and Honor Committee (IES A&H Committee).

Description: To recognize the student best paper in The Industrial Electronics Society publications and to encourage the student or graduate student author to contribute further in the field of industrial electronics.

Eligibility: Author(s) of papers in the Industrial Electronics Society publications during the year specified for the award, where the first author must be a student or a graduate student IEEE member. Must be student or graduate student member of the IEEE.

Description: The GRSS Student Prize Paper Award was established to recognize the best student paper(s) presented at the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). It is believed that early recognition of an outstanding paper will encourage the student to strive for greater and continued contributions to the Geoscience and Remote Sensing profession. The award shall be considered annually. These awards go to the 2nd and 3rd place students. For the 1st place student award refer to the Mikio Takagi Student Prize.

Eligibility: The (first) author(s) must:

• contribute more than 60% of the content of the presented paper (if the contribution is less than 60%, the paper is not suitable for a student paper competition and can be submitted to the normal track),
• be a student,
• be under 33 years of age,
• be a candidate for a graduate degree (PhD students included),
• be an IEEE member,
• publish the paper in the IGARSS digest,
• be registered at IGARSS,
• personally present the paper at IGARSS, and
• be present at the IGARSS banquet to receive the award

Multiple eligible authors are allowed. An ineligible co-author, or an advisor, must verify on university letterhead that the candidate is a student, under 33 years of age, a candidate for a graduate degree, and an IEEE member on the submittal date of the paper. Eligibility and Selection process shall comply with procedures and regulation established in IEEE and Society governing documents, particularly with IEEE Policy 4.4 on Awards Limitations.

Organiser: Image Analysis and Data Fusion Technical Committee (IADF TC) of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) and the Technical University of Munich Description: The Data Fusion Contest, organized by the Image Analysis and Data Fusion Technical Committee (IADF TC) of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) and the Technical University of Munich, aims to promote research in large-scale land cover mapping from globally available multimodal satellite data. The task is to train a machine learning model for global land cover mapping based on weakly annotated samples. The 2020 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest consists of two challenge tracks: Eligibility: The Contest is open not only to IEEE members but to everyone, with the goal of promoting innovation and benchmarking in analyzing multi-source big earth observation data.

Organizer: IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, in connection with the Annual International EMB Conference

Description: Annually the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, in connection with the Annual International EMB Conference, sponsors a Student Paper Competition (SPC).

Eligibility: an active member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society at a Student Grade; Graduate Student Member or Undergraduate Student Member

Organizer: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society

Description: The Radar Challenge is a new event co-hosted with radar conferences that enables participants to experience the magic of radar in a personal, tangible and experiential way—offering an opportunity to create and “see” invisible radar waves interacting with their environment. The event will host an unknown target scene that participants will then sense and decipher using their self-engineered “home-brew” radar. The goal is to build a community of radar builders that collectively explore the art of the possible in making “COTS-based” radars.

Description: The Radar Challenge is a series of events co-hosted with radar conferences that enable participants to experience the magic of radar in a personal, tangible and experiential way. ​ The events invigorate participants to experiment with their self-engineered “home-brew” radar, low-cost commercial-off-the-shelf RF sensors, and publicly available radar datasets. The goal is to build a community of radar engineers that collectively explore the art of the possible for a new generation of radars by creating and experimenting with prototype radars.

Organiser: IEEE Computational Intelligence Society

Organizer: Region 10 SAC

Description: The IEEE Region 10 Student Branch Website Contest is designed to encourage student volunteers to fully utilize the power of the Internet for keeping members informed about the local activities and opportunities to participate. A well-maintained website with ease of navigation can be a great source of timely information and an appealing showcase for the local IEEE activities. IEEE Region 10 Student Activities Committee annually conducts a website contest and the Student Branches under the Sections of Region 10 are invited to submit entries of their websites.

Eligibility: IEEE Student Branches in Region 10

Description: The IEEE Region 10 Student Activities Committee recognizes the importance of research and dissemination of the findings for the The IEEE Region 10 Student Activities Committee recognizes the importance of research and dissemination of the findings for the advancement of science and technology. Researching, writing, and presenting a paper provides students with invaluable early experience in communicating ideas related to their professional fields. The contest offers IEEE Student members an opportunity to exercise and improve both written and verbal communication skills.

Eligibility: Open to all IEEE Student Members with basic degrees in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science or any other fields of interest of an IEEE Society, and are currently enrolled in a postgraduate course at a recognized educational institute. The contest is open only to IEEE Student Members in Region 10. The papers may be on any engineering subject in the field of interest of IEEE (within the scope of IEEE transactions).

Description: The IEEE Region 10 Student Activities Committee recognizes the importance of communication skills for fresh graduates as throughout their engineering career, they are constantly called upon to communicate ideas to others. The contest offers IEEE student members an opportunity to exercise and improve both verbal communication and presentation skills in a concise manner suitable for wider audience. The contest provides students with invaluable early experience in communicating ideas related to their professional field via electronic media.

Eligibility: Open to all IEEE Student Members who currently enrolled or graduated within the last six months for degrees in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science or any other field of interest of an IEEE Society. The contest is open only to IEEE Student Members in Region 10. The project video may be on any engineering subject in the field of interest of IEEE (within the scope of IEEE transactions).

Organizer: Region 8

Description: The IEEE Region 8 Student Paper Contest (SPC) started in 1967, only four years after IEEE R8 was formed. The SPC was an initiative of the second R8 Director, Jean Lebel. The first SPC was held in Lausanne, Switzerland in conjunction with the IEEE R8 Committee Meeting. Since then, it has been held every year without exception, and it is one of the main technical activities in Region 8. By organizing the Student Paper Contest, the IEEE Region 8 Student Activities Committee recognizes the importance of student research and the dissemination of their results and findings.

Description: In 1983, the Lance Stafford Larson Award was established by the Larson family in memorial for their son, who died in an electrical accident while an undergraduate at the University of Maryland. The Larson family, which includes IEEE Past President Robert Larson, created this award to encourage students to develop excellence in their communication skills and to motivate students toward achievement in the field of Computer Science.

One award of $500 is given each year to the first-place winner. First, second, and third place winners also receive a certificate of commendation. The prize is awarded to the best paper. In the case of multiple authors, the prize will be divided among the student authors.

Organizer: Partnered with IEEE RAS

Description: RoboCup is arranged with the intention to use RoboCup as a vehicle to promote robotics and AI research, by offering a publicly appealing, but formidable challenge. One of the effective ways to promote science and engineering research is to set a challenging long term goal. When the accomplishment of such a goal has signifRoboCup is an international scientific initiative with the goal to advance the state of the art of intelligent robots. When established in 1997, the original mission was to field a team of robots capable of winning against the human soccer World Cup champions by 2050. While that mission remains, RoboCup has since expanded into other relevant application domains based on the needs of modern society. Today, RoboCup covers the themes of robot soccer, personal service robotics in living spaces, manipulation and manufacturing at work, and rescue robotics. In addition, RoboCupJunior is a project-oriented educational initiative that sponsors local, regional, and international robotic events for young students. It is designed to introduce RoboCup to primary and secondary school children.

Description: This year’s challenge will be based on a study recently published in Cancer Cell by the ProCan team (Gonçalves et al., 2022). The study aimed to generate a comprehensive pan-cancer proteomic map of human cell lines to aid in the discovery of cancer biomarkers and the development of new cancer treatments. The main challenge will be to create an integrated overview of cell-type / tissue-type / cancer-type distributions of both single proteins as well as protein categories. There will also be a re-design challenge connected to the improvement of the representation/interaction strategies used for one of the figures in the paper.

Organizer: IEEE VIS 2020

Description: The 2020 IEEE SciVis Contest is dedicated to create novel approaches or state of the art visualizations to assist domain scientists to better understand the complex transport mechanisms of eddies in the Red Sea under uncertainty.

Description: The MATE competition challenges K-12, community college, and university students from all over the world to design and build ROVs to tackle missions modeled after scenarios from the ocean workplace. Eligibility: Pre-University Students

Organiser: IEEE IAS Eligibility: Open for all

Organiser: IEEE IAS Eligibility: At least one member of the team should be an IAS, IEEE member.

Description: The IEEE Xplore® Challenge for Researchers is open to academics, research scholars, and engineers from select areas, who are from universities, corporations, and government institutions and who have a subscription to IEEE Xplore, and are at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry. The respondents with the highest quiz scores will be entered into a drawing to win one of several prizes.

Eligibility: All academics, research scholars, and engineers from Pakistan, Brazil, Asia, or Mexico, who are from universities, corporations, and government institutions who have a subscription to IEEE Xplore, and are at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry.

Organizer: IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society

Description: Each year the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society sponsors the Student Poster Competition at the spring and fall OCEANS Conferences. Cash awards for the winning posters and the travel, food, lodging, and registration expenses of all students participating in the competition are provided by OES.

Eligibility: Open for all

Organizer: IEEE Signal Processing Society

Description: The Signal Processing Cup (SP Cup) competition is held annually and encourages teams of students to work together to solve real-world problems using signal processing methods and techniques. Each year, three final teams are chosen to present their work during ICASSP to compete for the US$5,000 grand prize!

Eligibility: Each team participating should be composed of one faculty member or someone with a PhD degree employed by the university (the Supervisor), at most one graduate student (the Tutor), and at least three, but no more than ten undergraduate students. At least three of the undergraduate team members must hold either regular or student memberships of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. Undergraduate students who are in the first two years of their college studies, as well as high school students who are capable to contribute are welcome to participate in a team. A participant cannot be on more than one team.

Organiser : IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CAS)

Description: The CASS Student Design Competition is a worldwide competition where undergraduate students will team with high school students. The teams should suggest and execute projects aimed at encouraging High School Students to study Electrical Engineering and related areas. The focus should be on finding a solution to a real-life problem based on circuits and systems.

Organizer: IEEE Communications Society

Description: The competition, Communication Technology Changing the World, recognizes students or teams of students who demonstrate the capacity to improve the lives of people through the application of communication technology and the development of projects that meet the needs of humanity.

Organizer: IEEE Computer Society Description: IEEEmadC (Mobile Applications Development Contest), is a 6-8 month competition which was initially focused to inspire student members in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa to develop mobile applications. It has escalated into a globally recognized competition.

Organizer: MGA Student Activities Committee Description: IEEEXtreme is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE Student members – advised and proctored by an IEEE member, and often supported by an IEEE Student Branch – compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to solve a set of programming problems.

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SPE coordinates Regional Student Paper Contests at the undergraduate, master's, and PhD levels across 14 regions. Students compete against other students in their region for the opportunity to advance to the International Student Paper Contest held during ATCE . 

Contestants enter an abstract of their paper and present it on the day of the competition. The winners of the Regional Contest are invited to present their full paper at the SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition. They also have the option to be published in OnePetro .

Regional Contests be found on the upcoming contest schedule . Contests held at events separate from these listed events will not be considered qualification as part of the International Student Paper Contest. 

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• Make sure you are up to date with the SPC Rules and Regulations . If you are unsure of your eligibility to participate, please email [email protected] .
• Find your regional contest by checking the upcoming contest schedule . Make sure you submit before the contest deadline, and click the "Apply now" button.
• Compete the form, including your Abstract which will be reviewed by a panel of judges. Only single-authored papers are allowed for this contest and they must be based on original work. Abstracts can be a maximum of 425 words. 
•  If you are successful you will be invited to present your abstract and presentation at the regional contest.

All winners of the Regional Contests will be invited to present their work as part of the Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) as part of the International Student Paper Contest and you have the option to be published in OnePetro.

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International Student Paper Contest at ATCE

The SPE International Student Paper Contest takes place during the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. All winners of the regional student paper contests are invited to participate in the international contest.  Funding by SPE International will be provided, in additional to complimentary tickets to attend ATCE where they will compete against the other regional winners. 

All winners are offered the opportunity to submit their full technical paper to be included in the conference proceedings at ATCE. 

Student Paper Contest Travel Policy

Unfortunately, SPE International cannot provide funding for students to attend the Regional Student Paper Contests. Some regional contests may accept virtual presentations, depending on available facilities, but always check with your regional event contact. 

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium

16-21 June 2024, Washington, DC

• 2024 Technical Program Overview
• 2024 Technical Competitions Overview

Competitions for the best Industry Paper, Advanced Practices Paper, Student Paper, and Early Career Paper will be held at the conference. Only papers submitted as 20-minute presentation format will be considered for these competitions.

Student Paper Competition (SPC): Eligible students are encouraged to submit papers for the Student Paper Competition. These papers will be reviewed in the same manner as all other contributed papers. First, second, and third prizes will be awarded based on content and presentation. To be considered for an award, the student must be a full-time student during the time the work was performed and still be a student on the submission deadline, be the lead author, and personally present the paper at IMS. 

Industry Paper Competition (IPC): Authors from industry are encouraged to submit papers for the Industry Paper Competition. Papers will be evaluated using the same standards as all contributed papers, the work should highlight technical innovation or state-of-the-art performance. The prize will be awarded based on content. and the prize includes a free advertisement in Microwave Journal or IEEE Microwave Magazine, for the author’s company.

Advanced Practice Paper Competition (APPC): Any author who submits a paper on advanced practices may be entered into the Advanced Practice Paper Competition. A paper on advanced practices describes an innovative RF/microwave design integration technique, process enhancement, and/or combination thereof that results in significant improvements in performance and/or in time to production for RF/microwave components, subsystems, or systems. The prize will be awarded based on content.

Early Career Paper Competition (ECPC): This new competition is open to authors from industry, government agencies, and post-doctoral candidates, with less than 10 years of professional experience, and who are not full-time students or faculty members. The first-named author on the paper will be the qualifying author. These papers will be reviewed in the same manner as all other contributed papers, and the prize will be awarded based on content and presentation.

Student Design Competitions: All eligible students or student teams are invited to participate in the International Microwave Symposium 2024 Student Design Competitions (SDCs). The competitions encourages students to employ creative problem solving and gain practical design experience by developing a circuit, or system to address a problem stated in the competition rules while following specified constraints.

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Technical Paper Competition

Design for sustainability, the competition.

The competition is open to all Young Members around the world. The competition is the initiative of IYMC to provide a platform for YM in developing their innovative mindset and presentation skills on a particular topic. The theme for the competition resonates with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and COP27 in addressing the world's challenges. Relevant information can be found here . The competition also provides an avenue for future STEM practitioners from the undergraduate affiliate members to young members in the industry to voice out their brilliant ideas towards sustainability.

How to enter

The competition is opened to all active International Young Members and non-members of the institution. The competition is free of charge and comes with two different categories: Student Affiliates and Working Young Members. All International Young Members are invited to submit a paper based on the specific topic. The paper submitted must be in the form of empirical study essay, product development ideas, conceptual models or even providing critical reviews and ideas on the theme. Each member can submit only one paper, maximum 3 authors per article. Manuscripts submitted are final and cannot be changed with no reasons. The manuscript must not contain prohibited elements, is free from plagiarism elements, and has never been awarded any prizes in other competition or published in any form of media. The paper must be written in English. Manuscripts submitted must be in MS word and in PDF format. The references cited in the article should be listed using APA style. The evaluations will be carried out by appointed panels by IYMC to select the winners in each category. Judges’ decisions are final. Maximum page number of paper is 6 pages. The contents of the manuscript contain 2,000 - 3,000 words (excluding abstracts and bibliography). Abstract contains 250-300 words with 5 keywords. Submit your paper to  [email protected]  by  30 September 2023  to participate in this competition.

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Submission specifications

Prize details, students affiliate.

1st Prize: £300 + Certificate 2nd Prize: £200 + Certificate 3rd Prize: £100 + Certificate

Working Young Members

1st Prize: £500 + Certificate 2nd Prize: £300 + Certificate 3rd Prize: £200 + Certificate

1st Prize: £100 + Certificate

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7:05 AM PST - Landon Ebbert , Brigham Young University--Provo  - 'Optimization of Cell-free Synthesis of Pembrolizumab scFv'

7:17 AM PST - Blake Bartlett , Oklahoma State University - 'Computer Modeling of Aerosol Particle Transport through Lung Mucosa'

7:29 AM PST - Ashish Kumar Omprakash , National Institute of Technology Rourkela - 'NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF WETTABILITY ON THE FORMATION OF LIQUID DROPLETS FROM SUBMERGED ORIFICE'

7:41 AM PST - Jackson Burns , University of Delaware - 'Accelerating High Throughput Experimentation'

7:53 AM PST - Stephen Jon Quiton , University of Southern California - 'A Matrix Completion Algorithm to Speed Up Varational Transition State Theory Computations'

8:05 AM PST - Baris Eser Ugur , University of Rochester - 'Computational modeling and design of liquid crystal materials for applications in the terahertz regime'

8:17 AM PST – BREAK 

8:30 AM PST - Brian Carrick , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - 'Lower Critical Solution Temperature Phase Behavior of Polymers in Ionic Liquids'

8:42 AM PST - Melanie Huynh , Oregon State University - 'Adsorbed xenon propellant storage: is adsorbent worth its weight?'

8:54 AM PST - Ronald Vogler , University of Kentucky - 'Experimental Investigation and Theoretical Comparison for Nucleobase Separations With Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes'

9:06 AM PST - Marina Lamim , Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - 'STUDY OF HYDRATE FORMATION IN THE PRESENCE OF THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC INHIBITORS'

9:18 AM PST - Nour Alhraki , University of Texas at San Antonio - 'Effect of Na Doping Level on m-ZrO2 Supported Pt Catalysts for H2 Production/Purification for PEM Fuel Cells'

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All that you need to know about ASME IIITDM Technical Paper Presentation

The Paper Presentation competition planned is a ‘non-publication’ based presentation.

Participants will have the opportunity to submit abstracts detailing their research for consideration. Upon acceptance, selected presenters will deliver their presentations at the competition, where they'll have the chance to engage with peers, experts, and industry professionals in a dynamic exchange of ideas. The judging panel would consist of the 3 guest lecturers, our student section’s faculty advisor, faculty members from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and an ASME HQ member to chair the event.

Guidelines:

• Attendees are welcome from diverse educational backgrounds, including those enrolled in a Bachelor's (B.Tech), postgraduate, or Ph.D. program.
• Evolution of Robotics and automation
• Renewable energy technology
• Strategies for Environmental sustainability
• Exploring Evolving Paradigms in Human-Machine Interaction
• Space Exploration and Aerospace Technologies
• Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
• Innovations in medical devices
• The allocated time for each presentation is 10 minutes, comprising an 8-minute presentation and 2 minutes for discussion. (The timing for the presentation might vary depending on the number of accepted presentations)
• The abstract submission is limited to 300 words, and the submitted paper must maintain a plagiarism rate below 20%.
• The submitted abstracts would undergo a shortlisting process based on a panel of judges composed of faculty members from our department, and the selected presentations would be opened for manuscript submission.

What are the important dates & deadlines?

• Registration Deadline 10 Mar 24, 06:30 PM CUT
• Events Starts 16 Mar 24, 08:30 AM CUT
• Events Ends 16 Mar 24, 12:30 PM CUT

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• AS ASME IIITDM Student Section [email protected]
• An Aniruddh GK [email protected] +919962172298
• Vi Videsh VK [email protected] +919626147275

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Rewards and Prizes

Winner - best project.

Runner Up - Best Project

Winner - best presenter, runner up - best presenter, participation certificate, featured opportunities.

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Paper Presentation Topics for Computer Science Engineering

• by Ravi Bandakkanavar
• April 14, 2024

We bring you the latest Paper Presentation Topics for Computer Science Engineering. Click on the topic name to read in detail. These topics give an idea of what topic to choose and what information needs to be included as part of a technical paper. Technical papers have been written in a standard format. You can contact us for more details.

• Artificial Intelligence in Machines
• Automatic number plate recognition
• Autonomic Computing
• How to develop Large language models like GPTz, BERT, Gemini
• Blue eyes technology
• Brain-controlled car for the disabled using artificial intelligence
• Braingate technology
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• 5G Wireless Technology
• Applications of 5G Technology: How can it Revolutionize Industry?
• 5G: Application of Future Information Era
• Cluster computing
• Cloud Computing and cloud services
• Augmented Reality vs Virtual Reality
• Blockchain Technology and its Applications
• Cyber Crime and Security
• Cybersecurity in the Education System
• Cryptography and its Applications
• Distributed and Parallel Computing
• Detection of digital photo image forgery

• Detection of Reviews using sentiment analysis
• Deploying a wireless sensor network on an active volcano
• Digital jewelry
• Data Mining and Predictive Analytics
• Electronic waste (e-waste)
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• Embedded web server for remote access
• Innovations of Artificial Intelligence in the healthcare sector
• Face detection and recognition technology
• Location-based services through GPS
• How does the Internet work?
• Hadoop Technology
• Internet of Things and its Impact on Society
• Intrusion detection and avoidance system
• Mobile ad hoc network
• Mobile Ad Hoc Network Routing Protocols and Applications
• Nanocomputing
• Nano Ring Memory
• Nanotechnology and applications
• Night Vision Technology
• Open Source Technology
• Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) Technology

10 Innovative Tech Trends Expected in 2024

• Parasitic computing
• Polymer Memory
• Radio Frequency Identification Technology
• Electronic Document Management System
• Benefits of Continuous Testing
• Humanoid Robots
• Secured web portal for online shopping
• Securing underwater wireless communication networks
• Security requirements in wireless sensor networks
• Security threats on the World Wide Web
• Security aspects in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs)
• Semantic web
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• Snake robot the future of agile motion
• Software-defined radio (SDR)
• Super efficient motors: technical overview
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• Synchronous Optical Networking
• Transient stability assessment using neural networks
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• Trusted Network Connect (TNC) Specifications
• Ubiquitous computing
• Uniprocessor Virtual Memory Without TLBS
• Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser
• Virtual Network Computing
• Virtual Reality
• Watermarking Digital Audio
• Wireless integrated network sensors
• Wearable Computers
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Artificial Intelligence Topics for Presentation

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123 thoughts on “Paper Presentation Topics for Computer Science Engineering”

Hi sir I’m computer Engineering 4 sem student I want to do project so suggest me the topic for ppt

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Are you looking for web applications?

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