Congratulations to the 2024 Winners!
1st Place – Ayden Kemp, Auburn University
Production of Aviation Fuel-Range Hydrocarbons for Sustainable Aviation Fuels Through the Catalytic Co-pyrolysis of Polystyrene and Pine
2nd Place – Kennedy Belknap, University of Florida
Developing a Standardization Method for the Gatorspec Spectroscopy System for Water Quality Analysis
3rd Place – Alise Chavanapanit, University of California-Davis
Fine-tuning AI-Driven Image Segmentation Techniques of Hydroponically Grown Lettuce in Low-Quality Visuals
The objective of the K. K. Barnes Student Paper Awards Competition is to encourage undergraduate students in the preparation of better technical papers on subjects in the agricultural, food or biological engineering field. It is intended as a special inducement to supplement the training provided in the undergraduate curriculum by providing early practice in a type of performance required of professionals in the work in which they will later engage.
The competition consists of two parts: a written competition and an oral competition. Authors of the top three written papers are invited to attend the ASABE Annual Meeting to participate in the oral competition.
Rules and regulations governing the K. K. Barnes Student Paper Awards are listed below. It is important that they be fully understood and complied with by those competing for the awards. Please contact the Awards Administrator with questions.
Eligibility
Contestants shall be student members of ASABE and undergraduates at the time of the studies that resulted in the preparation of the paper. Papers shall be received at ASABE headquarters no later than six months after the students’ receipt of the first professional degree. The number of contestants shall be limited to one entry per year.
Papers and/or projects submitted to the AGCO National Student Design Competition are not eligible for the K. K. Barnes Student Paper Awards Competition.
Awards
First Place:$500 cash, ASABE meeting registration fee waived, and a certificate. The engineering department developing the first-place winner will also receive a commemorative certificate.
Second Place: $300 cash, ASABE meeting registration fee waived, and a certificate.
Third Place: $200 cash, ASABE meeting registration fee waived, and a certificate.
Entry Deadline: May 15. Please submit papers to awards@asabe.org. Only electronic submissions will be accepted.
Committee Bylaws and Competition Guidelines