Past President & Fellow Norm Scott (second from left) stands ready to award the winners, while BSGRA committee chair Kaushlendra Singh (far right) looks on.
2019 Winners
PhD Category
1st Place
Isaac Rukundo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Use of a Handheld Near Infrared Spectrometer and Partial Least Squares Regression to Quantify Metanil Yellow Adulteration in Turmeric Powder
2nd Place
Femeena Pandara Valappil, Purdue University, An Improved Process-Based Representation of Stream Solute Transport in SWAT Model
3rd Place
Aishwarya Mahadevan, Texas A&M University, An Improved Glycerol Biosensor with an Au-Fe-NAD-Glycerol-Dehydrogenase anode
MS Category
1st Place
Baljeet Kaur, University of Guelph, Water Security Assessment of Grand River Watershed in South-Western Ontario, Canada
2nd Place
Laljeet Sangha, Auburn University, An Innovative Approach to Rainwater Harvesting for Irrigation Based on ENSO Forecasts
3rd Place
Dideolu Daniel, Louisiana State University, Sulfur Contamination Inhibits Depolymerization of Kraft Lignin
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.
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 and include with paper entry.
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 Author's Guide for information concerning Author's Guide and Journal Manuscript Submission & 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.