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Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit an abstract on their research either completed or in progress - i.e. summer research, internship project, senior design project, thesis, dissertation, for a chance to receive complementary travel (excluding registration)* to the 2012 HENAAC Conference, at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort. Top undergraduate and graduate student finalists will receive cash prizes. Hope to see you in Lake Buena Vista, Florida!
 See Technical Poster Competition PDF for complete details.
- Hispanic/Latino, African American, or Native American descent
- Undergraduate or graduate student enrolled full-time (12 hrs undergraduate/9 hours graduate) at an accredited college/university in the U.S. or Puerto Rico
Exception: Doctoral students classified as doctoral candidates, but not working full-time and making satisfactory progress toward dissertation
- Pursuing a technical degree in science, technology, engineering or math
- Only individual students may present; teams of two or more students are ineligible per poster presentation
- Projects must be unclassified
- Each student may submit only one poster
Students interested in participating in the Technical Poster Competition must submit the Technical Poster Competition Entry Form along with their abstract. No materials will be accepted by fax or mail. The form and abstract must be submitted electronically by 11:59 PM EST, Friday, August 3, 2012, to gcruz@greatmindsinstem.org.
Abstracts may be submitted as .doc or docx only. No Portable Document Format (PDF) will be accepted. Abstracts received in any format other than Microsoft Word will be automatically disqualified. Late submissions will not be accepted and automatically disqualified.
The length of the extended abstract should be between 600 - 800 words. Graphics, drawings, or tables are not permitted in the abstract. The abstract should be a concise summary of the research project and meet criteria as outlined in the Judging Section. The abstract will be judged on both content and adherence to formatting guidelines. For completed guidelines, please download Technical Poster Guidelines
Finalists will need to provide their own registration fee, which includes hotel and most meals arriving Thursday, October 11 and departing Sunday, October 14, 2012. Finalists will be provided a registration code for the Early Bird Registration of $115. (NOTE: Students who choose to stay beyond Sunday will be required to pay their own additional hotel nights and travel).
Finalists will be provided airfare to and from the conference, based on a 21-day reservation. Finalists, who choose to travel by vehicle will be reimbursed mileage to and from the conference. Further details will be provided upon acceptance.
Finalists, whose travel, lodging and registration have been arranged and fail to present will be billed the costs of any associated travel, pre-registration and lodging expenses. No exceptions will be made to this rule.
Friday, August 3, 2012 - (11:59 PM EST)
The Research Poster Competition Submittal Form and abstract must
be submitted electronically to gcruz@greatmindsinstem.org.
Abstracts may be submitted as .doc or docx only. No pdf files.
Late submissions will not be accepted and automatically
disqualified.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Finalists will begin to be notified of their selection via email
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Finalists must completed their travel arrangements with Great Minds in STEM to ensure advance travel arrangements.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Finalists must remit their $115 registration fee.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Presenters may set-up their posters from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Posters must be set-up by 9:00 AM. Presenters should plan on being with their posters for judging from approximately 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM or 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM. Presentation time subject to change.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Posters will be moved into the career fair exhibit area. Posters may be picked up at the conference logistics room after the conclusion of the Student Leadership Dinner. Winners will be announced at the Student Leadership Dinner.
FIRST PLACE: A Room Temperature Hydrogen Sensor Using Tin Nanoparticles
Sheila Jean, Electrical Engineering - University of South Florida
SECOND PLACE: Photoacid Diffusion and Sensitivity of Chemically Amplified Resists Under Millisecond Post Exposure Bake
Florencia Paredes, Materials Science - Cornell University
THIRD PLACE: Possible Solutions to Urban Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Problems
Tyler Bushnell, Mechanical Engineering - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
FIRST PLACE: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Chemically-Functionalized With Polyethylene Glycol Promote Tissue Repair in a Rat Model of Spinal Cord Injury
Jose Roman, Biomedical Engineering - University of Alabama at Birmingham
SECOND PLACE: Copper-Catalyzed Cross Coupling Reactions of Amidines as Post-Stroke Therapeutics
Ivonne Rodriguez, Chemical Engineering - University of South Florida
THIRD PLACE: Synthesis of Large Single Crystals of Lanthanum Iron Phosphorus Oxide and Lanthanum Manganese Phosphorus Oxide
Victor Leyva, Mechanical Engineering - Rice University
THIRD PLACE: atalytic Conversion of Glycerol over Nickel Supported on AlPO4 and Si-Al Oxides
Mauricio Rojas, Chemical Engineering - University of South Florida
FIRST PLACE: Infrared Imaging of Power Dissipation in Carbon Nanotube Network Thin-Film-Transistors
David Estrada, Electrical Engineering Doctoral Student - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SECOND PLACE: Evanescent Wave Coupling Using Subwavelength Gratings for Optical MEMS Accelerometer
Al-Aakhir Rogers, Electrical Engineering Doctoral Candidate - University of South Florida
THIRD PLACE: 2.45 GHz Low Profile End-Loaded Dipole Backed by a High Impedance Surface
David Cure, Electrical Engineering Doctoral Student - University of South Florida
FIRST PLACE: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPI) for the Mitigation of Pandemic Influenza
Dayna Lee Martínez, Industrial Engineering Doctoral Student - University of South Florida
SECOND PLACE: Socioeconomic and Ethnic Disparities in Low Back Pain and Physical Function
Adelle Safo, Medical Student - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
THIRD PLACE: Cellular Interactions on Epitaxial Graphene on SiC Substrates
Alexandra Oliveros, Electrical Engineering Doctoral Candidate - University of South Florida
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