Sanghavi, Prachi
Cornell University
Hoffman, Grant T.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Wickel, Eric E.
Iowa State University
Wu, Peng
Colorado State University
Zheng, Hairong
University of Colorado
Yuan, Yuyu
Clemson University
Hoffman, Grant T.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Milstead, Jeffery R.
Clemson University
Sanghavi, Prachi
Cornell University
Kottam, Anil
University of Texas
Gong, Ping
Colorado State University
Christie, R. J.
Colorado State University
Raghavan, Karthik
University of Texas
Barnes, Jennifer
University of Wyoming
Ishida, Ryouichi
Hiroshima Institute of Technology
Brooks, Amanda
University of Wyoming
Alizadeh, Ramin I.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Zheng, Hairong
University of Colorado
Motriuk-Smith, Dagmara
University of Wyoming
Doiron, Amber L.
Colorado State University
Zarse, Chad
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Kirui, Philemon K.
Jackson State University
33 students participated in the contest with 34 papers (one student submitted two papers).
Following the guidelines approved in the 2002 RMBS board fall meeting, they were divided into two categories: B.S./M.S. (17 papers) and Doctoral (17 papers). Each paper was review by five judges. 25 judges expressed their preferences in the written competition and each judge reviewed at least six papers. For each judge the scores were normalized. The total score for the paper was average of the five normalized scores.
Unfortunately due to various reasons, not all the students were able to make it to the conference therefore only 14 presentations and 16 posters were judged.
5 presentations were in the B.S./M.S. category and 9 in the Doctoral category. 14 judges expressed their preferences in the presentation competition. Not all students were judged by the same judges, and not all of them received the same number of votes, but each presentation was judged by at least eight judges. The scores were again normalized for each judge and the total score for each presentation was the average of the single scores.
10 posters were in the B.S./M.S. category and 6 in the Doctoral category. 4 judges expressed their preferences in the poster competition. Not all students were judged by the same judges, and not all of them received the same number of votes, but each poster was judged by at least two judges. As for the presentations, the scores were normalized for each judge and the total score for each poster was the average of the single scores.
For the special awards, four judges were involved: an ex-president, one of the conference program chairmen, one member of the student paper contest committee and the judge in charge of selecting the winner of the Anthony Sances Jr. Award of Merit. Each one of the judges subjectively selected and ranked up to 5 students as the possible winners of the respective award. Following the guidelines, each special award was given to the higher-ranking student that did not yet win any other award.