Region 4 of the IEEE is again sponsoring a REGIONAL STUDENT PAPER CONTEST.

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 May 5th (tentative)
TIME: Oral presentation May 5th 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.

E-mail paper to Steven James or sdjames@iaxs.net

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

Mail to: Steven James
1675 Upper 55th St. E.
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077

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.
http://www.eit-conference.org/eit2012/index.asp