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UnERD 2022 Conference - Participants Abstract Submission Form
Note: 
The deadline for submitting abstracts with a guarantee of receiving feedback and being eligible for the Best Abstract Award is Wednesday July 27th at 11:59PM ET.

Given high demand and a condensed abstract submission timeline, late submissions will be permitted until August 1st at 11:59PM ET for students interested in participating in UnERD 2022; however, please note that we cannot guarantee review of any abstracts submitted after the July 27th deadline. As the abstract review and grading process takes considerable time, students submitting abstracts between July 28th and August 1st may continue to participate in the UnERD 2022 conference, but will not be eligible for the Best Abstract Award. 

Please reach out to the Planning Committee for any questions. You can reach us at: unerd@engineering.utoronto.ca

Other Channels:
Facebook: @UnERDUofT or UofT Undergraduate Engineering Research Day
Instagram: @unerd_uoft
About UnERD

Undergraduate engineering Research Day (UnERD) is an annual research conference organized by students that promotes collaboration and networking. The focus of the event is for student researchers to showcase their research accomplishments to their colleagues and industry professionals. This is also an opportunity for students to receive valuable feedback.

Abstracts - Writing Information

Students may choose to engage in any one of the two types of projects: Design or Non-Design.  

 
Design Based Research Description:

This project is about designing a system/apparatus to achieve a purpose and fill in a gap/missing requirement in your field, based on previous designs. The project has clear objectives and quantifiable metrics to measure how well the design meets the objectives and fulfils the purpose. The emphasis of the project is on how well the design fills the gap and/or presents a solution.  
 
Design based research rubric can be found here: UnERD 2022_Design Based Abstract Rubric - Google Docs

Non-Design Based Research Description:

This project is about exploring and/or validating a new concept/hypothesis. The aim is to fill in a gap and/or provide new evidence/explanation to a poorly understood phenomenon or an undetermined theory in your field, based on previous literature. The project has a clear purpose or hypothesis to be achieved or verified by following a complete set of experimental protocol. The emphasis of the project is to investigate the implications of the obtained results to support/disprove and explain a concept/theory in your field.  
 
Non-design based research rubric can be found here: UnERD 2022_Non-Design Research Abstract Rubric - Google Docs  


Important Notes:

Note 1: We will be receiving many applications from a variety of disciplines which will be reviewed in a short period of time. The rubrics have been designed to ensure fair and objective marking applicable to various disciplines/fields. We highly recommend tailoring your abstracts to fit the criteria provided by the rubrics to increase the chances of being accepted.  

Note 2: We are aware that certain projects may fit the description in both design and non-design categories. Please do your best to choose one category.  
 
Note 3: We are aware that not all your experiments will have complete or conclusive evidence yet. Accordingly, the points allocated for presenting results have been reduced. We do, however, expect you to show any available/expected results from your work/literature and discuss its potential and implications. This also applies to design-based research.  
 
Note 4: Limit is 250 words. This is not a strict limit; we will allow up to 50 extra words. Extra points will be deducted accordingly if abstract exceeds 300 words. Title is not included in the word count.  
 
Note 5: If your abstract is mainly focused on literature review, please ensure your abstract covers all grading sections outlined in the rubric and pick the rubric that will help you score the highest mark. 

First Name (as it appears on ACORN): *
Preferred First Name:
Last Name: *
Student Number: *
UofT Email: *
Engineering Program: *
Expected Year of Graduation (e.g. 2023 could be 2T3): *
Are you partaking in the Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP)? *
Are you certain you will be present in-person at the 2022 UnERD Conference on August 17th? *
Additional Contributors: *
If more than one person is involved in the research project (eg. your professor or other students in your lab) and working on the abstract, add everybody's names here! Write them as FirstName LastName - Student Number - Program GraduationYear - E-mail. (e.g. John Smith - 1234567890 - Engineering 2T1 - john.smith@mail.utoronto.ca). 
Press Enter for any new Contributor! If you don't have any other contributors, simply state N/A or None!
Which presentation type are you participating in? *
The chosen presentation style will be how you will address your audience and how you will be graded by the judges on the Conference Day.

Podium Presentations: This will be based on presenting content on a projected screen and speaking at a podium in a lecture/classroom setting.

Poster Presentations: This will be based on presenting content from pinned up poster on an open floor gallery style to smaller group audience.
Type of research project (See the form description above for rubric and research project type description): *
Research Category *
Abstract (Limit: 250 words) - NO REFERENCES: *
This is where you will paste your Abstract text. Make sure to include your title in the text as well! (Title is NOT included in the word count).  Also, do NOT include your name, student number, or e-mail in the text, since we will be marking them anonymously. Please do NOT include your references.

Note: If you are submitting between July 28th and August 1st, please email unerd@engineering.utoronto.ca   to ensure the Planning Committee has received your submission.
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