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The IUPAC polymer division regards the International Year of Chemistry as a starting point for ongoing engagement with the public to better communicate the important role of polymer chemistry in serving society. Prior to that we had started a polymer division education Web site to distribute the contents of an educational CD focused on polymers. This Web site became our principal tool for IYC activities including a video and essay contest aimed at high school and university students, an international funding call, and a list of polymer division sponsored IYC events and conferences. In addition, it provides links to educational Web sites around the world, videos related to polymer scientists and polymer division award winners, and simple definitions of common polymer terms. This communication discusses the results of a student competition, an international funding call designed by national funding agencies to develop best practices for multinational research programs, and noteworthy aspects of the educational Web site and summarizes one of the invited papers to the ConfChem online conference A Virtual Colloquium to Sustain and Celebrate IYC 2011 Initiatives in Global Chemical Education, held from May 18 to June 29, 2012 and hosted by the ACS DivCHED Committee on Computers in Chemical Education (CCCE) and the IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education.

Wide theoretical background and engineering (professional and personal) competencies are the natural skills of new hire. Student individual and team projects provide a nice environment for best engineering practice. Introduction of the team projects requires the creation of teams of 4 to 5 students, and application of the obtained multidisciplinary knowledge. The enhancement of students' motivation for active participation in projects may be achieved by involvement of an industrial partner, either by bringing the real life projects or by various sponsorships provided to the university. The student competition and participation in the contest for the best student R&D work contribute considerably to the students' positive attitude to this form of education.

The paper describes our participation in a student competition to design and build a fuel cell based domestic power supply. Various aspects of the educational experience are examined such as the educational goals of the project, project organization, and outcomes. Innovative educational approaches are described such as brainstorming sessions and discussion with students of high-level design choices described by a decision tree. In the second part of the paper the design solution that was adopted is described: this includes an active filter that compensates for the slow dynamics of the fuel cell. The active filter control strategy is described.

This paper deals with the Automatic Control Telelab (ACT), a remote laboratory of automatic control developed at University of Siena. In particular, it focuses on a new chapter of the ACT referred to as “student competition”. It is a mechanism through which students can compete to design the controller with best performance for a given remote experiment. Controllers which achieve the given performance requirements are stored according to a ranking criteria. This tool allows students to make control synthesis practice on real remote processes through the Internet, and to compare their favourite controller with competitors designed by other users.

An effort is being made to introduce engineering and technology to Arkansas high school students. This objective would be accomplished with the assistance of high school teachers. Initial plans include high school teacher training, summer of 1995; high school competition, fall/spring of 1995-1996; and high school student workshop, summer of 1996. The authors describe the organization of this pilot program, and discuss the nature of engineering topics and activities presented in the workshop. The vehicle for introducing engineering will be Stiquito, a small hexapod robot. This inexpensive ($3 each) device employs several concepts from electrical, mechanical, and chemical engineering. Applications of the robot would encompass computer and industrial enginering concepts as well. The teacher training workshop will take place in two one-week sessions. High school teachers will attend a workshop at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and learn about enginering, the Stiquito robot, and the student design competition. The student competition will be conducted at the high schools by the teachers. Teams of two students will build the robot and devise an innovaitve application for the robot. The winning team from each school of the competition will be invited to attend a summer workshop at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. During the workshop, the students will learn about engineering and the role of engineers in society, and participate in engineering activities. >

In 1999 the IEEE Computer Society ran its first International Design Competition, called CSIDC (Computer Society International Design Competition). Typical computing competitions give individual students a problem and expect the contestants to solve them in a few hours. A group of Computer Society members got together to design a new student competition that better reflects the activities students will perform when they graduate. The Computer Society International Design Competition is unusual because it stresses team activity over a relatively long four-month period. All teams taking part in the first CSIDC were given a project kit consisting of hardware and software. Teams had to use this kit to specify, design, construct, document, and test an Internet-based system over a four-month period. The first year of CSIDC was a success and ten teams of students from eight countries took part in the World Finals in Washington, DC. This paper discusses the philosophy of the CSIDC competition, its use of state-of-the-art technology, the provision of a "level-playing field" for all teams, and the mechanisms adopted to provide a fair distribution of competing teams from around the world. However, CSIDC is a very complex and expensive competition to stage. We also look at the feedback from the first cohort of participants and discuss some of the problems the competition faces in terms of its scalability.

The Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn (SUNY, HSCB) instituted an eight-week third world international health elective for fourth year medical students in 1980. Since that time, ninety students have participated. The purposes of this elective are to provide fourth year medical students with an opportunity to observe and study the structure and functions of a health care delivery system in a third world country, to provide medical service, and to have a cross-cultural experience. The emphasis in this elective is on public health, preventive medicine, and primary care. There is a high level of student competition for this elective, with 46.9% of applicants having been accepted over a fifteen-year period. Although women comprise 40% of the average medical school class, they represent 50% of participants in this elective program. The percentage of African-American and Hispanic students has been 20%. These two minority groups represented from 8% to 10% of the student body during the period under study. Careful screening, including an examination of academic records and personal interviews, has resulted in the selection of highly motivated, adaptable, and dedicated students who have performed well at overseas sites. Student satisfaction levels with this elective are extremely high, with most rating it the best experience of their medical school years. Students undergo extensive preparation prior to going overseas. This covers issues related to individual health and safety, travel and lodging, and the nature of the host country culture, health care system, and assignment site. Our students are especially experienced at cross-cultural understanding because of the unusual diversity of the patients they treat in Brooklyn, and the ethnic diversity of local hospital staffs and the medical school class. This Brooklyn experience in cross-cultural understanding has been cited by many participants as having been the best preparation for functioning in a foreign culture. The Alumni Fund of the College of Medicine has strongly and consistently supported this elective both with philosophical commitment and financial grants to help defray travel costs. This type of support is unusual among medical schools in New York City. Overseas preceptors have willingly given of their time and institutional resources to make these experiences available and meaningful for students.

The authors report on a competition that emphasized peer health education and alternative activities to encourage alcohol-free student behavior during a weekend traditionally associated with the abuse of alcohol. The project was designed to promote activities that would (1) be consistent with education/behavior change theories; (2) generate student "ownership," energy, and participation; (3) use the creativity and resourcefulness of students; and (4) involve as many university staff members, departments, and community resources as possible. More than seven university departments and 1,200 students were involved in the project.

Claire Ward was the winner of the 2009 BDS student competition. Her prize was to attend a conference of her choice in 2010. Here she reports back on her experiences at the 8th ICOLD European club symposium in Innsbruck, 22–23 September 2010.

A paper on an innovative opening mechanism for a footbridge won Arup graduate Lee Franck the £1500 top prize in this year's ICE graduate and student papers competition – as well a significant boost to her confidence. ICE's awards executive Tony Blackmore explains the wider benefits.

The MIB III conference was focused on modern computational techniques and advanced methods used to model systems and processes important in biophysics and biochemistry. The whole meeting consisted of several parts. Lectures delivered by invited speakers (P. Politzer, A.M. Toro-Labbe, M.B. Hall, T. Clark, J. Sponer, J. Luque, A. Michalak, A. Klamt, U. Ryde, J. Murray, D. Sundholm, J. Kozelka, J. Koca, N. Gresh and O.N. Ventura) were designed to introduce particular topics, which were further elaborated in consequent talks of other speakers—including shorter contributions of junior researcher and Ph.D. students. The opening lectures were delivered by A. MacKerell (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA) and P. Hobza (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic). This conference can be considered as a continuation of Polish–Czech (–American) meetings, which is taking place every year in Wroclaw or in Prague since 2003. The web links to these meetings are also present at the web address of the MIB III (cf. above) together with conference pictures. A poster student competition was organized during the poster sessions. Organizers are grateful to Springer publishing for donation to the three best poster projects (V. Klusak, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic; K. Musa, Orebro University, Sweden and E. Walczak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland). Additional support was obtained from COSMOLogic (GmbH&Co.KG). The full program with titles of lectures and other details can be found on the webpage: http://physics.mff.cuni.cz/ kchfo/workshop07. At the conference, more than 80 researchers from 25 countries participated who delivered more than 33 oral presentations and 31 posters. J Mol Model (2008) 14:649 DOI 10.1007/s00894-008-0323-y

In the following pages you can read the winning student entry in the postgraduate category of the first joint student competition in Business Ethics, sponsored by the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE) and the UK Association of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN-UK). As the leading corporate-facing business ethics organisation in the UK it is part of the mission of IBE to engage with the academic community in the encouragement of the teaching of business ethics to those who will form the business community of the future. EBEN-UK is the leading academic body in the UK, affiliated to the European Business Ethics Network and with a wide membership from across the Universities in the UK. Its members teach business ethics within Business Schools and publish textbooks and scholarly articles on the subject. The idea of a joint student competition was borne out of the desire of both institutions to promote business ethics teaching and the visibility of business ethics in business schools throughout the UK. The competition had undergraduate as well as postgraduate categories and required the submission of an assignment or an original essay or case study on any aspect of business ethics. Business schools were asked to submit the best piece of work in each category from their school. A joint panel was established and judged the entries against criteria of topicality, clarity of expression, use of theory and application to practice. The d500 prizes were awarded at a ceremony at IBE’s offices in London in July 2003. The undergraduate prize was awarded to Martyn Thompson of Manchester Metropolitan University for his essay on whistleblowing. The postgraduate prize was awarded to Chris Beer of Nottingham University Business School for his essay on stakeholders. That essay is reproduced here. The competition received some very high calibre pieces of work, as you can judge from the article that follows. The competition is being repeated in 2004 and we look forward to equally high quality entries.

Objectives. The purpose of this research was to develop, implement, and evaluate a 10-item assessment instrument for pharmacy students participating in a local Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee competition. The instrument was designed to measure and document student perceived-learning processes and outcomes. Methods. The study used a single group posttest design with a retrospective pretest component. The self-assessment instrument was comprised of 10 assessment items and 5 open-ended questions. The Rasch rating scale model was used to evaluate data provided by the instrument. Results. The perceived outcomes from the competition in terms of student growth through participation and completion of the assessment instrument were favorable for all items. However, 3 of the 6 items administered in a retrospective pretest-posttest format became more difficult for students to endorse. Conclusion. The Competition Student Assessment Instrument provided valuable, meaningful, and re...

Competition can play a very positive role of university, stimulating students to extra efforts. The international student competition in Analytical Chemistry as performed at Belgrade university is discussed in detail.

Architects shape future dwellings and built environments in ways that are critical for aging bodies. This article explores how assumptions about aging bodies are made manifest in architectural plans and designs. By analysing entries for an international student competition Caring for Older People (2009), we illustrate the ways in which aged bodies were conceived by future architectural professionals. Through analysing the architectural plans, we can discern the students' expectations and assumptions about aging bodies and embodiment through their use of and reference to spaces, places and things. We analyse the visual and discursive strategies by which aged bodies were represented variously as frail, dependent, healthy, technologically engaged and socially situated in domestic and community settings, and also how architects inscribed ideas about care and embodiment into their proposals. Through our analysis of these data we also attend to the non-representational ways in which design and spatiality may be crucial to the fabrication of embodied practices, atmospheres and affects. We end by reflecting on how configurations and ideologies of care can be reproduced through architectural spaces, and conclude that a dialogue between architecture and sociology has the potential to transform concepts of aging, embodiment and care.

The 75th Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association will be held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, June 15-18 , 1980. All members of the Association are encouraged to present papers. Abstracts must be received by division or section chairman no later tban March 1. Abstracts of papers for student competition should be accompanied by a letter of intent. Type the abstract on the form supplied by the ADSA Executive Secretary according to directions on the form; submit original and one copy to the chairman of the division or section. Follow style and abbreviations of the Journal; refer to abstracts published in the May 1975 Journal for guidance. Indicate clearly in the title the nature of the research and in the abstract objectives, design, and major results. Make the data meaningful with brief essential statistics. Papers must have sufficient substance to justify presentation, but the author(s) should also exercise care not to try to present too much factual material for the audience to comprehend. Only 12 minutes are allotted to develop and communicate the ideas to the audience. If critical data are to be fully exposed, only one, two, or possibly three major points can be developed fully. Presentation of material in 12 minutes that is of such scope as to require 30 minutes for its full revelation is a disservice to the audience. More attention should be given to providing an opportunity for discussion and questions following paper presentations. Abstracts of research accepted for publication by a scientific journal before the annual meeting are not acceptable. The Program Committee favors the general policy that a person present only one paper. If the total number of papers submitted by the membership is too great to include in the program, the Committee will assign some papers to be read by title only. Stimulating the highest quality of applied and fundamental research is the goal of the Committee. Mathematical and statistical units should be rechecked to avoid costly corrections in final printing. Careful experimental design and interpretation of results are necessary prerequisities. Compliance with the instructions for preparation of abstracts will simplify tasks of the Program Committee and of the Editors' offices. Careful editing of abstracts before submission is essential. Mimeographed copies (200) of pertinent details and data are desirable for distribution at the time of presentation. Projected material, such as 2 x 2 slides, should include large lettering for easy reading. Names and addresses of the chairman to whom abstracts should be sent are given below. If acknowledgment of the receipt of the abstract is not received by March 15, the appropriate chairman should be contacted.

The 71st Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association will be June 20 to 23, 1976, at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Titles and abstracts of papers offered for oral presentation must be received by the chairman of the section or division by March 1, 1976, for selection and arrangement of the program for publication in the Journal of Dairy Science for April. Abstracts for graduate student competition must have a letter of intent. The program committee encourages participation by members of the ADSA in the program and solicits reports of original completed research not yet published by a scientific or trade journal. The ADSA seeks to stimulate excellence in research and reporting of it. Abstracts selected by the program committee will be printed by photocopy without editing in a program separate from the Journal of Dairy Science. The author is completely responsible for the quality of his abstract. He should be guided by Instructions for Presentation to accompany the abstract form, the CBE Style Manual, and examples of abstracts in the Journal of Dairy Science for May, 1975. Abstracts typed within the box of the printed abstract form furnished by the ADSA are limited to 17 single-spaced typed lines 14.5 cm long with not more than 66 spaces (200 words). A standard pica type is preferred. Title and byline are outside the box. The abstract should review important objectives, materials, results, and conclusions as meaningfully and concisely as possible. The abstract should be intelligible without reference to the oral presentation or paper for distribution. Abbreviations and symbols are prohibited except units of measure with digits which should be standard by the CBE Style Manual, 3rd edition. Statements of statistical probability and references are excluded. The abstract should conclude with statements of application or importance of results. When too many papers are submitted to include all in the program, the program committee will assign some papers to be read by title only. The general policy is that a person present only one paper and be author of not more than two. Any author submitting more than one abstract should rank his abstracts by his preference. Copies (250) of pertinent data and results should be available for distribution at the time of presentation in addition to legible material for projection on a screen. Abstracts should be sent to the chairman of the section or division to which the material is pertinent. If acknowledgement of receipt of the abstract is not received by March 10, the chairman should be contacted.

The 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association will be held at University of Missouri, Columbia, June 21-24, 1987. All members of the Association are encouraged to present papers. Abstracts must be received by division chairperson no later than February 15, 1986. Abstracts of papers for student competition should be accompanied by a letter of intent. Type the abstract on the form supplied by the ADSA Executive Secretary according to directions on the form; submit original and four copies to the chairperson of the division. Follow style of the Journal; refer to abstracts published in the 1986 Journal Supplement for guidance. Indicate clearly in the title the nature of the research and in the abstract objectives, design, and major results. Make the data meaningful with brief essential statistics. Papers must have sufficient substance to justify presentation, but the author(s) should also exercise care not to try to present too much factual material for the audience to comprehend. Only 12 minutes are allotted to develop and communicate the ideas to the audience. If critical data are to be exposed fully, only one, two, or possibly three major points can be developed fully. Presentation of material in 12 minutes that is of such scope as to require 30 minutes for its full revelation is a disservice to the audience. More attention should be given to providing an opportunity for discussion and questions following paper presentations. Abstracts of research accepted for publication by a scientific journal before the annual meeting are not acceptable. The Program Committee favors the general policy that a person present only one paper. If the total number of papers submitted by the membership is too great to include in the program, the Committee will assign some papers to be read by title only. Stimulating the highest quality of applied and fundamental research is the goal of the Committee. Mathematical and statistical units should be rechecked to avoid costly corrections in final printing. Careful experimental design and interpretation of results are necessary prerequisites. Compliance with the instructions for preparation of abstracts will simplify tasks of the Program Committee and of the Editor's offices. Careful editing of abstracts before submission is essential. Mimeographed copies (200) of pertinent details and data are desirable for distribution at the time of presentation. Projected material, such as 2 x 2 slides, should include large lettering for easy reading. Names and addresses of the chairpersons to whom abstracts should be sent are given below. If acknowledgment of the receipt of the abstract is not received by March 15, the appropriate chairperson should be contacted.

The 81st Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association will be held at University of California, Davis, June 23-26 , 1986. All members of the Association are encouraged to present papers. Abstracts must be received by division chairperson no later ttoan February 15, 1986. Abstracts of papers for student competition should be accompanied by a letter of intent. Type the abstract on the form supplied by the ADSA Executive Secretary according to directions on the form; submit original and four copies to the chairperson of the division. Follow style of the Journal; refer to abstracts published in the 1984 Journal Supplement for guidance. Indicate clearly in the title the nature of the research and in the abstract objectives, design, and major results. Make the data meaningful with brief essential statistics. Papers must have sufficient substance to justify presentation, but the author(s) should also exercise care not to try to present too much factual material for the audience to comprehend. Only 12 minutes are allotted to develop and communicate the ideas to the audience. If critical data are to be exposed fully, only one, two, or possibly three major points can be developed fully. Presentation of material in 12 minutes that is of such scope as to require 30 minutes for its full revelation is a disservice to the audience. More attention should be given to providing an opportunity for discussion and questions following paper presentations. Abstracts of research accepted for publication by a scientific journal before the annual meeting are not acceptable. The Program Committee favors the general policy that a person present only one paper. If the total number of papers submitted by the membership is too great to include in the program, the Committee will assign some papers to be read by title only. Stimulating the highest quality of applied and fundamental research is the goal of the Committee. Mathematical and statistical units should be rechecked to avoid costly corrections in final printing. Careful experimental design and interpretation of results are necessary prerequisites. Compliance with the instructions for preparation of abstracts will simplify tasks of the Program Committee and of the Editor's offices. Careful editing of abstracts before submission is essential. Mimeographed copies (200) of pertinent details and data are desirable for distribution at the time of presentation. Projected material, such as 2 x 2 slides, should include large lettering for easy reading. Names and addresses of the chairpersons to whom abstracts should be sent are given below. If acknowledgment of the receipt of the abstract is not received by March 15, the appropriate chairperson should be contacted.

The 74th Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association wil be held at Utah State University, Logan, June 24 -27 , 1979. All members of the Association are encouraged to present papers. Abstracts must be received by division or section chairman no later than March 1 for publication of titles and abstracts. Abstracts of papers for student competition should be accompanied by a letter of intent. Limit abstracts to no more than 200 words, 17 typed lines. Longer abstracts will be returned to the author(s). Type the original double-spaced on the form supplied by the ADSA Executive Secretary; submit original and one copy to the chairman of the division or section. Follow style and abbreviations of the Journal; refer to abstracts published in the May 1975 Journal for guidance. Indicate clearly in the title the nature of the research and abstract objectives, design, and major results. Make the data meaningful with brief essential statistics. Papers must have sufficient substance to justify presentation, but the author(s) should also exercise care not to try to present too much factual material for the audience to comprehend and digest. Only 12 minutes are alloted to develop and communicate the ideas to your audience. If critical data are to be fully exposed, only one, two, or possibly three major points can be developed fully. Presentation of material in 12 minutes that is of such scope as to require 30 minutes for its full revelation is a disservice to your audience. More attention should be given to providing an opportunity for discussion and questions following paper presentations. Abstracts of research accepted for publication by a scientific journal before the annual meeting are not acceptable. The Program Committee favors the general policy that a person present only one paper. If the total number of papers submitted by the membership is too great to include in the program, the Committee will assign some papers to be read by title only. Stimulating the highest quality of applied and fundamental research is the goal of the committee. Mathematical and statistical units should be rechecked to avoid costly corrections in final printing. Careful experimental design and interpretation of results are necessary prerequisites. Compliance with the instructions for preparation of abstracts will simplify tasks o f the Program Committee and of the Editors' offices. Careful editing of abstracts before submission is essential. Mimeographed copies (200) of pertinent details and data are desirable for distribution at the time of presentation. Projected material, such as 2 × 2 slides, should include large lettering for easy reading. Names and addresses of the chairman to whom abstracts should be sent are given below. If acknowledgement of the receipt of the abstract is not received by March 15, the appropriate chairman should be contacted.

The 68th Annual Meeting of the American Daily Science Association will be held at the Washington State University, Pullman, June 2427, 1973. All members of the Association are encouraged to present papers. Abstracts must be received by division or section chairman no later than March 1 for publication of titles and program in the April issue of the Journal of Dairy Science. Abstracts of papers for student competition should be accompanied by a letter of intent. Limit abstracts to no more than 200 words, 17 typed lines. Longer abstracts will be returned to the author(s). Type the original double-spaced on the form supplied by the ADSA Executive Secretary; submit original and one copy to the chairman of the division or section. Follow style and abbreviations of the Journal; refer to abstracts published in the May 1972 Journal for guidance. Indicate dearly in the title the nature of the research and abstract objectives, design and major results. Make the data meaningful with brief essential statistics. We are all aware of papers that do not have sufficient substance to justify presentation. Another error often made, is that of trying to present too much factual material for the audience to comprehend and digest. Only 12 minutes is allotted to develop and communicate the ideas to your audience. If critical data are to be fully exposed only one or two, and not more than three, major points can be developed fully. Presentation of material in 12 minutes that is of such scope as to require 30 minutes for its full revelation is a disservice to your audience. More attention should be given to providing an opportunity for discussion and questions following paper presentations. Abstracts of research accepted for publication by a scientific journal before the annual meeting are not acceptable. The Program Committee favors the general policy that a person present only one paper. If the total number of papers submitted by the membership is too great to include in the program, the Committee will assign some papers to be read by title only. Stimulating the highest quality of applied and fundamental research is the goal of the committee. Mathematical and statistical units should be rechecked to avoid costly corrections in final printing. Careful experimental design and interpretation of results are necessary prerequisites. Compliance with the instructions for preparation of abstracts ~I1 simplify tasks of the Program Committee and of the Editors' offices. Careful editing of abstracts before submission is essential. Mimeographed copies (300) of pertinent details and data are desirable for distribution at the time of presentation. Projected material, such as 2X2 slides, should include large lettering for easy reading. Names and addresses of the chairman to whom abstracts should be sent are given below. If acknowledgment of the receipt of the abstract is not received by March 15, the appropriate chairman should be contacted.