Contests & Competitions

The purpose of the Student Speaking Contest is to encourage undergraduate students to present technical papers and to improve their skills in the techniques of presentation. Each entrant will receive a partial transportation allowance to the MS&T. The contestant must participate in the semifinals and finals (if selected) at MS&T to fulfill an obligation for accepting the transportation allowance. Prizes to be awarded in addition to the transportation allowance include, (i) a cash award of $200 to the winner; (ii) a cash award of $100 to the First runner-up, and (iii) a cash award of $50 to two (2) Second runners-up.

Deadline to report National Contestants:  September 25, 2008

Speaking Contest Rules (PDF)
Speaking Contest Grading Sheet (PDF)
Speaking Contest Winner Reporting Form (PDF)

For more information, contact:
Dr. R. Allen Kimel
The Pennsylvania State University
212A Steidle Building 
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-5397
rak189@ems.psu.edu

The purpose of this new competition is to encourage undergraduate students to present their undergraduate research experiences and to improve their communication skills. The poster entered must be the work of an undergraduate and completed during the undergraduate education of the student. The work presented in the poster does not have to be performed at the student's home institution, but could be, for example, from a project performed as part of a co-op experience, a summer internship, or a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) project.

Cash prizes will be given for first, second, third, and honorable mention winners. Recognition will be given to the winners at the Student Awards Ceremony during MS&T. Entries will be displayed at a time and location to be designated by the organizers. The posters will be set up on the afternoon of Sunday, October 5, 2008.

Poster entrants must submit name, title of poster and an abstract of no more than 100 words.

For more information or to enter a poster abstract, contact:
Dr. Elliott B. Slamovich
Purdue University
701 W. Stadium Ave.
School of Materials Engineering
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765-494-6853

Deadline for poster entries:  September 25, 2008

The purpose of the contest, open to graduate students or person who will have received M.S. or Ph.D. degrees within six months of MS&T, is to recognize superior research performed during graduate study. First, second and third place prizes are given in the amounts of $250, $150 and $100, respectively. Recognition will be given to the winner at the Student Awards Ceremony during MS&T. Entries will be displayed at a time and location to be designated by the organizers. Typically, the posters will be displayed on Sunday evening in conjunction with other CEC activities. To enter, complete and return an Abstract Form included in the Call for Papers. Posters must be accepted for a technical session to be entered into the contest. Posters listing a graduate student as the primary author are automatically eligible for the competition. You can check your status in the competition by contacting the CEC President-Elect.

For more information, contact:
Dr. Matthew Hall
Alfred University
2 Pine Street
Alfred, NY 14802
607-871-3143
hallmm@alfred.edu

Keramos organizes a mug drop competition at MS&T each year. Entrants are asked to notify the Keramos Vice President of their intent to compete no later than one week priort to MS&T.

Mug Drop Contest Rules (PDF)

 

Keramos organizes a putter competition at MS&T each year. Entrants are asked to notify the Keramos Vice President of their intent to compete no later than one week prior to MS&T.

Putting Contest Rules (PDF)

Promotion of the wider knowledge of materials and their importance in every day life to the benefit of young people.

World Materials Day Time Line
March 1	Call for applications
July 30	Application Deadline
August 1 to September 1	Judging
September 15	Submit Society winners to Secretary
MS&T Conference	Presentation of Awards

The Award
The Material Advantage society partners that belong to the International Organization of Materials, Metals and Minerals Societies (IOMMMS) have organized a World Materials Day award that is available to up to three Material Advantage chapters engaged in outreach to grades K through 12 in their local community. Winning Material Advantage Chapters will each receive a check for $500 US Dollars and a plaque from IOMMMS.

Click Here for the World Materials Day competition Entry Form.

View Past Winners

 

 

The Ceramographic Contest is an annual exhibit staged to promote the use of micrographs and microanalysis as tools in the scientific investigation of ceramic materials. The competition occurs at MS&T and entries are prominently displayed in the Convention Center. The Best of Show (winner of the Roland B. Snow Award) will be published in the American Ceramic Society Bulletin. Other entries will appear in The Journal of the American Ceramic Society throughout the year.

Participants are encouraged to submit entries in one of the following general categories:

• Optical micrographs (including confocal)
• Scanning electron micrographs
• Transmission electron micrographs
• Microanalysis (including electron microprobe, Auger, SIMS, AEM)
• Combined techniques
• Problem solving (include micrographs that provide answers to a problem)
• Scanning probe micrographs
• Undergraduate studies

Prizes are awarded for first, second and third in each category. Deadline for Entries: September 15, 2008.

Send entries to:

Karren More
Oak Ridge National Lab
Metals & Ceramics Division
1 Bethel Valley Rd.
Bldg. 4515, RM 161
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6064
423/574-7788
FAX: 423/574-4913

The award recognizes the best graduate student technical paper in the field of materials science or engineering submitted during the year.

The award recognizes the best student technical paper in the field of materials science or engineering submitted during the year.

The ASM Heat Treating Society established the Best Paper in Heat Treating Award in 1997 to recognize a paper that represents advancement in heat treating technology, or promotes heat treating in some substantial way or represents a clear advancement in managing the business of heat treating.


For information on all ASM Paper Contests, visit: ASM Student Paper Contests

Students may also enter papers in the Electronic Materials Best Paper Contest, which awards two $250 prizes: one for the best contribution to the Journal of Electronic Materials; the other for the best presentation at the Electronic Materials Conference.

The Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division's Powder Materials Graduate Student Presentation Contest, sponsored by the Powder Metallurgy Committee, honors the best technical presentation at a TMS-sponsored meeting by a graduate student in the field of powder metallurgy. The winner receives $200 in cash plus $300 in travel expenses to attend the award ceremony.

Sponsored by the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), the Outstanding Student Paper Contest is open to both undergraduate and graduate student entries. A first prize of $1,000 ($750 cash + $250 travel expenses to personally receive the award) and a second prize of $500 ($250 cash + $250 travel expenses to personally receive the award) are awarded in each division.

Undergraduate Contest
This contest is open to essays on global or national issues as well as technical research papers. Papers relating to any field of metallurgy or materials science will be considered. Students are encouraged to display original thought and creativity in the development of the essays, which should include a comprehensive bibliography on which the paper is based.

Graduate Contest
Papers should be of a technical/research nature and may deal with any of the following disciplines:

• Physical and mechanical metallurgy
  
• Extractive and process metallurgy
  
• Materials science.

A paper submitted in this division may be written from material contained in a student's masters or Ph.D. thesis.

To enable recipients to receive the award in person, $250 of each prize is to be used to offset travel expenses.

Submission Deadline: May 1st of each year

For eligibility requirements, guidelines and procedures, please visit: TMS Outstanding Student Paper Contest.

TMS Technical Division Student Poster Contest

Featuring both Undergraduate & Graduate Awards

Ambassador Awards
In addition, two student authors will be chosen from among the award winners to receive the TMS Student Ambassador award and represent TMS at the PRICM-6 Conference, November 6-9, 2007, in Jeju Island, Korea. Judges will select the top four posters from the award winners; authors of the top two posters will be selected to attend PRICM-6 with sponsorship from TMS. The other two authors will be alternates in case those selected are unable to attend.

One student may walk away with a total of $5,500 in prize money and a trip to Jeju Island, Korea!

TMS Technical Divisions

• Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials Division

• Extraction & Processing Division

• Light Metals Division

• Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division

• Structural Materials Division

Contest Participant Qualifications
In addition to developing poster presentations of technical interest to individuals in the various technical divisions, participants must satisfy the following qualifications:

• Authors must be full-time students who are pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees.

• Authors must register to attend the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition and be present to put-up and take-down the posters.

• Authors must be present during a scheduled “Exhibit Showing” (similar to a science fair) to answer questions and discuss their work.

• Each author may use up to a 35” x 35” space. If poster exceeds this space, it will be neither presented nor eligible for contest. (Authors are assigned display numbers prior to the conference to designate where presentations should be posted.)

• Visual aids that could clarify the results of your own work are encouraged. Do not, however, post your paper text. Graphics should be simple, colorful, well labeled and clear. The title should be written in letters 2- to 5-cm high, and all material should be readable from a distance of 2 m.

To participate, complete and submit your application at CMS-plus. Log in (or register as a new user), click on the meeting icon and select “Technical Division Student Poster Contest” from the list.

You must apply no later than December 15 of the year prior to the TMS Annual Meeting at which you plan to participate.

Powder Materials Graduate Student Presentation Contest

Sponsored by the Powder Metallurgy Committee of the TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division, the Powder Materials Graduate Student Presentation Contest honors the best technical presentation at a TMS-sponsored meeting by a graduate student in the field of powder metallurgy. The winner receives $200 in cash plus $300 in travel expenses to attend the award ceremony.

To be eligible, the presentation must be given by a graduate student on his/her M.S. or Ph.D. thesis research either during enrollment or not later than six months after graduation. The talk must pertain to the field of powder metallurgy and be presented either at a Powder Metallurgy Committee-sponsored symposium or at a TMS general abstract session. Winners are chosen by at least three members of the Powder Metallurgy Committee during the TMS Annual Meeting. The award is presented at the TMS Fall Meeting.

Electronic Materials Best Paper Contest

Sponsored by the TMS Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Materials Division, the Electronic Materials Best Paper contest presents two $250 cash prizes annually to the best student paper

• Published in the Journal of Electronic Materials
• Presented at the Electronic Materials Conference