I am pleased to send you PICMET's Brad Hosler Award announcement for Outstanding Student Paper to be presented at the PICMET'16 Conference in Hawai'i in September.
We encourage you to make on-line nominations at http://www.picmet.org/new/Conferences/16/Award_form.aspx.
PICMET '16
(Theme of the Conference: Technology Management for Social Innovation)
September 4-8
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Brad W. Hosler
Outstanding Student Paper Award
in Technology Management
To encourage young researchers in the area of Technology Management, PICMET (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology) announces that up to three papers will receive the Outstanding Student Paper Award at PICMET '16. The winners will be invited to present their papers at the conference.
The deadline for nominations is April 15, 2016.
Papers must be based on the student's research toward a graduate degree and must be nominated by the advising professor. Eligibility is restricted to currently enrolled students and those who have completed the master's or doctorate no earlier than July 31, 2014.
Evaluation criteria include:
1. Contribution to engineering and technology management
2. Significance of the topic
3. Clarity of the paper
4. Accuracy of the method, findings, analysis and conclusions
The award consists of:
• $1,000 to cover travel expenses and free conference registration for the awardee
• Free conference registration for the advising/nominating professor
• A certificate of recognition for both the awardee and the advising/nominating professor
In case of multiple-author papers, the cash award will be divided among the authors, but each author will receive free registration and a certificate.
If you are nominating a paper previously submitted to PICMET '16, there is no need to send another copy. Simply provide the PICMET reference number (paper ID) on the nomination form, which can be found at
http://www.picmet.org/new/Conferences/2016/Award_form.aspx.
The winner of this award may not be nominated again for the same award in the subsequent year.
For further information, please contact Dr.Tugrul U Daim at ji2td@pdx.edu.
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Dundar F. Kocaoglu, Ph.D., Life Fellow, IEEE
Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Engineering and Technology Management;
President and CEO, PICMET;
Director, RISE (Research Institute for Sustainable Energy)
Portland State University;
Portland, OR 97207 - USA
Phone: +1 503-725-4660, Fax: +1 503-725-4667
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