Student Design Competition
The 2013 FWEA Student Chapter Design Competition
April 28, 2013
Noon to 5:00 PM
During the Florida Water Resources Conference
INTRODUCTION
The FWEA Student Design Competition is intended to promote “real world” design experience for students interested in pursuing an education and/or career in water engineering and sciences. This competition tasks teams of student members within FWEA to design and present a program meeting the requirements of a problem statement that they have worked on together as a team. This competition is intended for both undergraduate and graduate students, typically completing a capstone project.
STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
The student design competition is based on problems relating to the environmental field. Student design teams will be able to compete in one of two categories, wastewater design or environmental design. The competition consists of two portions, the written submittal and the presentation, which will take place on Sunday, April 28, 2013, in Orlando.
Examples of wastewater projects include traditional wastewater design projects, e.g. hydraulic capacity design, upgrades to existing systems, biosolids handling, etc. Examples of environmental projects include the current contemporary engineering topics, e.g. sustainability, water reuse, wetlands construction, etc. The scope and extent of the project should be at the level of a senior or graduate engineering/science student in a design or capstone course. Students are expected to work with little assistance from an advisor and/or professor and the students are expected to work together as a team to recommend a solution. Students may use whatever references or resources they choose.
Students are expected to perform the necessary calculations for the project. This is not intended to be a research project or literature review. Although some initial literature review and/or research will be required, the bulk of the project should incorporate pertinent calculations for the design.
For example if the project involved a wastewater treatment plant expansion, judges should look that each team performed the following:
• Hydraulic profile
• Preliminary sizing of major equipment (aeration basins, clarifiers, chlorine contact
chambers, etc.)
• Incorporate information from different manufacturers
• Population analysis to determine design flow rates
• Preliminary cost evaluation
• Decision matrix (provide why you ended up with that particular process or design etc.)
All of the design work should be submitted in the design documentation, clearly labeled and referenced. Final determination of project category is at the discretion of the Student Activities Chairperson.
A segment of the 2013 Florida Water Resources Conference annual program will be a Student Design Program. Scoring of the project will be determined through an evaluation by judges of the written and oral presentation skills. Written and oral skills will be evaluated separately and the scores will be added for the total score.
Written data (submitted in electronic format) will be evaluated by the judges prior to the oral presentations. Scores on the written data will not be released until the completion of the oral presentations. The data will be available to the judges during the oral presentation for their reference.
ENTRY FEE
There is NO entry fee for the student design competition.
PRIZES
The FWEA is providing prizes for the 2013 program. The prizes shown below, which are subject to change each year, will be awarded following the Student Design Competition at FWRC. Please note that each team participating in the event will receive $500 participation bonus for their team regardless of placement based upon the presentations and written submittals.
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PRIZE |
AWARD |
MONETARY
VALUE |
First
(Wastewater Design) |
Norm Casey Scholarship
WEFTEC 13 Travel Allowance* |
$1,000
$4,000 |
First
(Environmental Design) |
Norm Casey Scholarship
WEFTEC 13 Travel Allowance* |
$1,000
$4,000 |
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All other teams |
Participation Bonus |
$500 |
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*The first place teams will be required to present their projects at the National Student Design Competition to be held at WEFTEC 13 in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
SIGNIFICANT SUBMITTAL ITEMS AND DATES
Each entry will consist of the following:
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An official entry form (Exhibit A) submitted to the Student Activities Chairperson by February 1, 2013. This submittal does not need to identify team members, but must include contact data for each team planning a submittal.
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An amended entry form (Exhibit A) showing final team contact, membership and presentation team information, submitted to the Student Activities Chairperson by April 1, 2013.
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A project written data submittal (the “report”) must be received by the Student Activities Chairperson no later than April 1, 2013.
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The Student Activities Chairperson needs to receive the final presentation by April 21, 2013 to check for technical difficulties prior to the day of the competition. Teams will need to verify that their presentation is on the general laptop on the morning of the competition.
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Final presentation materials in PowerPoint 2007, are required prior to the start of the student presentations. A/V equipment will be made available, including laptop computer, projector and screen. The presentations will be made on April 28, 2013 in Orlando at the Florida Water Resources Conference.
PREVIOUS COMPETITION WINNERS
DOWNLOAD 2012-2013 COMPETITION GUIDELINES AND ENTRY FORMS
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
Please review the program guidelines and contact the Student Activities and Young Professionals Committee Chairperson for any clarification on any of the reules or guidelines of the program.
Rebecca McLarty, P.E.
CDM Smith
Phone: 813-262-8833 (leave a message)
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