Student Research Poster Competition

Competition Registration

Breakbulk Americas 2025 Student Research Poster Competition will launch at the beginning of the fall term.

Undergraduate and postgraduate students from local universities including: University of Houston, Texas A & M Galveston, Texas Southern University, Lamar University, Sam Houston State, Rice University, HCC, San Jacinto College, Lone Star College who are studying supply chain/logistics, maritime, or transportation are encouraged to participate in the poster competition.

• Students must register for the competition prior to Thursday September 18, 2025.

Students must have accurately completed the registration form with all team member names, faculty advisor, industry advisor and university/college. Valid email and cell phone numbers of team lead must be on the form. All must be spelled correctly on form as there is no ability for Breakbulk Americas Team to edit.

• Team size is maximum 6 students and minimum 2 students.

• Ph.D. students may not submit posters to this competition.

• All students entering the competition are required to register for and attend Education Day and the awards ceremony on Thursday October 2, 2025. There is no charge for students to attend the conference. A minimum of 1 student team member must register and attend. Preference is for entire team. Please contact your professor to register or register here

Submit Poster

• Students will be sent a unique link for their poster submission following registration.

• Students must submit their posters to this link or to [email protected] prior to midnight on Thursday, September 18, 2025.

• Posters must be submitted as a PowerPoint or PDF. Preference is PowerPoint.

• Students submitting via SharePoint/One Drive/Google Docs will be disqualified if permission to download and edit has not been granted on submission.

Topic Areas

The Breakbulk Americas team invites students to submit posters of their research in one of the following topic areas:

• Global Capital Projects

• Sustainability & Energy Transition

• Port Infrastructure

While these topics reflect the agenda for the Breakbulk Americas Conference, the contest will consider submissions that focus on other areas related to global capital projects. Get inspired for ideas via the Breakbulk website. Be sure to check out the Media tab and review Industry News, Breakbulk magazine, and BreakbulkONE.

Poster Format Rules

Poster size must be 40 inches width x 32 inches height.

Poster presentations typically include a mix of text, graphics, data, images, and other material to illustrate the area of interest. Visual appeal and creativity in format are important in helping others understand your research.

In addition to the title and research content, your poster should include the name of the author(s), faculty advisor(s), industry advisor(s), and the name of your college, university, or other institution.

Posters that alter side header (except information requested above) or bottom header (sponsor logos) will be disqualified. 

Posters that have been copied and pasted from Canva or other software as a JPEG or any photo format will be disqualified. The printer cannot use this format as it pixilates. Teams must build project on template and save as 1 single PowerPoint slide. All teams are encouraged to use grid lines to develop project and then remove on final save.

Poster submissions must use the template provided. To download the Student Research Poster template, please click on the button below:

• The poster template side header and footer cannot be altered in terms of scale on poster.

• Note the footer is only for poster competition sponsor. No text should be next to or below the sponsor logo in the footer.

• University/College name should be spelled out on side header with title, students, faculty advisor, and industry advisor.

• Poster size is 40 inches width x 32 inches height. We recommend use of grid lines when formatting poster and then remove prior to submitting.

• Do not copy and paste diagrams, charts, graphs from the internet to the poster as they will appear blurred. Create your own.

• Posters must have a short reference section. Students can create and use QR Code below references to save space and to link to references.
   

Professor Kidd will be hosting in-person and online poster workshops in September 2025. Workshop details, including dates, will be announced soon.

Questions about the Student Research Poster Competition?

Please contact:

Cassia Bomer Galvao, Competition Chair: [email protected]
Rubie Drake, Content Producer: [email protected]