
WERC Environmental Design Contest
Ages:Undergraduate, Graduate
Types:Submission, Performance
Categories:energy, engineering, Environment, STEM
Scope:International
This competition has not yet posted any deadlines.
Students competing in the WERC Environmental Design Contest are awarded over $30k in cash prizes for their solutions to engineering tasks posed by industry partners and government agencies.
The contest models an engineering Request for Proposals. Students serve as consulting engineers as they hone teamwork skills and solve challenging real-world problems. Engineering professionals judge the competition and serve as mentors through each contest stage: Technical Report, Oral Presentation, and Bench-scale Demonstration.
Students can network with experts from academia, government, and industry. The rigorous requirements develop an entrepreneurial mindset in the students and help engineering departments meet all 7 ABET benchmarks.
Website: http://wercdesigncontest.nmsu.edu/
Managing Organization: New Mexico State University
Contact:
Ginger Scarbrough
werc@nmsu.edu
Entry Fee: $950
Eligibility:
College teams of undergraduate students from across the United States and abroad. May include a small number of early graduate students.
This competition has not yet posted any deadlines.
Overview
Students competing in the WERC Environmental Design Contest are awarded over $30k in cash prizes for their solutions to engineering tasks posed by industry partners and government agencies.
The contest models an engineering Request for Proposals. Students serve as consulting engineers as they hone teamwork skills and solve challenging real-world problems. Engineering professionals judge the competition and serve as mentors through each contest stage: Technical Report, Oral Presentation, and Bench-scale Demonstration.
Students can network with experts from academia, government, and industry. The rigorous requirements develop an entrepreneurial mindset in the students and help engineering departments meet all 7 ABET benchmarks.
Process
Criteria
Awards
Participate
Website: http://wercdesigncontest.nmsu.edu/
Managing Organization: New Mexico State University
Contact:
Ginger Scarbrough
werc@nmsu.edu
Entry Fee: 950
Eligibility:
College teams of undergraduate students from across the United States and abroad. May include a small number of early graduate students.
Deadlines
This competition has not yet posted any deadlines.