Professional Paper
Overview
For the Professional Paper competition, we will follow the rules for ASCE’s Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students. The topic and rules can be found here:
https://www.asce.org/career-growth/awards-and-honors/daniel-w-mead-prize-for-students
Note that the Professional Paper competition at the Southeast Student Symposium will be run independently of the Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students at the national level. If you wish to also participate in the national competition, follow the nomination and submission guidelines at the link above.
Eligibility
Both undergraduate and graduate students may participate in this competition.
Scoring and Judging
The competition will include an in-person oral presentation at the 2023 symposium. The author of the paper will have up to, but no more than, 5 minutes to present. The oral presentation will count 10 points, and the submitted written paper will count 90 points towards the overall 100 points for the competition. Presenters should be prepared to take questions from the judges after their presentations.
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Oral Presentation |
10 points |
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Written Paper |
90 points |
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Total |
100 points |
The use of visual aids, i.e. a PowerPoint presentation, is not expected. However, we will allow notecards for reference during the presentation.
Per the deadlines listed in MAILER I, the Professional Paper is due by March 1 by 11:59 pm EST. Submit your document to [email protected] with the subject line “Professional Paper submission – University Name”.
Competition FAQ
Comments (6)
Schuyler Jones
February 4, 2023 at 5:41 pmPowerPoint presentation is “not expected” but is it encouraged? Thanks.
nbohaczyk
February 7, 2023 at 3:28 pmIt is up to you if you’d like to use visual aids. The use of visual aids is not included in the scoring rubric.
Abby Rains
March 1, 2023 at 1:35 amWil we be required to bring hard copies of the paper to the presentation at symposium? The rules so not state as such.
nbohaczyk
March 2, 2023 at 12:27 pmYou are not required to bring hard copies of your paper. The judges will review your virtually submitted paper before the Symposium, and you are just required to prepare a brief presentation.
Maya
March 7, 2023 at 9:43 pmI submitted my entrance for the paper to the listed email a week ago and received no confirmation or response email. Who can I contact for confirmation that my entrance was received.
nbohaczyk
March 9, 2023 at 7:28 pmHi Maya! Your paper has been received. The Symposium emailed you back confirmation of receipt of your paper on March 3, 2023 at 8:52 AM.