Student Presentation Competition

INTRODUCTION


The specialty committees of the United States Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) are sponsoring a Student Presentation Competition during the 9th US National Conference on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM IX), to be held July 22-26, 2007 in San Francisco, California.

Briefly, the competition consists of presentations of original student work, in the six specialty committee areas, with judging of the presentations by members of the specialty committees, and awards by USACM to selected contributions.



SPECIALTY AREAS


USACM has established specialty committees in the following areas of computational mechanics:

  1. Biotechnology
  2. Integration of Computational Mechanics with Manufacturing
  3. Material Modeling
  4. Meshfree Methods
  5. Nanotechnology
  6. Verification & Validation

The purpose of these specialty committees is to provide a focus on these areas of computational mechanics through organization of specialty minisymposia during USACM Congresses, and other activities the committees develop in their areas.

JUDGING AND AWARDS


All entries will be judged by members of the appropriate USACM specialty committee. Designated committee members will attend sessions at USNCCM IX to observe selected student presentations. The committee members will evaluate the presentations and recommend to USACM a prioritized list of recipients for awards. USACM will select and announce the awards at an appropriate time during or immediately after the Confernce. The awards will consist of cash prizes and/or a certificate of achievement.



ENTRY AND ELIGIBILITY


Students interested in participating in the USACM Student Presentation Competition should submit an abstract to the National Conference via the normal submission procedures, established by the Conference organizers. Upon notice of abstract acceptance, the student must notify the USACM Student Presentation Competition coordinator (see below) of the abstract’s title, session or minisymposium, and designate which specialty committee is most appropriate for judging the student’s presentation.

Eligible participants must be registered for the Conference as a student, and must make the presentation at the Conference.  Deadline for notifying the Student Presentation Competition coordinators is June 16, 2007.



USACM STUDENT PRESENTATION COMPETITION COORDINATORS


Send questions, or comments, about the USACM Student Presentation Competition to the coordinator:


Professor John Dolbow
jdolbow@duke.edu

Technical Program

- Minisymposia
   - Accepted Minisymposia
   - Abstract Submission
- Technical Papers
- Student Presentation Competition