Winners of the EDS Region 9 Biennial Outstanding Student Paper Award

2006-2007 IEEE Electron Devices Society

Region 9 Biennial Outstanding Student Paper Award

Description: Awarded to promote, recognize, and support meritorious research achievement on the part of Region 9 (Latin America and the Caribbean) students, and their advisors, through the public recognition of their published work, within the Electron Devices Society’s field of interest: All aspects of the physics, engineering, theory and phenomena of electron and ion devices such as elemental and compound semiconductor devices, organic and other emerging materials based devices, quantum effect devices, optical devices, displays and imaging devices, photovoltaics, solid-state sensors and actuators, solid-state power devices, high frequency devices, micromechanics, tubes and other vacuum devices. The society is concerned with research, development, design, and manufacture related to the materials, processing, technology, and applications of such devices, and the scientific, technical and other activities that contribute to the advancement of this field.

Prize: A distinction will be conferred in the form of an Award certificate bestowed upon the most outstanding Student Paper nominated for the two-year period. The prize will be presented at either the International Caribbean Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems (ICCDCS) or the Symposium on Microelectronics Technology and Devices (SBMicro).  In addition to the recognition certificate, the recipient will receive a subsidy of up to $1,500 to attend either of the conferences above, where the award is to be presented. There will be a formal announcement of the winner in a future issue of the EDS Newsletter.

Eligibility: Nominee must be an IEEE EDS student member at the time of nomination, be enrolled at a higher education institution located in Region 9. In the case of a co-authored paper, only eligible co-authors may be nominated. Papers should be written in English on an electron devices related topic. Papers should have been published, in full-feature form, during 2006-2007 in an internationally recognized IEEE sponsored journal or conference in the field of electron devices related topics. Statements by the student and by the faculty advisor should accompany the nomination. Nominator must be an IEEE EDS member. Previous winners of this award are ineligible.

Basis for Judging: Demonstration of Nominee’s significant ability to perform outstanding research and report its results in the field of electron devices. Papers will be judged on: technical content merit, originality, structure, clarity of composition, writing skills, overall presentation. These criteria will be weighted by the assessment of the nominee’s personal contribution and the linkage of the nominated work to the nominee’s career plans.

Nomination Package:
- Nominating letter by an EDS member (it may be the faculty advisor)
- A brief one-page (maximum) biographical sketch of the student
- 1000 words (maximum) statement by the nominated student describing the significance and repercussion of the nominated work within the wider scope of the nominee’s career plans
- 400 words (maximum) statement by the faculty advisor under whose guidance the nominated work was carried out. It should unmistakably state the faculty advisor’s support of the nomination, and clearly explain the extent of the nominated student’s contribution, as well as its relevance for the overall success of the reported work.
- A copy of the published paper

Timetable:
- Nomination packages are due at the EDS Executive Office no later than 15 February 2008.
- Nomination packages can be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail, but a hard copy must be received at the EDS Office
- Winners will be notified by 15 March 2008.
- Recipients may choose to have the formal presentation of the award at either one of the conferences: ICCDCS 2008, 28-30 April 2008, Cancun, Mexico, or SBMicro, 1-4 September 2008, Gramado, Brazil.

Send completed package to:
IEEE Operations Center
EDS Executive Office
EDS R9 Outstanding Student Paper Award
445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
                                                               
For more information contact:
Laura Riello, EDS Executive Office, l.riello@ieee.org or +1 732 562 3927