The conference will feature on-site activities at the University of Minnesota and will also be accessible via satellite downlink to colleges and universities across the nation, including Illinois. As a sponsor, UIUC receives 10 free participant registrations to the Minnesota conference. All are invited to attend. Applicants must be PhD students that are interested in an academic career and will not graduate before January of 2001. Deadline is February 4, 2000.
Students doing research in an area of computer engineering are eligible to apply.
Student's resume, including a list of the student's publications. Nominations should be submitted to Sheryle Carpenter in 153 EL on or before Friday, February 18, 2000. All of these awards require that the student be enrolled in the Ph.D. program of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UIUC and that the student shall have successfully passed his or her qualifying examination. In addition each award requires that the student have demonstrated excellence in research in one of the areas of electrical and computer engineering. D.C. C. Papenfuss attended the auto show in St. Louis, MO, for HEV project.