Applied Superconductivity Conference Best Student Paper Contest

The ASC 2014 Best Student Paper Prize Winners are as follows:

New at ASC 2014! The Organizing Committee is arranging the Applied Superconductivity Conference Best Student Paper Contest.

In addition to the regular abstract, eligible contestants are required to submit a 2-page extended abstract for review by the Contest Committee who will select finalists. Finalists will then be asked to present in a Student Paper Contest Oral Session. Winners will be presented with a monetary award.

Qualifications & Eligibility

• For the purpose of the entering the ASC contest, a student is considered to be an individual who has been a full-time student of an accredited college or university during the time the work was performed.

  Example: students in the United States college must be enrolled for a minimum of nine (9) credit hours per term as a graduate student or twelve (12) credit hours per term as an undergraduate.

• There is no age limit.
• Ph.D. students are eligible.
• Post-doctoral researchers are not considered students and are not eligible.
• A letter will be required from the student’s primary advisor indicating that the work presented in the paper was done primarily by the student contestant and performed while he/she was a student. This letter should also state that the contributions by other co-authors are secondary.
• The submitting student must be the first author.
• The submitting student must be the presenter at the designated session.
• Multiple submissions are accepted.

Interested students are asked to proceed as follows:

• Prepare your 2-page Extended Abstract as instructed in the Extended Abstract Template.
• Obtain a letter from your primary advisor.
• Submit your abstract to the ASC’14 abstract submission site by the submission deadline (January 22, 2014). During abstract submission, indicate that you wish to participate in the Student Paper Contest.
• Submit your 2-page Extended Abstract AND your advisor’s letter along with your abstract by January 22, 2014. Extended abstracts will NOT be accepted without your advisor’s letter.

Selection Process

The extended abstracts in each of the three areas (Large Scale, Materials, and Electronics) are currently being evaluated by three panels of judges who are experts in the respective areas.  It is expected that the evaluation process is completed by mid May. Up to six submissions will be selected as finalists in each category.  The finalists will be required to make an oral presentation at the Student Competition session on Monday, August 11, 2014, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Each finalist will be given 15 minutes for making his/her presentations and 5 minutes to answer questions from the panel and the audience. The panel of judges will evaluate each finalist using (a) the submitted extended abstract, (b) the oral presentation at the Student Competition session, and (c) answers to questions following the oral presentations. Up to three prizes will be awarded in each category.  The first, second, and the third prizes in each of the three categories will include a $750, $500, and $250 cash award respectively from the IEEE Council on Superconductivity and an inscribed certificate. In addition, a special corporate award was established in memory of Professor Alexander Shikov for the best paper in the “LTS and HTS Conductors” category. The award is sponsored by JSC “TVEL” and A. A. Bochvar High – Technology Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (JSC VNIINM). Awards will be presented prior to the first plenary session on Friday, August 15, 2014.

Student Competition Sessions