Competitions for Students

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Student Design Competition
Through involvement in the competition, students will gain practical experience in the design of drivetrain systems, tractor performance, manufacturing processes, analysis of tractive forces, weight transfer and strength of materials. In addition, they will also develop skills in communication, leadership, teamwork, fundraising and test & development.

ASEE Model Design Competition
This event is a design/build robotics competition open to all freshmen and sophomore engineering and engineering technology students at both 2-year and 4-year colleges. It is held each year as part of the ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Annual Conference.

ASME Student Design Competition
This competition, sponsored by the ASME Center for Professional Development, Practice & Ethics and the ASME Knowledge and Community Sector, requires individuals or teams of up to four student members design, construct and operate a prototype meeting the requirements of a problem statement.

BattleBots IQ
BattleBots IQ (BBIQ) is an educational program created by the producers of the wildly successful BattleBots television series. Check out what you get with the BattleBots IQ High School Curriculum.

Donald W. Fogarty International Student Paper Competition
This competition actively encourages the professional development of students interested in the field of operations management. Full-time or part-time undergraduate and graduate students submit original, relevant, and timely research papers on topics related to the field of operations management including inventory management, manufacturing processes, systems & technologies, and more.

First Lego League (FLL)
FLL is a result of an exciting alliance between FIRST and the LEGO Company. Guided by adult mentors and their own imaginations, FLL students solve real-world engineering challenges, develop important life skills, and learn to make positive contributions to society.

Future City
The mission of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition is to provide a fun and exciting educational engineering program for seventh and eighth grade students that combines a stimulating engineering challenge with a "hands-on" application to present their vision of a city of the future.
This resource is recommended by the SME-EF.

Intel Science Talent Search
For more than 60 years, this competition—often referred to as the "junior Nobel Prize"—has provided an incentive and an arena for U.S. high school seniors to complete an original research project, have it recognized by a national jury of highly regarded professional scientists, and awarded with a scholarship.

International Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition
The goal of the International Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition is to promote the understanding and use of extruded aluminum profiles, as well as to highlight innovations and recognize excellence in aluminum extrusion design.

JWOD/JETS National Engineering Design Challenge (NEDC)
The JWOD/JETS National Engineering Design Challenge is a real world challenge, for high school students in grades 9-12, to help people with disabilities enter or advance in the workplace.

Lean Student Paper Competition
The Lean Student Paper Competition recognizes outstanding lean research and practices papers. Papers should demonstrate or describe the use of techniques such as simulation, lean principle implementation, alternative designs, kaizen implementation, or another lean technique.

2006-2007 Material Handling Student Design Competition
This competition, now in its twelfth year, provides an opportunity for you to offer a five-week team project for your class in the fall, winter or spring semester/quarter.

National Robotics Challenge
The National Robotics Challenge contests are open to students in 6th grade through graduate school.  This not only allows your students to continue with robotics as they move on, but it also let's them meet students at the next level that will inspire and encourage them. This resource is recommended by the SME-EF.

PACE
PACE provides student competitions as part of its commitment to encourage students to embrace game-changing product development and analysis processes. These competitions are easily integrated into the existing curricula (any CAD/CAM/CAE course with a project). Contact Deborah Peak for more information.

Robotics First
Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication and leadership.

Rube Goldberg Machine Contest
The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest (RGMC) brings the ideas of Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Rube Goldberg's "invention" cartoons to life. This Olympics of Complexity is designed to pull students away from conventional problem-solving and push them into the endless chaos of imagination and intuitive thought. To be specific, groups are given an elementary challenge: something as simple as peeling an apple, sharpening a pencil, or putting toothpaste on a toothbrush. But instead of just "solving" the problem, students have to make the solution as complicated and as convoluted as possible. In fact, the more steps - there's a minimum of twenty - the better the Rube Goldberg Machine. An assemblage of ordinary objects, mechanical gadgets, and the oddest odds and ends are linked together and somehow get to the desired goal.

Siemens Foundation
Through the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, students have an opportunity to achieve national recognition for science research projects that they complete in high school.

SkillsUSA Championships
The SkillsUSA Championships is the showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation. Contests begin locally and continue through the state and national levels. Contest descriptions include: Automated Manufacturing Technology, CNC Milling Technology, Electronics Technology, HVACR, Occupational Health and Safety, Precision Machining Technology, Principles of Technology, Robotics and Automation Technology, Sheet Metal, Technical Drafting, Total Quality Management, & Welding.

Student Robotics Competition
The Space Engineering and Science Institute hosts this competition for high school, 2 year, and 4 year student teams. Select the menu link titled "Student Robotics Competition" on the home page.

2007 Team America Rocketry Challenge
Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the National Association of Rocketry (NAR), in partnership with NASA, the Department of Defense, and the 38 AIA member companies sponsor a national model rocket competition for U.S. high school and middle school students.