This grant provides funds to help organize the 2012 Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES). The conference will take place 10-12 October 2012, at Georgia Tech, in Atlanta, Georgia. The SES conference facilitates the free exchange of information on all aspects of engineering science and provides a forum for discussion, education, and recognition of the talents of the engineering science community. The SES conference promotes the development and strengthening of the interfaces between various disciplines in engineering, sciences, and mathematics.
Consistent with the SES mission, the 2012 SES Technical Meeting will host a student paper/presentation contest and actively seek the participation of groups underrepresented in science and engineering for participation. The funds provided will support both undergraduate and graduate students.
The Society of Engineering Science (SES) promotes the development and strengthening of the interfaces between various disciplines in engineering, sciences, and mathematics. The objectives of SES Annual Technical Meetings are to (1) provide leading forums for bringing together diverse, interdisciplinary groups of researchers to discuss advances in highly focused symposia, and (2) attract the leading researchers in all engineering and science disciplines, as well as mathematics. This NSF funding was used to support the ongoing tradition of an Undergraduate and Graduate Student Presentation Competition that was held during the 49th Annual Technical meeting of the SES October 9-12, 2012. The Georgia Tech local committee organized student presentation competitions at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Each competition included 12 students. Students also had the opportunity to present in regular sessions of the SES meeting. The three best presentations in both undergraduate and graduate student categories were announced at the conference banquet held Thursday evening, October 11, 2012. This NSF grant provided support for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in the SES 2012 meeting and become active in the engineering sciences community. It also provided the opportunity for the participating students to compete for the best presentation awards through oral presentations followed by question and answer. This support helped in preparing a diverse, globally engaged STEM workforce by encouraging the participation of undergraduate and graduate students who have limited financial resources for conference travel. A broad range of students were involved in the competition, including students from Georgia Tech, Drexel University, Rice University, the University of Texas at El Paso, Purdue University, Auburn University, Caltech, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern University, MIT, and the University of Massachusetts.
