2025 C3E Symposium POster Competition
The C3E Poster Competition is an opportunity for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers to present their cutting-edge research across academic disciplines in energy innovation and compete for awards at the 14th Annual C3E Symposium & Awards on November 5-6, 2025, at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Arizona. A poster committee with a wide range of industry and academic expertise will review and select the most compelling poster submissions for an invitation to present at the symposium.
The posters and entrants will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Effectively communicate to multidisciplinary audiences (government, academics, executives, etc.)
Professional and enthusiastic 1-minute poster presentations
Clarity of the materials, methodology, and results—specifically:
Motivation for the chosen topic
Research methods
Results and/or conclusions and their potential impact
REQUIREMENTS
The entrant must be a female undergraduate student, graduate student, or postdoctoral researcher actively participating in a research project (must be original work) with at least preliminary findings. The presentation topic must center on the future of energy in any of the following areas:
Basic Energy Science
Energy Education
Energy Efficiency & the Built Environment
Energy Infrastructure, Reliability, & Security
Energy Storage
Nuclear Energy
Geothermal Energy
Policy & Finance
Reducing Emissions from Energy Systems
Renewable Energy
Transmission & Distribution
Transportation
PROCESS
Create your poster using this template for electronic submission.
Go to File > Make a copy > Edit poster template in Google Drive (preferred) OR
File > Download > Microsoft PowerPoint to edit on your desktop. Upload the file to a sharing service (e.g., Box, Dropbox, WeTransfer).
Record a 1-minute poster pitch video. Wearing smart business attire, introduce yourself, share the title of your poster and where you attend school and/or work, and tell us why someone should read your poster and learn about your research project. Upload your video to YouTube as unlisted or public.
Use this form to share your poster file link and the YouTube link to your video and submit by September 7, 2025.
Things to consider & acknowledge:
The 2025 C3E Poster Competition submission deadline is midnight (PT) on September 7, 2025.
Entrants will be contacted via email if their posters have been approved for presentation at the 14th Annual C3E Symposium & Awards on November 5-6, 2025, at ASU in Tempe, Arizona.
If invited by the poster committee to present in person, you can print and transport or print locally and pick up your one-sided A0 (33” x 46”) landscape poster and bring it with you to the symposium.
Posters will be publicly posted online for two days before and throughout the symposium on the C3E website. Winning posters will be publicly posted and archived on the C3E website.
Poster presenters should be available to present their research during symposium breaks and lunch. By attending the symposium, competitors will have the opportunity to participate in workshops, attend the VIP reception & dinner on the evening of November 5, and network with energy experts and professionals throughout the symposium on November 6.
C3E Symposium attendees come from a wide variety of backgrounds, so avoid jargon and acronyms, and assume viewers will have limited knowledge of your research topic.
The symposium and related events may be live-streamed, photographed, and/or recorded. Photographers and videographers will be on site, capturing images and videos for ASU and C3E to use for promotional and/or marketing purposes. By participating in these events, you consent to being photographed, filmed, and/or recorded for ASU’s and C3E’s purposes.
The committee will award a cash prize for the five most compelling posters and presentations at the 14th Annual C3E Symposium & Awards.