The objective of the K. K. Barnes Student Paper Awards Competition is to encourage undergraduate students in the preparation of better technical papers on subjects in the agricultural, food or biological engineering field. The competition consists of two parts: a written competition and an oral competition. Authors of the top three written papers are invited to attend the ASABE Annual Meeting to participate in the oral competition. Contestants shall be student members of ASABE and undergraduates at the time of the studies that resulted in the preparation of the paper. Papers shall be received at ASABE headquarters no later than six months after the studentsÔÇÖ receipt of the first professional degree. The number of contestants shall be limited to one entry per year. Papers and/or projects submitted to the AGCO National Student Design Competition are not eligible for the K. K. Barnes Student Paper Awards Competition.