2010 Student Poster Competition

							                              2010 Student Poster Competition
                                    Forest Products Society
                                      th
                                 64 International Convention
                          June 20-22, 2010, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

                               Applications are Due April 1, 2010

When: June 20-22, 2010
Where: 64th International Convention, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Time: During the regularly scheduled FPS technical poster sessions
Prizes Sponsored by all 13 FPS Sections:
    $500 First Place
    $250 Second Place
    $125 Honorable Mention
    $125 Honorable Mention
    Each entrant will receive a FPS logo apparel item

Eligibility:

   1. Participants must be an undergraduate or graduate student.
   2. Participants must be members of the Forest Products Society.
   3. There should be no coauthors on the poster; however, faculty sponsors and funding agencies
      should be identified in both the abstract and poster display.
   4. Posters will be presented in English.
   5. The poster must be entered into the Poster Session for the 64th International Convention,
      http://www.forestprod.org/ic2010callforposters.html.

Application Procedures:

   1. Complete the Student Poster Competition Application Form,
      http://www.forestprod.org/student poster competition application form.doc.
   2. Submit the following two items to Scott Bowe at sbowe@wisc.edu:
          a. Completed Student Poster Competition Application Form
          b. Poster abstract
   3. Deadline for Submission is April 1, 2010.
   4. Questions can be addressed to Scott Bowe, University of Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Drive,
      Madison, WI 53706-1598, Phone: 608-265-5849, Fax: 608-262-9922, email: sbowe@wisc.edu.

Judging Procedures:

Posters will be set-up between 7:00-8:00 am during your scheduled poster session (Monday or
Tuesday). The abstracts and poster presentations will be evaluated by a committee of 4 judges (the Chair
of the Student Activities Committee and three others) on a 100-point scale:

       Submitted abstract:
              1. Soundness of research hypothesis (10 points)
              2. Scientific writing ability (10 points)
              3. Organization (10 points)
       Poster presentation:
                1. Scientific merit (newness, breadth of interest, potential impact of the research)
                    (15 points)
                2. Experimental design and thoroughness of investigation (15 points)
                3. Validity of conclusions (15 points)
                4. Organization and visual quality of presentation (15 points)
                5. Response to questions of judges (10 points)

The chair of the Student Activities Committee will have overall responsibility for the competition
including selecting judges. Judges will not assess student posters on whose committee they serve. The
chair of the judging committee does not vote except when one of the other judges is exempted.