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81st Annual Meeting (Oct 2009)

Student/Post-Doc Poster Competition Guidelines


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Competition Description

In conjunction with the poster session, The Society of Rheology is sponsoring a poster competition to encourage student and post-doctoral presentations and participation in the meeting and to recognize excellence. To participate in the competition, in addition to normal abstract submission for the poster session (deadline of August 14, 2009), entrants must also submit a PowerPoint-type poster in PDF format by midnight (EST) September 11, 2009.

The competition will be divided into two sections: Student (prior to receipt of PhD) and Post-doctoral. A post-doc, as defined by NIH/NSF, is considered to be "An individual who has received a doctoral degree (or equivalent) and is engaged in a temporary and defined period of mentored advanced training to enhance the professional skills and research independence needed to pursue his or her chosen career path."

Note that this is the inaugural year for the post-doctoral section. Financial awards will be made to the top entries in each of the divisions at the conclusion of the poster session.

Judging Criteria

A panel of judges will select up to 8 finalists in each section based on the entries, with the final selection of the winner to be made by the judges at the poster session.

Posters will be judged according to the following criteria:

  1. Originality of research - 15%
    How novel is the work? Does the author distinguish the work with respect to other ongoing or past work in the same topical area?
     
  2. Quality of execution of the work - 30%
    How well thought out were the experiments/simulations/theory? Were data verified and experimental errors eliminated systematically?
     
  3. Scientific impact - 30%
    What is the current or potential future impact of the work? Is the context clearly demonstrated?
     
  4. Quality of presentation of the work - 25%
    How good are the layout and clarity of poster? Does the author make a lucid, well informed presentation of the work?

Submission Guidelines

Please note that:

  • First author must be a student or post-doctoral fellow at the time of the meeting, depending on the section.
      
  • First author must attend and be available to discuss the poster at the poster session.
     
  • In addition to the normal Web-based abstract submission (by August 14, 2009), a PowerPoint-type poster in PDF format must be received by the Poster Session Chairs by midnight (EST) September 11, 2009 for the purposes of selection of the finalists. The PDF file should be attached to an e-mail to both chinedum.osuji@yale.edu and dpozzo@u.washington.edu. The file should contain no more than 20 slides or panels. All files must be no larger than 2 MB.
     
  • An e-mail confirming the receipt of the PDF file for the poster competition will be sent to the participants. Please contact the Poster Session Chairs if such an e-mail is not received within 3 days.

The finalists will be notified by e-mail prior to the meeting.

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