Student design competition

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A Student Design Competition is a competition between teams of students. The objective is to introduce students to real-world engineering situations and to teach students project-management and fabrication techniques used in industry.

Both students and industry benefit from intercollegiate design competitions. Each competition allows students to apply the theories and information they have learning in the class room to real situations. Industry gains better prepared and more experienced engineers.

[edit] History

Through the 1970s only one competition of significance existed: Mini Baja. Today, almost every field of engineering has several design competitions, which have extended from college down into high school (e.g., FIRST Robotics) and even younger grades (e.g., FIRST Lego League). The Society of Automotive Engineers organizes the largest design competitions, including Mini Baja, Sunryce, and Formula SAE.

[edit] Current Design Competitions

  • Studica Skills Competitions - Over 100 design competitions in various categories related to engineering, design, animation and more.
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Architectural Engineering
    • ASHRAE Senior design project competition [2]
    • Lifecycle Building Challenge [3]
  • Architecture
    • Innovative Ideas For Porto Water Tanks [16]
    • Lifecycle Building Challenge [17]
    • design [18]
    • housing [19]
    • housing [20]
    • aquatics [21]

[edit] Past Design Competitions

  • Mechanical Engineering
    • Future Truck