The 2013 MSGC Student Research Symposium was held on Friday April 19, 2013 at MSU-Bozeman. The Symposium was held in conjunction with the first annual Montana Aerospace Workshop: Building Collaborations with Academic and Industry Professionals.

The Symposium is an annual opportunity for Montana students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields to present their research. All MSGC affiliate institutions are encouraged to participate and travel support will be available for MSGC past, present, and potential student participants and their advisers. The Symposium was held on the MSU-Bozeman campus in the Student Union Building (SUB) Ballrooms from 8am to 5pm.

2013 schedule of student talks and posters.

2013 Keynote Speakers

Jaime Waydo Curiosity Rover Mobility Engineer (more info)

Brian Larsen Los Alamos National Lab, NASA Van Allen Probes Scientist

 

 

Student Presentations and Prizes

Students can choose to share their work as a poster or a talk. Individual student talks will be scheduled for 10 minutes with 2 additional minutes for questions from the audience and group talks with two or more students will be scheduled for 15 minutes with 5 additional minutes for questions from the audience. A computer and projector will be provided for all student talks. Please bring a jump drive with your slides in PowerPoint or PDF format with you when you check in for the Symposium to load on the correct computer.

 

Posters will be available for viewing during the entire Symposium with two scheduled poster sessions starting off with one minute "Poster Speed Talks" from each poster presenter. Posters can be set up starting at 7am in SUB Ballroom D. Posters should be picked up by 5pm. Poster awards will be judged on poster content and organization and the poster presenter speed talk but not on individual questions from the judges.

Student Presentation Awards:

• eComponents Technology Best Undergraduate Talk from a Research Institution - $350
• Anasphere, Inc. Best Undergraduate Poster from a Research Institution - $150
• 406 Aerospace Best Undergraduate Talk from a Small Institution - $350
• Museum of the Rockies Best Undergraduate Poster from a Small Institution - $150
• Montana Aviation Research Company Best Graduate Student Talk - $350
• Sciential Consulting, LLC Best Graduate Student Poster - $150
• Montana Space Grant Consortium Best Group Talk - $500

2013 Award Winners

2012 Award Winners

2011 Award Winners

2011 poster session student presenter and his advisor.

Symposium Registration

Register for the 2013 Symposium HERE.

Instructions for applying for travel assitance can be found on the Student Resources page. Travel assistance applications are due with Symposium registration and abstract submission on Friday March 29, 2013.

For questions about the Symposium contact:

• Joey Key
• jkey@physics.montana.edu
• 406.994.1753

Student Resources

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2012 Symposium

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2012 MSGC Student Research Symposium. The 2012 Symposium Schedule is available as well as titles of the 2012 Student Talks and 2012 Student Posters. The 2012 Student Abstracts are organized by session topic.

2011 Symposium

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2011 MSGC Student Research Symposium. The 2011 Symposium included keynote speakers Dava Newman and Jaime Waydo. The 2011 Symposium Schedule is available here as well as the detailed schedule of 2011 Student Presentations and the 2011 Presentation Abstracts organized by session topic.