2024 Winners
PhD Category
1st Place: Hongxu Zhou, University of Illinois
Towards Agricultural Sustainability: Exploring the Potential of Biochar Pellets for Phosphorus Loss Reduction from Tile-Drained Agroecosystems
2nd Place: Ikenna Onyekwelu, Kansas State University
A Bayesian Regression Approach for Estimating Photosynthetically Active Radiation using Satellite Data: Implications for Soybean Yield Prediction using the CropGro Model
3rd Place: Roselle Barretto, Kansas State University
Novel Hempseed Protein Adhesive Plywood Applications
MS Category
1st Place: Aleena Rayamajhi, University of Georgia
SpotChecker: An Artificial Intelligence-Guided Web Tool for Spot Anthracnose Detection in Flowering Dogwood
2nd Place: Preetika Kaur, Auburn University
Characterization of Soil Pores in Strip-Tilled and Conventionally Tilled Soil using X-ray Computed Tomography
3rd Place: Kesevan Veloo, Washington State University
AGIcam+: Performance Comparison of an In-Field Multispectral and Thermal Sensor System with UAV Imaging for Wheat Drought Stress Monitoring
Past Winners
The Competition
The Boyd-Scott Graduate Research Award is to recognize excellence in the conduct and presentation of research to build the knowledge base needed by engineers who design equipment, facilities, and processes for the sustainable operation of a biological system.
Contestants are required to be a member of ASABE.
Entry Deadline: March 15
The Boyd-Scott Graduate Research Award consists of a written competition, and an oral competition held during the ASABE Annual International Meeting. Judges will select three M.S. finalists and three Ph.D. finalists from the written competition who will then be invited to present their research before judges at a scheduled technical session held during the ASABE Annual International Meeting. The six finalists' meeting registration will be waived.
Cash prizes of $500, $300, and $200 will be awarded to the top three finishers in each category after the meeting.
Entry Form must be submitted with properly formatted paper. Please see guidelines below for formatting requirements.
2. Organization of Paper - Students are advised to adhere to the following guidelines when preparing their research paper entries:
a. Organization of the research paper must conform to the guidelines published by ASABE for refereed journals. Access the Guide for Authors for information concerning journal manuscript submission and formatting.
b. The entire research paper entry, including all figures, list of references and appendices, must not exceed 20 pages.
c. Some graphics (figures and tables) do not print or download well so students are encouraged to produce their graphics in black-and-white format.
3. Submit entry form and research paper as a PDF file. It is the entrant's responsibility to verify that the converted file appears as intended. Send to the Awards Administrator
4. Scoring - Click here to see the judging criteria and allocation of points.
For the current competition, all entries must be submitted via e-mail to the Awards Administrator by March 15th.