| 1. |
Each student will be evaluated
by a minimum of three faculty members; none of which are affiliated
with the student's university. |
| 2. |
Judges will be assigned to a group
of student research projects. |
| 3. |
The following weights and measures
will be used by a particular judge to evaluate the abstract/research:
Scale for accepting the abstract:
Problem and motivation: 5 points
Background and related work: 5 points
Approach and uniqueness: 10 points
Results and contribution: 10 points
Scale
for evaluating the visual presentation of the research:
Oral presentation: 10 points
Visual presentation: 10 points
Research methods: 15 points
Significance of contribution: 10 points |
| 4. |
The top five students in each category
will advance to the semi-finals.
Scale
for evaluating the conference presentation of the research:
Knowledge of research area: 15 points
Contribution of research: 10 points
Presentation: 10 points |
| 5. |
A minimum of five judges will be assigned
to the semi-finals. Each judge will rank their evaluations
based on the assigned score. This ranking will be used to
determine the finalists. |
