Submission deadline is September 28, 2008 @ 8:00 pm Pacific Standard Time

Students are encouraged to submit their work for presentation at the 18th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy. In order to facilitate judging of student contributions and presentation of the Best Student Paper Award at the conference banquet, full written papers must be received by Sunday, September 28. Papers received after Sunday, September 28 will be accepted for review and publication, but they will not be eligible for the award.

Selected members of the 18th TOFE Technical Program Committee will review all submissions with students as first authors and select the best student work presented at the meeting. Formal evaluation criteria will be used to assess the quality of the student's work based on three categories:

1. The technical merit of the work (50%), for example:

1. Value to field
2. Completeness/correctness
3. Originality

2. The quality of the presentation/poster materials (25%), for example:

1. Logical layout/flow
2. Appropriate use of charts/tables/text

3. Formal interactions with the student (25%), for example:

1. Oral communication skills
2. Ability to address questions.

The student author of this work will receive a $500 cash award and a plaque recognizing their accomplishment. In addition, Fusion Science and Technology will offer a page charge waiver to the winning author for a related full paper submitted within one year.

• Outstanding Technical Accomplishment Award

• Outstanding Achievement Award