Interested in competing in a student competition and/or using it as your capstone senior design project in Chemical and Environmental Engineering? To be eligible, the student must have a minimum GPA of 3.0/4 and email a 500-word essay submission to Dr. Kawai Tam by the end of the first week of May. Please email me at ktam@engr.ucr.edu for more information.

Deadlines vary for the competitions below and some are not offered every year, please click on the links to find the latest information. Some competitions provide specific design projects; others require the competitors to come up with their own innovative projects. The development of new projects needs to fit specific guidelines to meet the curriculum requirements of CHE 175A/B or ENVE 175A/B for course credit. 

Possible competitions for chemical and environmental engineering students and senior design courses:

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency P3 (People, Prosperity and the Planet) Student Design Competition for Sustainability
  http://www.epa.gov/ncer/p3/index.html
• WERC Environmental design contest
  http://www.ieenmsu.com/outreacheventsinternational-environmental-design-contest2016/
• Odebrecht Award for Sustainable Development
  http://odebrechtaward.com/
• NASA – Exploration Senior Design Projects
  www.nasa.gov/offices/education/centers/kennedy/home/
• American Public Power Association Demonstration of Energy-Efficient Developments (APPA DEED) 
  http://www.appanet.org/research/index.cfm?ItemNumber=17580
• World Water Forum College Grant
  http://mwdh2o.com/inthecommunity/in-the-community/education-programs/world-water-forum
• AECOM – Water: Academic Design Competition http://www.aecom.com/deployedfiles/Internet/Geographies/Americas/Water/AECOM%20Design%20Competition%20Guidelines%202011.pdf