Student Competitions

Solvay Student Paper Competition

The American Society for Composites (ASC) supports Solvay Award for the Best Student Paper in Composites to be presented annually at the ASC Conference.

Eligibility:

1. Only papers on polymer composites manufacturing, materials development, adhesive bonding, and recycling are eligible for this competition, in particular

1. Innovative manufacturing and prototyping methods

2. Process design, modeling, and optimization

3. Process-induced defects and residual stresses

4. Out-of-autoclave methods, RTM, compression molding, stamping

5. Composite joining (focus on adhesive bonding), assembly, co-cure

6. New materials development and chemistries for composites

7. Cost and waste reduction, and reutilization, in the composite supply chain

8. Recycling and re-purposing of composites

2. The first author and presenter has to be an undergraduate or graduate student in an engineering program at the time of the first abstract submission deadline. Post-doctoral researchers and other research staff will not be considered.

3. No extensions will be given for the submission of the paper beyond the final conference paper submission deadline.

4. A limit of two secondary authors (a total of three authors) will be allowed to insure that the student first author has contributed significantly to the research.

For more information, see https://www.asc-composites.org/files/ASC-SolvayStudentPaperAward.pdf

Instructions for submission:

Students submitting to the Solvey Student Paper Competition need to submit their abstracts through infoReady to Topic 42 (Other Composite Research and add "(Solvay Competition)" in the box "Proposal Title" after the paper title as shown below.

Student Simulation Challenge

We are pleased to announce the 2023 ASC Student Simulation Challenge. This years competition is aimed at developing a manufacturable sling-less catapult arm to launch a blueberry. The competition will feature an in person demonstration where the blueberries will be flying so bring your safety glasses and hunger to the competition.

More details can be found here

Important Dates

Jan 15	Abstract Submission Open
Mar 26	Abstract Submission Deadline
Apr 11	Notification of Abstract Acceptance
Jun 9	Paper Submission Deadline
Jun 6	Registration Open
Jul 1	Paper Acceptance Decision
Jul 15	Presenter Registration Deadline
Jul 15	Copyright Forms Due
Sep 1	Regular Registratation Deadline
Sep 18-20	Conference

For further information, please contact: ASC_2023@uml.edu