The purpose of the competition is to encourage undergraduate students to write and present outstanding technical papers.

Eligibility

• Students must be an undergraduate student when the nominated paper is written.
• Paper can be projects done for a company as part of a course, internship, or other activity. They may be undergraduate research projects done at the home institution.
• A faculty member may serve as an advisor on a project, but the work should primarily be done by the students.
• A faculty member cannot be a co-author of the paper.
• Only IISE members are eligible to participate.
• Each participating university, including the host institution, may submit up to two papers as entries.