2019 Student Research Poster Competition:

We’re Turning it up to 11!

An event so big we’re hosting it at the Union! $11,000 in prizes will be awarded to up to 29 students! Join us as we celebrate eleven years of high-impact student research. 

The Student Research Poster Competition is the highlight of our academic year. Doing research and presenting findings to an audience of professional engineers underscores the distinctive opportunities students have here at one of the nation’s top research universities – a rare opportunity that adds to the prestige of the journey to becoming a UW-Milwaukee Engineer.

$11,000 will be awarded! 

Each prize, except the Mike Krauski Memorial Award, is awarded to undergraduate and graduate entries.

  • First Place: $2,000
  • Second Place: $1,000
  • Third Place: $500
  • Honorable Mentions, three/category, each: $200
  • Student Choice: $400
  • NEW! Department Awards, seven undergraduate/seven graduate, each: $100
  • Mike Krauski Memorial Award $1,000

Dates to Remember

  • March 1, 2019 – Website open for abstracts
  • March 29, 2019 – Abstracts due
  • April 1, 2019 – Judge registration closes
  • April 15, 2019 – Posters, PowerPoint decks and Mike Krauski Memorial Award submissions due
  • April 27, 2018 – Student Research Poster Competition

Questions? Please contact Wendy Pero (pero@uwm.edu).

Need tips on how to create a poster? Learn more here.

View video highlights from the 2018 event.