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The student paper presentation night is back ! We are proud to announce that the North Jersey Section will be holding a presentation night scheduled for mid-February 1998. This contest has been held in years past and its overwhelming success in generating student participation and interest make it an fantastic event for up and coming engineers.

The main focus of the presentation night is to give students an opportunity to sharpen their communication skills, and help prepare for real life situations as practicing engineers and researchers. Additionally, the North Jersey Section contest provides an excellent chance for students to practice for the Region 1 Student Paper contest in the spring of 1998.

The contest at the Section level is also supplemented by awarding cash prizes of $40/$60/$100 to the three best presentations. If winners choose to move forward to the area and regional competitions, two papers from each participating school can be allowed to enter the next qualifying round of Area B, to be held in mid March. From there, winners can advance to the region 1 competition to be held in mid April.

Enclosed find:

North Jersey Section Paper Presentation Guidelines to be used by the students in preparing for the section contest. Local Rules
A flyer announcing the Student Presentation Night for posting and distribution.
An official copy of the Region 1 paper rules to be followed by advancing students. Paper Contest Rules
An official copy of the annual Micromouse Robotics competition held during each of the Region 1 paper contests. MicroMouse Rules
The judging form that will be used to give students a better idea of what criteria are used to evaluate their paper presentations. Judging Form

Details:

An abstract of 100-150 words is required on the topic to be presented. It should be submitted as early as possible and no later than Friday February 6, 1998. This is to ensure that enough time is available for all presenters. Presenters who are late with their abstracts should notify me by calling the number below. The abstracts should be addressed to me and mailed to the address below.
Use this abstract form.

The abstracts can also be emailed (preferred) to northjerseysac AT ieee.org. For the scope of this local contest, students should mainly be concerned with satisfying the local presentation night rules. For those students wishing to advance and compete in the regional levels, the official paper rules must be abided by. All the local information and deadline information, as well as information about the regional contest can be found on the web at the following address.

http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/sac

The SECTION presentation night is being hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. It will be held on Tuesday February 17 1998 at 6:30-9:30 pm in the Bissinger Room of the Howe Center. Light refreshments will be served. All schools of the North Jersey Section are invited to participate. Any and all questions can be directed to myself at the address above or via email to northjerseysac AT ieee.org .

Directions to Stevens Insititute of Technology are available at the following links:
Bus,Train,Car
Local Area Maps

The REGION I IEEE paper contest is being hosted by UMass Lowell. It will be a 2-day contest to be held on April 18, 1998. Details available at their website.