President's IQP Awards

President's IQP Awards recognize the student team whose conception, performance and presentation of their Interactive Qualifying Project has been judged outstanding in focusing on the relationships among science, technology and the needs of society.

To be considered for an award, the project must be superior in conception, execution, and presentation. There are no pre-determined categories for the awards, but the award will recognize the qualities in which the project excels.

Each award consists of a Certificate of Merit. Finalists are also recognized on the WPI website and in WPI publications.

Entry Rules and Guidelines

  1. A project may be submitted any time after its completion.
    Completion is defined as follows: If the Registrar has recorded the Completion of Degree Requirement form (CDR), the project is completed for those students named on the forms.
  2. A project may be submitted only once.
  3. To enter the competition, the project author(s) must:
    1. Fill out the competition entry form on line at http://www.wpi.edu/about/awards/iqp/. And print a hard copy of the form.
    2. Submit a separate Executive Summary of no more than five single-spaced pages. Note: You may revise the executive summary of your final project report for this purpose. This summary should accurately represent the report and call attention to those features of the project which are felt to be outstanding and worthy of consideration by the Awards Committee. This summary is the major determinant in the preliminary appraisal stage. Projects are unlikely to get beyond the preliminaries if the summary is poorly written. We urge you to discuss your Executive Summary with your advisor.
    3. Project report. Normally, electronic copies of the project are available in the Gordon Library’s database. A link to the report should be provided on the entry form. If the report is not available through the library please consult with the IGSD regarding access to the report.
    4. Notify your IQP advisor(s) that you will be entering your project in the competition.
  4. Project advisors will be asked to comment, in writing, on the project for the Awards Committee.

Competition Guidelines

Projects will be judged and awards made once each academic year.

  1. The awards will be made for the first, second, and the third places at the discretion of the judges.
  2. Projects will be judged using the following system:
    1. Preliminary review of all entries. The Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division (IGSD) will appoint a faculty screening panel to read and review the project executive summaries and reports.  This committee will select the best five or six projects as finalists.
    2. The Final judging
      1. The Awards Committee, which includes external judges, will read the summaries and review the project reports of the finalists.
      2. In Term C, the authors of the selected projects will be invited to make a 20 minute presentation of their project during the final judging.
      3. The competition winners will be announced by the judges at a reception following the oral presentations.
    3. The competition presentation this year will be on Friday, January 27th, 2012 in the Campus Center Odeum.

Additional Information

For additional information, contact Ruth McKeogh at the Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division in the Project Center building.

Entry Form

Instructions

This form must be submitted, together with an Executive Summary ( No more than five pages, single-spaced) of the project and link to the Project Report to Ruth McKeogh in the Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division located in the Project Center Building 2nd Floor on or before Noon Tuesday, September 27th, 2011.

Download the Entry Form (PDF) 

Award Recipients

 
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