
Water Environment Federation Student Design Competition
Ages:Undergraduate
Types:Submission, Presentation
Categories:Engineering, Environment, Urban Planning
Scope:National
Registration
Entry Fee: $
Contact
Lauren Zuravnsky
lzuravnsky@hrsd.com
The WEF Student Design Competition promotes real-world design experience for students interested in pursuing education and careers in water and wastewater engineering and science. The competition tasks individuals or teams of students to prepare and present a design that helps solve a water quality issue. Teams evaluate alternative ideas, perform calculations, and recommend solutions in the form of an engineering report and presentation. The competition is available at the undergraduate student level. University teams must be from member universities in the WEF.
The Student Design Competition begins at the Member Association (MA) level. Each MA develops their own Student Design Competition based on the chosen design problem. The winner of MA competitions are invited to compete at WEFTEC in the coming year.
Prepare and present a design that helps solve a water quality issue. In either of two areas:
- Wastewater Design: The Wastewater Design Competition is intended to include design projects that traditionally address a challenge within a water resource recovery facility, e.g. hydraulic capacity design, upgrades to existing treatment systems, biosolids handling, etc.
- Environmental Design: The Environmental Design Competition is intended to include design projects that address challenges within the broader water environment, e.g. water reuse, stormwater management, wetland construction, etc.
Website: https://wef.org/membership/students-and-young-professionals2/student-design/
Managing Organization: Water Environment Federation
Contact:
Lauren Zuravnsky
lzuravnsky@hrsd.com
Eligibility:
TO BE ELIGIBLE, each presenter must be a WEF® student member who: (1) has been selected by his/her student chapter to participate, and/or (2) has been certified by the individual member association as a WEF® student member in good standing. To be thus certified, a new WEF® student member must have filed an application and paid
the required dues for membership before the first day of the month prior to the competition.
Registration Opens: January 1, 1970
Registration Closes: January 1, 1970
Overview
The WEF Student Design Competition promotes real-world design experience for students interested in pursuing education and careers in water and wastewater engineering and science. The competition tasks individuals or teams of students to prepare and present a design that helps solve a water quality issue. Teams evaluate alternative ideas, perform calculations, and recommend solutions in the form of an engineering report and presentation. The competition is available at the undergraduate student level. University teams must be from member universities in the WEF.
The Student Design Competition begins at the Member Association (MA) level. Each MA develops their own Student Design Competition based on the chosen design problem. The winner of MA competitions are invited to compete at WEFTEC in the coming year.
Process
- Wastewater Design: The Wastewater Design Competition is intended to include design projects that traditionally address a challenge within a water resource recovery facility, e.g. hydraulic capacity design, upgrades to existing treatment systems, biosolids handling, etc.
- Environmental Design: The Environmental Design Competition is intended to include design projects that address challenges within the broader water environment, e.g. water reuse, stormwater management, wetland construction, etc.
Criteria
Awards
Participate
Website: https://wef.org/membership/students-and-young-professionals2/student-design/
Managing Organization: Water Environment Federation
Contact:
Lauren Zuravnsky
lzuravnsky@hrsd.com
Entry Fee:
Eligibility:
TO BE ELIGIBLE, each presenter must be a WEF® student member who: (1) has been selected by his/her student chapter to participate, and/or (2) has been certified by the individual member association as a WEF® student member in good standing. To be thus certified, a new WEF® student member must have filed an application and paid
the required dues for membership before the first day of the month prior to the competition.
Deadlines
Registration Opens: January 1, 1970
Registration Closes: January 1, 1970