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The 67th International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication

See the 2024 entries page to see the current submitted entries. 

General Information

The sooner you submit your entry, the sooner the rest of the EIPBN attendees can see it (them). This is one way to improve your chance for the “3-Beamers Choice” Award.

A panel of judges will disqualify any entry that it believes has not conformed to the rules and will select the winners. Awards will be announced at the banquet. As well as the entries selected by the judges, each conference delegate can cast a vote for their favorite micrograph.

There are seven categories:

  • Grand Prize
  • Most Bizarre
  • Best Electron Micrograph
  • Best Ion Micrograph
  • Best Photon Micrograph
  • Best Scanning Probe Micrograph
  • 3Beamers’ Choice (you can vote for your own entry, but only once!)

There will also be Honorable Mentions awards given.

All Entries Must Be In Electronic Form

There are now 5 simple steps to fame and fortune:

  1. Read the rules.
  2. Select your favorite micrograph/video(s). [ You can enter as many times as you like.]
  3. For each entry, download the PowerPoint template and Entry Form, and paste in your micrograph/video. Delete the blue box and put your micrograph in its place as large as you can make it while still allowing room for the written information on the slide. Don’t change the number in the upper right corner. We will do that.
  4. Pick out a great title (that the judges may change).
  5. Use the notes section below the slide to provide more details of the micrograph. Provide the magnification of the original image. Be sure to indicate the make, model and type (E-beam, Ion-Beam, Optical, scanning probe) of microscope. Provide the names of the people involved and their institution(s).
  6. If you have multiple entries, combine them into a single PPT file. Name the file Lastname_Institute.ppt (e.g. Randall_Zyvexlabs.ppt)
  7. Read and fill out and sign the Entry Form. Again, for multiple entries, combine into one file. One page per entry. Name this file Form_LastName_Institute.doc
  8. Email the micrograph/videos(s) and entry form(s) to jrandall@zyvexlabs.com.
  9. As soon as we receive your entries, we will post them on our website on the Entries page, where you can see them and check out the competition.
  10. The sooner we get your entries, the more time 3Beamers will have in which to admire them and vote for them!

Rules

  • Entries should be submitted by May 27th, 2024. We will do our best to accept late entries at the Conference.
  • Contestants must be registered conference attendees.
  • Micrographs, videos, and entry forms must be submitted in electronic form. We prefer the micrograph on the PowerPoint template, but will accept JPEG or MPEG files.
  • Micrograph entries must be of a single image taken with a microscope and may not be significantly altered.
  • Videos must be of a microscopic subject. Animations (of a microscopic subject) will be accepted. Videos must be 30 seconds or less.
  • There is no restriction with respect to the subject matter.
  • Electron and ion micrographs must be black and white.
  • Contestants must submit a completed Entry Form.

Download Templates

Entry Form: EIPBN-2024-ugraph-Form

PPT Template: uGraph-template-EIPBN-2024

You can check out the Example Slide

Micrograph Contests through the years