The NAPS 2009 organizing committee and the PES Power Engineering Education Committee are happy to announce that there will be a Student Support Program and a Student Paper Contest at the 2009 North American Power Symposium (NAPS) at Mississippi State.

The deadline for applying for the student support program is July 22, 2009 (11 PM CST).

We plan to notify students of acceptance into this program by July 25, 2009.

At the NAPS 2009, we will offer free hotel accommodation to a limited number of students who apply for this support. Additionally, we may provide a travel subsidy to students registered at US university
contingent on funding availability. In case the number of applicants exceeds the number of students we are able to accommodate, there will be prioritization based on (a) whether student has an accepted technical paper; (b) status, i.e., undergrad/grad --- undergraduates receive higher priority; (c) timely application; (d) merit of application; (e) financial support provided by student's advisor; (f) Previous
participation in PEEC sponsored programs. Women, minorities and undergraduates are especially encouraged to apply.

In order to be selected for free accommodation it is not essential to have a technical paper accepted at the Meeting, but in the event that there are more student applicants than we can support, the applications
will be ranked for support.

Note: You MUST register for the NAPS 2009 before applying for the student support form. Register Now!

If you are accepted in the student housing program: 

1. You will receive free accommodation for a maximum of up to 4 (four nights): Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday (i.e. Check-in Saturday, October 3rd and Check-out Wednesday, October 7th).  You are responsible for any hotel costs and bookings outside of this period.

2. You will be assigned a one or two roommates for shared accommodation.  

Instructions:

1. Have your professor or supervisor complete a Faculty Reference Form.  If your "professor" or “supervisor” does not complete this form by the application deadline given above, your application will be rejected automatically.  

2. Upon successful submission of the registration form you will be directed to a confirmation page. Please make sure you enter your email address correctly, or you will miss all notifications. If you receive an acceptance notification, you will have to reconfirm your intent to attend the NAPS 2009 at that time.

3. Complete the Student Housing Application Form. Please note that we will use your NAPS 2009 Registration number as the confirmation number for the student housing applications and you are require to register first for the conference before completing this form.

4. Please also note that if you do not complete ALL required questions, you will NOT be able to submit the form.  Required questions are denoted with a star (*). 

Based on funding support, we may be able to provide travel subsidy to students registered at U.S. Universities.

All accepted paper with a student as the first Author will be qualified for the paper contest. The student also need to be the presenting author. Students do not need to apply for the paper contest. Winners of
the student paper contest will be announced on the October 6th Luncheon during the NAPS conference.

We look forward to your participation.

Please contact Dr. Anurag Srivastava if you have any additional questions concerning the student support program.

For More Information:
Dr. Anurag K Srivastava, NAPS 09 Student Program Chair
Assistant Research Professor
412 Simrall Hall, 406 Hardy Road, P O Box 9571
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
srivastava@ece.msstate.edu
Phone: 662-325-5838
http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~srivastava/