IEM Student Research Symposium
Date and Time: Thursday, April 17, 2025, 2:30 pm to 5 pm
Location: Endeavor hallways and common areas
Format: Poster presentations. A recommended template is attached; modifications to the template
are also acceptable.
Participants: All undergraduate and graduate students in IEM are welcome to participate. Undergraduate and graduate students’ posters are evaluated in two separate categories.
*Students from InCySe Hackathon 2025 are welcome to join us to present their posters at the venue.
Important Information
- Registration
- Send the poster title and names and emails of all co-authors to Ms. Alison McAleavy<alison.mcaleavy@okstate.edu>; also indicate your graduate/undergraduate category.
- If a poster is co-authored by both undergraduate and graduate students, it can register
in either
graduate or undergraduate category, but not both. - Attach your poster as a pdf document.
- Registration deadline is 5 PM on Friday, April 11, 2025.
- In case of space availability constraints, priority will be given to early registrants
*Students from InCySe Hackathon 2025 are welcome to join us to present their posters at the venue.
- Poster Printing and Display
- The library provides poster printing services. Details can be found on their website: https://info.library.okstate.edu/poster-printing
- Poster easel stands and cardboard (36 in x 48 in) will be provided by IEM
- Judges
- Judges will consist of IEM current and emeritus faculty, IAB/TCA members, and invited guests.
- Judging Criteria
- Clarity of problem definition
- Effectiveness of research methodology
- Contributions and impact of results
- Design of poster
- Presentation of poster and interactions with audience
- Cash Prizes
The cash prizes are for all student co-authors of the winning poster to share. The six winning teams (one person representing each team) will be invited to the IEM Award Banquet on April 18, 2025.
- First prize for graduate student posters: $300
- Second prize for graduate student posters: $200
- Third prize for graduate student posters: $100
- First prize for undergraduate student posters: $300
- Second prize for undergraduate student posters: $200
- Third prize for undergraduate student posters: $100
- Audience Participation
Each audience (excluding poster co-authors) is given a same number
of tokens (while supplies last), who can award the tokens to his/her favorite posters. Poster teams that receive the highest numbers of tokens will receive non-cash prizes. - AcknowledgmentFinancial support for this symposium is partially provided by:
◦ Donald & Cathey Humphreys Endowment
◦ Ken & Lynn Case Endowment
◦ Center of Data Analytics