Design Engineering Competitions and Challenges

2008 FIRST Championship: Robotics in Overdrive
Alliances of 340 high school teams will compete with their robotic creations at the Georgia Dome in this year's 2008 FIRST Robotics Championship, FIRST Overdrive. Full Story

Automotive Design Competition Challenge X Kicks off Fourth, Final Year
Challenge X, a design challenge put together by the Department of Energy
and General Motors to engage students in the design and construction of
fuel-efficient vehicles, is now in its fourth and final year. Full Story

Engineers Play Major Role in 2007 Solar Decathlon
The 2007 Solar Decathlon showcased innovative technologies, designs
and materials for powering reliable, efficient solar houses. Full Story

DARPA Race’s Robot Cars Could Benefit Soldiers and Civilians Alike
DARPA’s Urban Challenge highlights how the progress in robot technologies could improve driver assistance systems in passenger cars and trucks. Full Story

FIRST Robotics: Video Coverage from the Competition Floor
The FIRST Robotics Competition encourages students to use advanced tools and machines to design and build the best robot for the challenge. Design News takes a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be an FRC contender. Full Story

Staying Ahead at the FIRST Robotics Competition
After winning Boston's FIRST regionals in 2007, high school robotics team the NU-TRONS went on to compete in this year's FIRST Robotics Competition in Atlanta, GA. Co-Captain John Larkin talks about how the team prepared for the challenge. Full Story

International Bicycle Parking Design Competition Seeks out New "CityRack"
NYCDOT is holding an international CityRacks design competition for a new bicycle parking system in the City of New York. What materials or designs do you think would contribute to the most effective bike rack? Read More

RoboCup Fosters Engineering for Large-Scale Disaster
RoboCup-Rescue uses RoboCup technologies to assist search-and-rescue teams during large-scale disasters. Read More

MIT's 13th place Solar Decathlon finish
Perhaps the Solar 7 volunteers were poorly supported by MIT. But they were the MIT team. Read More

Germans prevail in Solar Decathlon, MIT dogs it
The Germans once again proved their mettle in engineering by winning the Solar Decathlon that occurred on the National Mall in Washington Oct. 12-20, 2007. Read More

Solar Decathlon's Sunny Home Show
In the Solar Decathlon, teams from 20 universities and colleges vie to design and build the best solar house. Read More

3D CAD Providers Target Students
Through sponsorships and with the release of special student editions, 3D CAD and simulation software providers are trying to reverse the trend of declining interest in design and engineering curriculum amongst the K-12 and college set. Read More

Design Engineering Competitions
Visit DN Web Editor Regina Lynch's blog for more updates and news from design engineering competitions across the globe.

FIRST Robotics Competition: Robots in Action

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SAE Collegiate Design Series: Aero Design
Dates:  4/4/2008 - 4/20/2008
Location:   Fort Worth, TX and Marietta, GA

Shell Eco-marathon™ Americas
Dates:  4/10/2008 - 4/13/2008
Location:   Fontana, CA

FIRST Overdrive: 2008 FIRST Robotics Competition
Dates:  4/17/2008 - 4/19/2008
Location:   Atlanta, GA

NYCDOT CityRacks Design Competition
Dates:  4/30/2008 - 10/24/2008
Location:   New York, NY

SAE Collegiate Design Series: Baja SAE
Dates:  5/1/2008 - 6/14/2008
Location:   Tennessee, Illinois, Montreal

Team America Rocketry Challenge National Finals
Dates:  5/17/2008 - 5/17/2008
Location:   Great Meadow, The Plains, VA

RoboCup US Open 2008
Dates:  5/24/2008 - 5/27/2008
Location:   Pittsburgh, PA

Boston University Design Competition
Dates:  6/1/2008 - 6/2/2008
Location:   Boston, MA

SAE Collegiate Design Series: Supermileage
Dates:  6/5/2008 - 6/6/2008
Location:   Marshall, MI

2008 North American Solar Challenge
Dates:  7/6/2008 - 7/23/2008
Location:   Dallas, TX

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Navigating DARPA's Urban Challenge
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FIRST Robotics Championship: An Intense Competition
FIRST Robotics Competition Director Bill Miller talks about how intense the competition is at the FIRST Competition Championship.
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