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Eligibility:
The author must have been an ITE Student Member during period between the deadline of previous year competition and the deadline of the current year’s competition.
Deadline: February 1st.
Format:
- Based on transportation related subject
- 15 pages (maximum); double spaced; typed pages
- be written in English
- one author
- title page with author’s name,
University, mailing address / telephone number where author can be reached between January 1st and April 1st
- table of contents
- submit original manuscript and five photocopies
Evaluation:
The ITE Student Paper will be evaluated in five categories
- Originality (20%)
To what degree does the subject matter and conclusions treat new ideas or call for a significant departure from the present state-of-the art? How imaginative and original was the approach? How extensive were the qualities of inventiveness and ingenuity
used?
- Significance (20%)
To what extent is the paper a major contribution to transportation engineering?
- Scope and Format (20%)
To what degree is the paper complete in relation to its stated purpose? Is the paper well organized? Is it concise?
- Validity (20%)
How sound are the approach techniques, the data used, and the reasoning applied?
- Applicability (20%)
To what degree can the conclusions reached in the paper be applied in a practical manner towards solving transportation engineering problems?
Award:
First place recipient receives $ 250.00
Second place recipient receives $100.00
Papers should be sent to the following by
February 1:
| Chris Kirby |
| Wilbur Smith and Associates |
| 1100 Marion
Street, Suite 200 |
| Knoxville, TN
37921 |
| (865) 963-4300 |
| (862) 963-4301 fax |
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