Students presenting at conferences are important to any student’s professional development and career advancement. This conference provides networking opportunities to interact with other students, faculty and members of industry. Equally important are the wealth of learning opportunities available to students at the conference.
- Student who will be presenting at the conference may present as an individual researcher or as a research team of no more than 4 individuals.
- If you are presenting as a research team please select one team member to serve as the primary contact. The primary contact will register the team and serve as the sole contact for the team.
- It is the responsibility of the primary contact to forward all conference related email communications to each team member.
- Students may present in an oral presentation format or a poster presentation format.
- Regardless of format each presentation will require:
- An abstract of no more than 150 words.
- A brief biography of each student of no more than 150 words.
Additional requirements and due dates are outlined below.
Prizes will be awarded to students for the following:
- Best Undergraduate Poster ($300)
- Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation ($300)
- Best Graduate Poster ($300)
- Best Graduate Oral Presentation ($300)
- Awards will be announced on Friday, April 4 during the program
- Judging criteria can be found on the Resources Page
Instructions for Student Presenters
All researches and research teams must have their materials reviewed by the Writing and Communications Center prior to submission.
Abstract - Due March 3, 2025
- All research presentations require a descriptive abstract to complete the conference registration.
- Abstracts should be a minimum of 75 words and no more than 150 words.
- Abstracts must be submitted by the individual researcher or the primary contact for team projects no later than March 3, 2025
Biography - Due March 3, 2025
- All students including research team members are required to provide a brief biography.
- The Biography should be a minimum of 75 word and no more than 150 words.
- Biographies must be submitted by the individual researcher or the primary contact for team projects no later than March 3, 2025.
Oral Presentation - Due March 17, 2025
- Submit your abstract by March 3, 2025
- Submit biographies by March 3, 2025
- Oral presentations consist of two components:
- A slide deck which will be used during the presentation.
- A research paper.
- The presentation must be uploaded by the individual researcher or the primary contact for team projects in pdf format by March 17, 2024.
- The research paper must be uploaded by the individual researcher or the primary contact for team projects in pdf by March 24, 2025.
- Each research project will have a 15 minute time slot for the oral presentation.
- 10 minutes for the presentation.
- 5 minutes for questions and discussion.
- Audio-visual equipment (including laptop, microphone, and projector) will be provided.
- The research paper must conform to specified guidelines.
Poster Presentation - Due March 17, 2025
- Submit your abstract by March 3, 2025.
- Submit biographies by March 3, 2025.
- The poster must be uploaded by the individual researcher or the primary contact for team projects in pdf format by March 17, 2025
- The poster must be printed and mounted by the conference date. Printing options are available in the poster guidelines.
- Research Poster PowerPoint Template
- University Logos and Unit Identifiers
- Browse Previous Conference Examples
- The poster must be present at the conference for the conference duration.
- A student must be present at the poster location during a pre-scheduled judging session of no more than 1 hour.
- The student should be prepared to give a brief presentation of the research. (5 minutes or less)
- The student should be able to answer questions from the judges or conference attendees.