Listing of Engineering Student Design Competitions

Competition Description Sponsor Website

Reduced Gravity Propose, design, fabricate, fly, NASA Johnson Space Center http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov
Education Flight and assess a reduced-gravity
Program experiment
Chem-E-Car Design and construct a American Institute of http://www.aiche.org/community/students/ch
Competition chemically powered vehicle to Chemical Engineers em-e-car-competition-rules
carry a specified cargo a specified
distance
Human-Powered $250,000 (one time only) prize American Helicopter http://www.vtol.org/awards-and-
Helicopter for controlled flight (hover for 1 Society/Sikorsky Prize contests/human-powered-helicopter
Competition min; reach 3 m alt; stay in 10
meter x 10 meter square)
Annual Student Design a rotorcraft which meets American Helicopter Society http://www.vtol.org/education/student-
Design Competition specific requirements design-competition
1/4-Scale Tractor Design and build a 1/4-scale American Society of http://www.asabe.org/membership/preprofes
Design Competition tractor Agricultural and Biological sionalsstudents/14-scale-comp.aspx
Engineers
AGCO National Design an engineering project American Society of http://www.asabe.org/awards-
Student Design useful to agriculture Agricultural and Biological landmarks/student-awards,-competitions-
Competition Engineers scholarships/agco.aspx

ASABE Robotics Develop innovative robotic American Society of http://www.asabe.org/awards-

Competition solutions to real life problems in Agricultural and Biological landmarks/student-awards,-competitions-
the agricultural arena. Engineers scholarships/robotics-competition.aspx

Fountain Wars Design Design a fountain to be American Society of http://www.asabe.org/awards-

Competition assembled in real time to perform Agricultural and Biological landmarks/student-awards,-competitions-
specific functions Engineers scholarships/fountain-wars-competition.aspx

EcoCAR2 Reduce the environmental impact U.S. Department of http://www.ecocar2.org

of a Chevrolet Malibu Energy/General Motors
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Solar Splash Design, build, and race solar- Solar Splash HQ http://www.solarsplash.com
powered boat
Solar Decathlon Design, build, and operate solar- U.S. Department of Energy http://www.solardecathlon.gov
powered home
ASME Student Design Design, construct and operate a American Society of http://www.asme.org/events/competitions/stu
Competition prototype Mechanical Engineers dent-design-competition

Human Powered Design, build, and race a American Society of http://www.asme.org/events/competitions/hu

Vehicle Challenge streamlined bicycle Mechanical Engineers man-powered-vehicle-challenge-
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Student Mechanism & Design a mechanism and robot American Society of http://www.asme.org/events/competitions/stu
Robot Design and fabricate a prototype Mechanical Engineers dent-mechanism---robot-design-competition
Competition

The Great Design and build a vehicle that NASA Marshall Space Flight http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov
Moonbuggy Race can carry two students over a Center
half-mile simulated lunar terrain
course
Concrete Canoe Regional and national American Society of Civil http://www.asce.org/concretecanoe/home
competition to design, build, and Engineers
race a canoe constructed from
concrete
AIAA Design Several annual design American Institute of https://www.aiaa.org/Secondary.aspx?id=33
Competitions competitions in engine design, Aeronautics and 6
aircraft design, and space satellite Astronautics
design
ASCE/AISC National Design a steel bridge that meets ASCE and American http://www.aisc.org/content.aspx?id=780&li
Student Steel Bridge given specifications and build a Institute of Steel nkidentifier=id&itemid=780
Competition 1:10 scale model Construction (AISC)
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IEEE Presidents' Demonstrate how you can change Institute of Electrical and http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/m
Change the World the world Electronics Engineers embership/students/competitions/change_the
Competition _world/index.html
IEEEXtreme Global Compete in a 24-hour time span Institute of Electrical and http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/m
Program-ming to solve a set of programming Electronics Engineers embership/students/competitions/xtreme/inde
Competition problems x.html
Digilent Design Innovative digital design and Digilent, Inc. http://www.digilentinc.com/events/ddc2013
Contest microcontroller projects using
Digilent products.
International Design and build human powered Foundation for Undersea http://www.isrsubrace.org
Submarine Races submarine Research and Education

Aero Design Conceive, design, fabricate, and Society of Automotive http://students.sae.org/competitions/aerodesi

test a radio-controlled aircraft Engineers gn

Super Mileage Design and build a vehicle Society of Automotive http://students.sae.org/competitions/supermil

powered by a 3.5-HP Briggs & Engineers eage
Stratton engine
Clean Snowmobile Re-engineer an existing Society of Automotive http://students.sae.org/competitions/snowmo
Challenge snowmobile Engineers bile

Formula SAE Conceive, design, fabricate, and Society of Automotive http://students.sae.org/competitions/formulas

compete with small formula-style Engineers eries
racing cars
Baja SAE Design, build, and race off-road Society of Automotive http://students.sae.org/competitions/bajasae
vehicle powered by 10- Engineers
horsepower Briggs and Stratton
engine
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Collegiate Inventors Submit original and inventive National Inventors Hall of http://www.invent.org/Collegiate
Competition new ideas, processes, or Fame Foundation
technologies
ASHRAE Student Invent or optimize equipment American Society of Heating, http://www.ashrae.org/membership--
Design Project technologies in order to solve Refrigerating and Air conferences/student-zone/design-competition
Competition market or societal problems Conditioning Engineers
Design for Direct Use direct digital manufacturing Society of Manufacturing http://www.sme.org/ddmcompetition/?terms
Digital Manufacturing to develop a new and innovative Engineers =design%20for%20direct%20digital%20man
product ufacturing
Rube Goldberg Design and build a machine that Purdue University http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/rubegoldb
Contest uses the most complex process to erg/index.html
complete a simple task
American Solar Design, build, and race a solar- U.S. Dept of Energy http://americansolarchallenge.org
Challenge powered electric vehicle
World Solar Solar-electric vehicle race across South Australian Motor http://www.wsc.org.au
Challenge Australian outback every two Sports Board
years