At the meetings, student members from different branches within each conference region come together to present their technical research and compete for cash prizes in the two categories, undergraduate and masters. The research presented may be on any topic and the only restrictions require that the students are either undergraduate or masters (not PhD) candidates, there are no more than 2 authors per paper, and papers can not be the same or part of any group project with 3 or more students, or have been previously accepted for publication or presented at another conference.

The first place winners for both the undergraduate and masters categories from each region travel to the AIAA National Student Paper Conference, held in conjunction with the Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit in Reno, NV, one of AIAA's many professional conferences. AIAA pays for the airfare and hotel accommodations for the winners to this national conference where they compete for cash prizes in each category.

In addition to the paper competition, there are also guest speakers and trip to various companies in the area.

More information will be posted here as soon as it is available.