The Robert L. Lichten Award was established to provide an incentive for AHS members, who have not previously presented a paper at a technical forum, to present their work at local AHS meetings.  The winner of this regional competition will compete for the national award, which will be selected prior to the 2008 AHS Forum in Montreal, Canada.

Eligibility Requirements:

The award is open to all AHS members who have not previously presented a paper at a national meeting of a technical society (e.g., the AHS Annual Forum , annual AIAA conference, AHS Specialists Meetings). Presentations at local chapter meetings of a technical society, as well as presentations to local civic organizations are exempt from this constraint.  Questions regarding the status of the meetings should be directed to the AHS Technical Director.  Co-authors of papers previously presented at national meetings are eligible provided they were not the principal author and did not make the presentation.

 a)  The presentation must be new unpublished material, and written papers are not required prior to the presentation.  If the presenter is selected as the winner by the region, a written paper must be composed for judging by the Technical Council.

 b)  The technical presentation should be at least 20 minutes in length.

 c)  Single-authored papers are preferred, but co-authored papers may be eligible as long as the presenter has done the work.  In addition, non-AHS Forum papers are eligible provided the meeting is held after the Forum closing date.  AHS Forum papers submitted for the current Forum are also eligible provided they meet all of the aforementioned requirements.

The regional competition will be held in December 2007 (exact date to be determined).  Additional information on the competition will be distributed to the candidates upon receipt of the abstracts.  In order to be eligible to compete in the national competition, the winner of the regional competition must prepare a written paper that is due to AHS Headquarters by February 15, 2008.

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