Judging Information

The success of an undergraduate research conference is due in large part to the many judges that provide feedback to the student presenters throughout the conference. In addition to student feedback, the scores are used to disperse several presentation awards.

Judge Interest Application Link

Faculty, staff, post-docs, Purdue retirees, and graduate students should use the Qualtrics Form to indicate their interest and availability during the Fall Undergraduate Research Expo. Please treat this interest application link as a sign-up form and pencil in the time you let us know.

You may select more than one way to judge. For the poster symposia, you will indicate which session(s) you can judge. For the research talks, we will use the availability you include to create a schedule and send that to you. Virtual presentations will be assigned closer to the event.

Parents and other community members without a BoilerKey login do not need to register in advance to judge. Simply go to the judge check-in table at each event. Undergraduate students who wish to provide peer feedback also need not register in advance. Directions for undergraduate students are available at the student check-in table at the events.

We anticipate many more in-person presentations than virtual presentations. 

Logistics for Different Types of Presentations

In-person Poster Symposium - November 14 in PMU South Ballroom

Judges will be assigned posters as they check-in to the poster symposium on November 14. This process will ensure all posters are evaluated at least twice for feedback to the presenters and to the colleges for making award decisions. Therefore, judges will not be assigned specific posters ahead of time. The goal of the poster symposium is for student presenters to consider a generally educated audience, which allows for this general judging process. The evaluations will use Qualtrics to tabulate scores and feedback. This link will be provided prior to the poster symposium.

Judges' feedback will be used to make the final decision on which poster presenters receive awards.

In-person Research Talks - November 15 in STEW 214

Judges will be assigned research talk sessions prior to the event based on their availability and the timing of the presentation sessions. The goal of the research talks is for student presenters to consider a generally educated audience, which allows for this general judging process. The evaluations will use Qualtrics to tabulate scores and feedback. This link will be provided prior to the poster symposium. Judges are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet to use that day.

Judges' feedback will be used to make the final decision on which research talk presenters receive awards.

Virtual Conference

Judges will be able to evaluate posters online from Nov. 14-17. Judges will be assigned presentations to evaluate prior to the virtual conference and will complete a Qualtrics judging form for each presentation. Students have 7 minutes their presentations. You would not be expected to attend a session or watch a live session for the virtual conference presentations.

Judges' feedback will be used to make the final decision on which poster presenters receive awards.

To access the presentations, you must have a Purdue career account. Due to the sensitive nature of the research data presentations, only Purdue community members with BoilerKey access may view them and judge them.

Judging Rubrics*

Posters | Research Talks

*These are 2022 rubrics, but will be updated closer to the event.

Notification of Judging

Judges will receive a notification with procedures and times as the event gets closer.

Questions

For questions before an in-person event, please contact UGResearch@purdue.edu.

For questions on the day of an in-person event, please stop by the registration table during the event.