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CAST Student Travel Grants For Work Presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting The Computing and
Systems Technology Division makes up to 10 travel awards every year to assist
graduate students with their travel expenses, so that they can attend the
AIChE Annual meeting to present the results of their research. The awards
will consist of $500, plus a ticket to the CAST Division Dinner where the
recipients will be officially recognized. To be eligible, the student must be
a member of AIChE and present a paper at the Annual Meeting in a CAST
sponsored (or co-sponsored) session. The nomination for this
award should be made by the student’s research advisor. Each advisor may
nominate only one student and only members of the CAST Division can nominate
students. Students can win this award only once during the course of their
graduate studies. The nomination package, in the form of a single PDF file,
should include: 1. The presentation abstract;
2. A single page resume, highlighting the student’s accomplishments; 3.
A single page recommendation letter from the faculty advisor. The nomination material
must be sent electronically as a single package to: Raymond A. Adomaitis,
CAST Graduate Travel Grant Chair, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and ISR, University of Maryland;
E-mail: adomaiti
at umd.edu Deadline - August 1. Award winners will be
announced by September 1. Review process - The review process will be
coordinated by the Graduate Travel Grant Chair Awards - The awards consist of $500, plus
a ticket to the CAST Division Dinner at the Annual Meeting, where the
recipients will be officially recognized and presented with the check. 2011 Update - As a new initiative, this year
the Travel Grant Awardees will be considered for the CAST Directors’
Student Presentation Award. A person who presents an
oral presentation and was an undergraduate or graduate student when the
abstract was submitted is eligible for applying for this award. An award can
be shared with multiple students in the case of a tie vote in the awards
committee or if multiple students orally present the winning presentation. To
be eligible, the student must be a member of the CAST division and present a
paper at the Annual Meeting in a CAST-sponsored (or co-sponsored) session. The nomination for this
award should be made by the student’s research advisor. Each advisor may
submit only one nomination and only members of the CAST Division can nominate
students. A student can receive this award only once. The criteria of this
award will be the quality of the technical content as described in the
abstract, quality of the presentation slides, and quality of the oral
presentation. Note: This year this
award will be combined with the CAST Travel Grants. The students selected to
receive the Travel Grants will be asked to provide the documents needed
(statement of work and power slides) and considered for the presentation
award. Ray Adomaitis Winners for the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting
Winners for the 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting
Winners for the 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting
Winners for the 2008 AIChE Annual Meeting
Winners for the 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting
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