Contact

Progam Contact

M. Ginger Scarbrough, PhD

Director, WERC Environmental Design Contest

 WERC Email | 575-646-8171

WERC is an IEEE Conference!

Sponsored by the IEEE El Paso Chapter, the WERC IEEE Conference provides an opportunity for select contest teams to advance their work beyond the competition. In previous years, between 30% and 55% of WERC technical reports have been invited to develop a full paper for peer review and potential publication through IEEE.

2026 Waste-Management and Education Research Conference Proceedings

  • See below for Conference submission dates.
  • All written reports submitted to the Design Contest are considered for publication in IEEE Xplore.
  • Approval for publication is based on judges’ review of the paper.
  • Invitation to submit a paper announced April 15, 2026.
  • Submission instructions will be emailed to invited teams. 
  • A team need not win a prize to be invited to publish in the proceedings.
  • Faculty Advisors may be included in the list of authors.
  • See IEEE Paper Requirements (below) for formatting guidelines.
  • All papers are subject to meeting IEEE Xplore's scope and quality requirements.

 

Waste-Management and Education Research Conference Proceedings

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Conference Call for Papers

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2026 Conference Schedule:

    1. April 15: Invitation to submit IEEE Paper
    2. May 25: Notification of Paper Acceptance
    3. June 1: Final Paper Upload
    4. June 8 - 10: Conference Dates

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IEEE Paper Requirements

  • Limit of 12 pages
  • Use the IEEE Xplore Format Template, below.
  • Address all comments made by judges during the contest
  • Focus on the technical aspects and remove the economic analysis.
  • Include process-flow diagrams with mass/energy balances, as appropriate.


IEEE Xplore Format Template

For LaTeX format, go to IEEE

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Publication Fees and Registration Discount

Per-paper fee for publication: $50

Fees Sponsored by: El Paso Chapter of IEEE, El Paso, TX

Teams will not be charged the per-paper fee, thanks to the generosity of
El Paso, TX Chapter of IEEE.

Join IEEE: Teams with a minimum of one IEEE member will be awarded a $50 registration discount. Student membership is only $32.

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