The list of NIST Travel Grant Winners:

• David Branscomb, Auburn University (Supervisor: Royall Broughton)
• Carl R. Lamar, Clemson University (Supervisor: Gregory M. Mocko)
• John Steuben, Colorado School of Mines (Supervisor: Cameron J. Turner)

The list of CAPPD Stipend Winners:

• Michael T. Koopmans, Oregon State University (Supervisor: Irem Y. Tumer)
• M Nadeem S Khan, Arizona state University (Supervisor: Jami J Shah)
• Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, Texas A&M University (Supervisor: Julie Linsey)

The ASME CIE Division is organizing a poster session for graduate students to present their current research at the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada August 15 – 18, 2010. The purpose of this poster session is for graduate students early in their research program (within 1 year of starting a MS or 2 years of starting a PHD) to have the opportunity to present their current work to the research community. This provides the students a chance to get external feedback on their preliminary research that may not yet be ready for presentation at the conference in archival form.

The research should directly address computers and information in engineering, either through development of new software, application and evaluation of software, or empirical studies of engineering software. Areas of CIE interest include:

• Computer-Aided Product and Process Development
• Systems Engineering
• Information and Knowledge Management
• Advanced Modeling and Simulation
  (Computational Multi-physics Applications, Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, Energy Systems)
• Virtual Environments and Systems
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Modeling Tools and Metrics for Sustainable Manufacturing
• Prognostics and Health Management
• Enterprise-wide Information Management
• Network-Centric Product Realization
• Emotional Engineering
• Agent-Based Modeling
• Emerging Computational Methods for Engineering Design
• Knowledge-Based Engineering

To participate in the poster session, students that are planning on attending the conference should submit to the organizer (cwang@mae.cuhk.edu.hk) the following information by May 2, 2010:

• Title of your thesis or dissertation
• One page abstract of your research work
• Contact information for you and your advisor
• Status level of this research (pre-proposal, proposed, preliminary results). NOTE: this forum is not an appropriate forum for presenting completed work.

Students and advisors will be notified of acceptance by May 25, 2010. The abstracts will be reviewed by a panel to seek diversity of research topic and representation of different areas of interest to CIE.

The accepted posters should contain, at a minimum, the following sections:

• Title
• Student and Advisor Contact Information
• Abstract of the Work
• Research Motivation
• Research Questions and Hypotheses
• Description of the Work to Date
• Description of the Path Forward
• Lessons Learned

The size of the poster should be about 71.11 cm (W) x 91.43 cm (H). Only one page is allowed. Poster layout can be seen here.

Additional sections may include: software architecture, information models, experimental descriptions, algorithm flow charts, etc.

Students should submit their extended abstract and draft of poster to Miss Siu Ping MOK by June 30, 2010 at siupeipei@yahoo.com.hk. Please be reminded that students should print out the posters themselves.

For more information, you can contact the organizer (Dr. Charlie C.L. Wang) by e-mail (cwang@mae.cuhk.edu.hk).

CAPPD poster and extended abstract templates can be downloaded below.

The CAPPD committee of the ASME Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) division and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are offering a number of travel grants and stipends to support graduate student attendance at the 2010 CIE conference in Montreal to present a poster on their research. Five travel grants each in the amount of $1000 will be awarded by NIST to cover the awardees cost of travel to and accommodation at the conference. Students pursuing doctoral research will be given priority for these grants. Four smaller stipends of $250 are also available to help offset the increasing costs for attending the conference. These are open to any graduate student. Poster submissions reflecting relevant and high quality research work will be favored in the awarding process.

To apply for these awards interested students should submit the following:

• A written statement explaining how the applicant’s research is relevant to any of the technical areas within the CIE division and how attending the conference will benefit the applicant’s on-going research and career goals.
• A travel budget clearly showing estimated expenses, other sources of funding for the trip and how the grant/stipend bridges the shortfall between the two.
• A letter from the student’s research advisor confirming the student’s eligibility, other sources of funding for travel to the conference and supporting the application.

This application must be submitted together with the abstract and other information as requested in the call for posters electronically to the poster session organizer (cwang@mae.cuhk.edu.hk) by the abstract submission deadline. To be eligible for a grant or stipend interested students must be attending a university or college in the United States during the 2010 CIE conference and be a registered student member of ASME. NIST grant recipients must be US citizens.

Applications will be evaluated based on the quality of the research abstract and the written statement submitted. Successful applicants will be informed of the committee’s decision by May 25th 2009. Travel grants will be disbursed through travel arrangements made by NIST’s travel office on behalf of the awardee. Stipends will be presented at the CAPPD committee meeting at the conference. Awardees of both the grants and stipends are required to attend this meeting as a condition of the award.

Student visa of foreign students studying in the United States is only valid in the United States. When foreign students enter Canada, they may need to apply for a visa. The situation varies from country to country depending on which country the student comes from. So each student must find out what preparations are necessary for him/her to enter Canada. It may take time so students must prepare well in advance.

Charlie C.L. Wang
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2609-8052
Fax: (852) 2603-6002
Email: cwang@mae.cuhk.edu.hk