2024 Region II Student Conference 4 April - 5 April 2024 Center for Space Education, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Registration is now closed.

The deadline to register is 28 February 2024.
Non-Refundable Registration Fees

• Student Base Fee: $95
• Faculty/Professional: $0

The student registration fee includes hotel room for 3 nights (when staying 4 students to a room) plus conference meals.

We require all cancellations occur by 27 March 2024. If you cancel after this date, there will be a $100.00 cancellation fee. Registration fees are waived for faculty attendees.

Contact

Cassy Dellinger, region2@aiaastudentconference.org

Abstract Submissions are now closed

All papers submitted to the Student Regional Conferences must follow the AIAA Meeting Paper format.

All Region II papers must be approved by the AIAA Student Branch Faculty Advisor. The student author will verify during their abstract and final paper submission that they have gotten approval from their AIAA Student Branch Faculty Advisor.

• Abstract Deadline:  4 February 2024
• Manuscript Deadline:  4 March 2024

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) sponsors student conferences in each AIAA Region as a means to encourage students in aerospace-related fields to discuss research, exchange knowledge, and generate interest in the field of aerospace engineering.

This Call for Papers solicits papers for the 2024 AIAA Region II Student Conference.

The conference’s three categories—Undergraduate, Masters, and Undergraduate Team— each have three prizes that are funded by the AIAA Foundation. The prizes are as follows:

Prizes

• First place: $500 and a trip to the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum in January, for one author
• Second Place: $300
• Third Place: $250

Region II sponsors additional categories for this student conference. The prizes are as follows:

Freshman/Sophomore Open Topic Competition

• First place: $125
• Second place: $75
• Third place: $50

Outstanding Student Branch Activity

• First place: $200
• Second place: $100
• Third place: $50

AIAA Foundation Categories:

Undergraduate Category

For the undergraduate student category, no more than two student authors may prepare and/or present a paper at any AIAA student competition. Topics submitted may not be the same or a part of any project involving more than two students. Papers prepared jointly by an undergraduate and Master's student will be scored in the Master's category.

Masters Category

For the Master's student category, no more than two student authors may prepare and/or present a paper at any AIAA student competition. Topics submitted may not be the same or a part of any project involving more than two students. Papers prepared jointly by an undergraduate and Master's student will be scored in the Master's category.

Undergraduate Team Category

The Undergraduate Team paper can have 3 to 10 total student authors (undergraduates only), and one listed graduate student or one listed faculty advisor.

For a complete list of AIAA Foundation category rules please visit the rules document .

Region II Categories:

Outstanding Student Branch Activity

The Outstanding Student Branch Activity category allows AIAA student branches to share the details of their most outstanding activity during the last 12 months. Only one paper should be submitted for each student branch. For this category a branch should submit a 1-page talking-paper and prepare a 10-minute presentation.

• The Outstanding Student Branch Activity category is open to all student members.
• This category requires a one page talking paper.
• The presentation of work will be limited to 10 minutes.

Freshman & Sophomore Open Topic Category

The Freshman & Sophomore Open Topic category provides students an opportunity to experience participating in the paper competition without requiring the submissions to be held to the level of depth of the technical paper competition.

Freshman and Sophomore students are welcome to submit their work in the technical paper competition instead if they feel that their work is better suited for that category.

• The Open Topic category is open only to Freshman and Sophomores (1st and 2nd year students regardless of what the university classification based on credit hours is).
• Paper submissions need to follow the same formatting guidelines as the technical paper categories (Submitting Documents).
• The presentation of work will follow the same guidelines as the technical paper categories .
• No more than two student authors may prepare and/or present a paper in this category.
• Any engineering related topic will be acceptable for this category (including aerospace historical topics).

Wednesday, 3 April
   1600–2300 hrs: Registration check-in at The Radisson at the Port
   1600–2300 hrs: Presentation slides uploaded to conference computers
   1800–2100 hrs: Welcome social activity

Thursday, 4 April
   0745 hrs: Opening Announcements
   0800–0845 hrs: Keynote Address by Joe Bussenger
   0845–1130 hrs: Morning Student Presentations
   1200–1400 hrs: Luncheon with Guest Speaker Bill "Roto" Reuter
   1400–1730 hrs: Afternoon Student Presentations
   1800–2100 hrs: Social

Friday, 5 April
   0800–1130 hrs: Morning Student Presentations
   1300–1630 hrs: Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex
   1730-1830 hrs: Social Hour
   1830-2130 hrs: Awards Banquet with Guest Speaker Robert Cabana
   2130 hrs: Winners Reception