David A. Black
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Brian K. Dean
University of Wyoming
Spencer J. Fox
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
David A. Black
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Ashley A. Weaver
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics
Emily Dosmar
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Kathryn L. Loftis
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics
Nathan D. Otten
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Erin C.Wiggers
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Henry O. Owegi
Indiana State University
Katie J. Trella
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Robert W. Streeter
University of Wyoming
Sherry N. Davidoff
University of Utah
25 students participated in the contest, with one student presenting two papers.
For the written competition, all the papers were reviewed as part of the paper acceptance process: each paper was reviewed by 2 judges. 18 judges expressed their preferences in the written competition and each judge reviewed at least 4 papers. The written scores were normalized for each judge and the total score for each paper was the average of the normalized scores.
At the symposium, 18 presentations and 6 posters were judged (two students did not present their paper, so they were not included in the judging).
17 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 13 judges. The scores were again normalized for each judge and the total score for each presentation was the average of the normalized scores.
4 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, 4 judges were involved. Each judge subjectively selected and ranked up to 5 students as the possible winners of their special award.
Junichi Iwamoto
School of Medical Technology, Sanyo Women's College - Hiroshima
David C. Paulus
University of Arkansas - Ft. Smith
6 professionals participated in the contest.
For the written competition, the same criteria as the student's written competitions applied.
At the symposium, 2 presentations and 4 posters were judged. Six students expressed their preferences in the professional competition. Not all professionals were evaluated by the same students and not all of them received the same number of votes, but each professional was judged by at least 2 students. The scores were again normalized for each student and the total score for each professional was the average of the normalized scores. Since the number of professionals participating in the contest was very small, the presentation and poster awards were combined in one oral award.