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MPD Student Poster Contest 
2013 MPD Student Poster Contest
SME's Mineral and Metallurgical Processing Division invites all interested students to participate in its Student Poster Contest in conjunction with the 2013 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Denver, CO. Details of the contest are as follows:
- There will be two levels of judging: graduate students and undergraduate students.
- Prizes of $1000, $500 and $300 will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places at each level.
- All other participants* will receive $100; see below for stipulations on participation.
- Students will give an oral (5 min) presentation in a morning (Wednesday) MPD session in addition to presenting their poster at the MPD luncheon.
- All participants will receive one complimentary ticket to the MPD Luncheon at the Annual Meeting.
- The authors of winning poster abstracts will receive a complimentary online subscription to M&MP and a print copy of the May 2013 Student Poster Contest issue.
- All winning poster abstracts will be submitted to peer review; all abstracts that pass peer review will be considered for publication in the May 2013 issue of SME’s prestigious peer-reviewed journal, Minerals & Metallurgical Processing [www.smenet.org/mmpj]. Revision is typically required in order to pass peer review.
Abstracts and posters must conform to the guidelines posted here (PDF) and must be submitted to Jon Kellar, MPD Student Poster Contest Chair, via e-mail to jon.kellar@sdsmt.edu.
- To qualify as a participant, a contest entrant must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited university; must submit an abstract and a poster as per the guidelines posted above; and must be registered and have made plans to attend the 2013 SME Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.
Submission deadline is Tuesday, January 15, 2013.
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