Texas A&M University students Cory L. Multer, Robert G. Hardin, IV and Mary Thelen won first, second and third place, respectively, in the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conference Cotton Engineering Student Paper Presentation Competition sponsored by the Cotton Industry Support Group.

Robert G. Hardin, IV, Mary Thelen and Cory L. Multer display their award plaques garnered in the Beltwide Cotton Conference Cotton Engineering Student Paper Presentation Competition.

The paper competition was held in two of 11 technical conferences that recently convened at the National Cotton Council-coordinated 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio.

Multer received $250 for his winning presentation, “Cotton Ginning Simulation Model – Minimizing Cost per Bale.” Hardin received $200 for “Design and Evaluation of a Cotton Redistribution Device for the Module,” and Thelen won $150 for “Evaluations of EPA Approved FRM PM 2.5 and PM 10 Samplers.”

The competition is designed to encourage outstanding undergraduate and graduate work in the cotton engineering discipline and to promote student attendance at the annual Beltwide Cotton Conferences.

Each year the cash prizes and plaques are made possible from the Cotton Industry Support Group (CISG), a non-profit organization that serves to foster support and cooperation between Texas A&M University’s Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and the U.S. cotton industry.

T. Cotton Nelson, (901) 274-9030, cnelson@cotton.org

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