This is the first year we are providing student paper awards. The awards consist of a certificate, and are a prestigious addition to the students CV. Students who were submitting abstracts for presentation were also invited to participate in this special student paper competition.
Abstracts submitted by students for the Student Paper Competition were reviewed as usual by the Technical Program Committee (TPC). At that time the TPC selected 15 finalists in the Student Paper Competition. The finalists were notified and asked to produce a poster of their papers to be displayed during a special student poster session. The poster is required independent of whether the student's paper has been selected as an oral presentation. On the first day of the meeting, October 8, all Student Finalist Posters will be presented in a special room for judging by a panel of judges representing the paper's technical group. The posters will remain on display for the duration of the three-day meeting.
Prizes will be given for papers in each of five areas of the TPC: 1) Medical Ultrasonics, 2) Sensors, NDE & Industrial Applications, 3) Physical Acoustics, 4) Surface Acoustic Waves, 5)Transducers & Transducer Materials.
Selection criteria are: 1) Student is first author. 2) Work is of high quality and done by the student. 3) Abstract clearly describes the work and includes results.
Finalist posters are to be placed in the Jarrett Room by 8:30 a.m. Monday Oct. 8 and can be taken down on Wednesday Oct. 10 at 5:00 p.m. Students must be at the posters for 90 minutes beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Monday to present their work to the judges.