SEMI-ANNUAL

E10  DESIGN COMPETITION

Beginning with the fall semester of the year 2000, a design competition will be organized for all SJSU, E10 students.  The competitions will take place at the end of each semester (fall and spring).  The design project will be announced no sooner than the 5^th week of each semester.

Competition Rules

1.  Students will compete in teams, to be formed by their instructors in each E10 section.  
2.  Each team should have no more than 4 and no less than 3 members. 
3.  Each team should have at the most one senior or junior.  
The other 3 members of the team must be freshmen and sophomores.
4.  Winners will be determined according to the Design Performance Index (DPI), as follows: 
DPI = 0.75 x [product test score] + 0.25 x [design report score]
5.  The product test score will be as follows:
    1st place = 100 points
    2nd place = 90 points
    3rd place = 80 points, etc.
6.  Design reports will be graded by instructors on a scale from 0 - 100 points.
Top 5 reports in the final competition will be graded by at least 2 instructors.
7.  The best two designs from each lecture section will compete in the final competition to be held in the lobby of the engineering building on study / conference day (the day after the last day of classes) at the end of the semester.  The winners in each lecture section must be determined through competition the week BEFORE the last day of classes. 
8. SPRING 2003: 1st place team will receive $800, 2nd place team will receive $400, 3rd place team will receive $300.  1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will also receive certificates from the College of Engineering.

Award certificates will be given to all members of the first 3 teams.  However, winners will not receive monetary awards unless they are declared engineering majors in good academic standing during the semester following the competition. 

Fall 2003 project: A Clever Clock
Fall 2003 winners

Spring 2003 project: Hearing Enhancer
Spring 2003 winners

Fall 2002 project: Design for Total Recycling
Fall 2002 winners
Fall 2002 results

Spring 2002 project: Bullet-Proof Composite.
Spring 2002 winners
Spring 2002 results

Fall 2001 project: Rubber-Powered Flying Machine.
Fall 2001 winners
Fall 2001 results

Spring 2001 project: Earthquake-Resistant Bridge.
Spring 2001 winners
Spring 2001 results

Fall 2000 project: Penny Launcher.
Fall 2000 winners
Fall 2000 results