How are the winners determined?

• The letter of intent will not be evaluated. It is required only for the planning purposes by the conference oranizer (e.g., choosing judges)
• The project reports are evaluated by three judges chosen from both industry and academe.
• Five finalists from the undergraduate category and five from the graduate category will be selected. Finalists will be notified by August 15, 2000 (Changed from August 10).
• Criteria for choosing the finalists will be based on:
  1. creativity and novelty
  2. practicality
  3. integrity of analysis and design procedres
  4. manufacturability
  5. proof-of-concept (whether a demonstrative model is made)
  6. quality of the project report
• All the finalists will be required to make oral presentations at the sessions devoted for this purpose at the conference on September 11, 2000. Travel expenses to the conference will be the responsibility of the particpant(s) or the faculty sponsor.
• Each oral presentation will be for 15 minutes followed by 5 minute question and answer period.
• To determine the winners, the judges (who will be present at the oral presentations) will consider the criteria listed above and some additional criteria listed below:
  1. quality, organization, and technical content of the presentation
  2. demonstrative model (if one is made available)
  3. the manner in which questions from the judges and the audience are answered.
  4. etc.
• Winners will be announced on September 12, 2000 at the conference luncheon.