Eligibility: The entrant must be an undergraduate and an IEEE student member (or pending). Graduation before the Area Contest or Regional Contest does not affect eligibility. There can be more than one undergraduate student on the same nominated poster but only one of the students must be specified as the presenter or entrant by the local Student Branch or HKN Chapter. All the authors of the nominated poster must be undergraduate students. Subject: Posters must cover technical areas within the IEEE. A nominated poster may address a course project, a senior design group project to which the entrant belongs, or an undergraduate research project to which the entrant belongs, in the fall semester of an academic year or in the spring/summer semester of the last academic year. Intent to Compete and Registration Each team MUST complete the online Intent to Compete form (below) and (https://r5conferences.org/register/) their team under the name of only one of the team members. (Only one registration is needed per team.) On the form, including the team name that is submitted on the Intent to Compete form. A deposit of $25 per team is required with the registration, which will be refunded after the competition to those who participate. Space is limited so competition registration will close when the available space for ten (10) teams is filled, but no later than 12:00 am CST (Houston time), March 15, 2022. The first team to (https://r5conferences.org/register/) from each student branch will have priority unless otherwise designated by the branch counselor. Other teams from the same university will be allowed as space permits. Area locations: – North Area: KS, MO, OK, and Southern IL. – West Area: CO, South WY, Southwest ND, West NB, West TX, and Southeast NM. – East Area: AR, LA and East TX. – South Area: TX (except East & West TX). Agenda: Important Dates – Last Day to Submit an Intent to Compete – Wednesday, December 31, 2021 – Last Day to Register – Saturday, March 12th, 2022 (Extended Registration) – Competition Day – Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 Bldg: Hilton Houston North, 12400 Greenspoint Dr., Houston, Texas, United States, 77060, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/302405