Big NEWS: The organizers of the EIT Conference have agreed to allow the first 50 student paper authors (maximum of four per paper) to attend the outstanding EIT conference technical sessions for free! This is a $200 value per student! Also, the winners will be invited to receive their awards during the Banquet on Monday evening.

Because of this, we have decided to change the date of the oral presentations to May 6th (Sunday) to better align with the conference and to allow for easier travel. Note reasonable travel expenses will be paid by Region 4.

Note that the Student Paper Contest is separate from the EIT conference papers and students should not be discouraged from entering the contest due to a false sense of needing technical sophistication to win. The Region 4 Student Paper Contest's primary function is to improve the engineering Student's communication skills. The paper can be one presented previously (reformatted per the guidelines) or could even be a reformatting of a simple design project or report.

WHO: Any IEEE student member* (or group of student members) per the guidelines

WHAT: Student Papers written and presented by IEEE student members*
(The paper can be a reformatting of your senior design project or a previous project or paper.)

WHEN: Written Paper due: April 1st , 2012; Oral Presentation on Sunday, May 6th (tentative)

TIME: Oral presentation May 6th in Indianapolis: 1:00pm to 5:00pm (tentative)

WHERE: (Oral Presentation) 2012 Electro/Information Technology (EIT) Conference;
IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA
http://www.eit-conference.org/eit2012/index.asp

HOW: To qualify for the prizes, the paper must be presented at the 2012 EIT conference Saturday afternoon.

If necessary only the top papers may be selected to present (in previous years, all submitted papers were selected).

Reasonable travel expenses incurred by students to present their paper will be covered by the Region.

Note: The paper can be from a previous project or previous paper from school projects.

Email to: James@ieee.org or steuerm@my.uwstout.edu

WHY: You may already have a school project that can be put into the correct format. Download the
2012 Student Paper Contest Guidelines.
Win a prestigious IEEE award that will enhance your resume;
Gain experience with writing and presenting a technical paper;
The award comes with cash (1st place: $800; 2nd place: $500; 3rd place: $200);

Winning paper/s will be forwarded for review and publication in IEEE Potentials!

* There may be help (including financial) available for becoming a student member if not already a member.