The UT Austin GAIN committee, Graduate Engineering Council, and ASEE are pleased to present the 2008 Graduate Student Technical Paper and Presentation Competition. University of Texas engineering graduate students are invited to submit a technical paper that will be included in the proceedings of GAIN 2008. The proceedings will be free of charge to all conference participants.

Technical papers can be submitted to one of the following divisions:

           Computation & simulation/Signal processing/System control
           Materials science/Nano, micro, bio & MEMS engineering
           Energy/Environment/Transport processes/Engineering design & management
See the list of presenting authors on the presentations page.

See below for details. If you have any questions, contact utexasgain@gmail.com.

Purpose:

The purpose of the technical paper competition is to foster cross-discipline transfer of knowledge. For example, a particular device being developed in electrical engineering may have applications to measurement of variables in aerospace or structural mechanics. The paper should be based on the student's research and focus on the applications of the research. As attendees of the conference will likely be from different engineering backgrounds, the papers should express technical information in a manner understandable to a general engineering audience. This is a great opportunity for students to hone skills essential to writing reports and proposals in their future careers.

Formatting:

Papers must be 2 to 4 pages in length and based on the student's own research, although papers may be written in groups of up to 3 persons. The required format can be found in the paper template. View a sample paper here.

Review Process:

Papers will be judged by a faculty committee which will recommend top papers from each division to be presented during the GAIN 2007 presentation session. The presenters will compete for awards including division prizes ($100 each) and the grand prize (additional $500). The papers will be judged according to the following criteria:

           Clarity in explaining motivation, objectives, and impact of research
           Scientific merit (i.e. logical and succinct explanation of materials, methods, and analyses)

In addition, we encourage paper competition participants to consider presenting a poster in the poster competition on the day of the event. Poster information can be found here.

Important Dates:

Submit title and author info plus resume by December 15, 2006

Submit paper by January 15, 2007

Review process results now on the Presentations page

Note: The GAIN conference asserts no copyrights over submitted material. Research papers and posters may be submitted to journals or other conferences. Questions? Contact utexasgain@gmail.com