Results of the RMBS Contest 2008
held in Copper Mountain, CO
This was the first year we introduced a new format for the contest, not only for the students, but also for the professionals.
Students Contest
Best Paper
Steven Rowson
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, Center for Injury Biomechanics
Second Place
Gavin Philips
University of Wyoming
Third Place
Arun Aneja
University of Mississippi Medical Center
First Place
Jill Bisplinghoff
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, Center for Injury Biomechanics
Second Place
Robert Ellis
The Ohio State University
Third Place
Kerry Danelson
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
First Place
Jill Bisplinghoff
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, Center for Injury Biomechanics
Second Place
Douglas Gabauer
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, Center for Injury Biomechanics
Third Place
John Benson
University of Wyoming
President's Award
Andrew Kemper
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, Center for Injury Biomechanics
Program Chairman's Award
Ryan Mudry
United States Air Force Academy
Contest Chairman's Award
Sarah Manoogian
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, Center for Injury Biomechanics
Anthony Sances Jr. Award of Merit
F. Scott Gayzik
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
34 students participated in the contest, with 8 students submitting two papers and 1 student submitting four papers.
For the written competition, all the papers were reviewed during the paper acceptance process: each paper was reviewed by two judges. 31 judges expressed their preferences in the written competition and each judge reviewed at least five papers. The written scores were normalized for each judge and the total score for each presentation was the average of the normalized scores.
At the symposium, 29 presentations and 16 posters were judged.
8 judges expressed their preferences in the presentation competition. Not all students were evaluated by the same judges and not all of them received the same number of votes, but each presentation was judged by at least six judges. The scores were again normalized for each judge and the total score for each presentation was the average of the normalized scores.
Four judges expressed their preferences in the poster competition. As for the presentations, the scores were normalized for each judge and the total score for each poster was the average of the normalized scores.
For the special awards, four judges were involved. Each judge subjectively selected and ranked up to 5 students as the possible winners of a special award. Following the guidelines, each special award was given to the highest-ranking student that did not yet win any other award.
Professionals Contest
Best Paper
David Paulus
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Oral Award
Alexandrina Untaroiu
University of Virginia
5 professionals participated in the contest, with one professional submitting two papers.
For the written competition, the same criteria as the student's written competitions applied.
At the symposium, 5 presentations and 1 poster were judged. 11 students expressed their preferences in the oral competition (given the fact that there was only one poster, the professionals' presentation and poster competitions were lumped into one oral competition). Not all professionals were evaluated by the same students and not all of them received the same number of votes, but each presentation/poster was judged by at least seven judges. The scores were again normalized for each student and the total score for each presentation/poster was the average of the normalized scores.