2014 ASEE
ILLINOIS/INDIANA
SECTION CONFERENCE
CALL FOR PAPERS: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PAPER
COMPETITION
JANUARY 17, 2014
Abstract Submission
JANUARY 31, 2014
Abstract Notification
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
Final paper due and at least one student author
registered for conference
MARCH 8, 2014
Paper competition
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. David Henthorn, Student Competitions
Coordinator, at henthor1@rose-hulman.edu or 812-877-8423.
Student authors are invited to submit abstracts to papers for the Student Paper Competition at
the 2014 ASEE Illinois/Indiana Section Conference, held at Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana on March 8, 2014.
Any undergraduate student project work is appropriate for submission. Typically, work
related to undergraduate research projects or senior design projects forms the basis for the
papers.
Student author(s) must submit an abstract in accord with the above schedule. Abstracts should
be 350 – 500 words in length and must be submitted electronically using the conference website
www.rose-hulman.edu/roseval.aspx and clicking on the Undergraduate Paper and Poster
Submissions option on the left. Abstracts may include up to one figure. If you encounter a
problem with the submission, please contact Mackenzie Valandingham, Conference Planner at
valandin@rose-hulman.edu Students may not enter the same project in both the poster and
paper competitions.
Entrants will be expected to prepare and submit their paper in advance in accordance with the
above schedule. At least one student author will be expected to register in accord with the above
schedule and attend to present the paper. For group projects, at least one group member is
required to register in accord with the above schedule; each co-author attending the meeting must
register. Student co-authors who are not attending are not required to register. Winners of the
student competitions will be announced at the end of the luncheon on Saturday, March 8, 2014.
Presentation
The presentations will take place during the morning sessions on Saturday, March 8, 2014.
Students should plan to speak for 12 minutes and expect to address questions from the audience.
In order for a presentation of a paper to take place at the meeting, at least one student author of
each accepted paper must register for the meeting no later than February 14, 2014.
If no student author for an accepted paper has registered by February 14, 2014, the paper cannot
be presented at the meeting. The paper will also be removed from its assigned session, the final
Program, and the Proceedings.
Publication
Completed manuscripts received by the February 14, 2014 deadline will be included on the
proceedings USB to be distributed at the conference, provided at least one student author has
registered for the conference by the February 14, 2014 deadline.
ELIGIBILITY
Undergraduates from any engineering or engineering technology program in the Indiana/Illinois
Section are invited to present a paper. Each paper submission must identify a faculty advisor.
The faculty advisor must be a registered conference attendee.
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