The IEEE PES 2011 GM organizing committee and the PES Power and Energy Education Committee are happy to announce that there will be both a Student Support Program and a Student Poster Contest at the PES 2011 GM  in Detroit. More information on other activities for students will be posted on the PES 2011 GM website.

Student Support Program

At the PES 2011 GM, we will offer free hotel accommodation to a limited number of students who apply for this support. 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 is submitting a poster in the student poster contest or has an accepted technical paper; (b) status, i.e., undergrad/grad — undergraduates receive higher priority; (c) early application; (d) merit of application; (e) support provided by student’s advisor. (f) Previous participation in Power and Energy Education Committee (PEEC) sponsored programs (and reputation) (g) Number of accepted applicants from any given university. 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 Conference, or to enter in the Student Poster Contest, but in the event that there are more student applicants than we can support, the applications will be ranked for support.

We plan to notify students of acceptance into this program by May 16, 2011.

Please note that no funds will be available to help with travel costs.

Note you MUST register for the PES 2011 GM before applying for the student support form. You can register at PES 2011 GM here.

Applications for the student hotel support program must be completed using the on-line application form and faculty recommendation form.

The deadline for applying for the student support program (extended abstract, housing and recommendation) is April 30, 2011 (1 p.m. USA Eastern Standard Time).

Call for Posters

Posters are invited for the Student Poster Contest. Posters should be no more than 42″ vertical by 46″ horizontal and extended abstract should be uploaded to the abstract web site. For more information about accepted formats, please see the poster abstract upload site.

The deadline for submitting posters is April 30, 2011.

We look forward to your participation. Feel free to contact IEEE PES PEEC student meetings subcommittee at if you have any questions.

IEEE-PES Student Meetings Subcommittee

Dr. Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, Chair ()

Dr. Sid Suryanarayanan, Vice-Chair ()

Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Secretary ()