Competitions

 

Wright State University

Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) High SChool Programming Contest 2012

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Competition details

 

2012 Discover Design High School Design Competition

Sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, but a national competition to all high school students

The challenge - redesign your school cafeteria for healthy eating in a sustainable space

Registration deadline April 4, 2012

Program details

 

Time Warner Cable and i.am. First

Wouldn't It Be Cool If...

For students aged 10-15 to come up with an idea powered my math or science to make the world "more awesome"

Deadline April 25, 2012

Program details

 

Food Engineering Essay Contest 2012

Sponsored by EngineerGirl!, but open to boys and girls

Grade 3-12 - three grade categories for prizes

Deadline to submit an entry - March 1, 2012

Contest details

 

Engineering Education Service Center

Engineering Poster Contest

Put your creative talents to work and design a poster that reflects the Grand Challenges of Engineering

Submission deadline November 4, 2011

Contest details

 

American Institute of Architects (AIA) - Dayton chapter and Miami University chapter

Art in Architecture Student Design Competition 2012

Design a bakery!

For individual students in grades 9-12

January 28 - March 17, 2012

Registration deadline January 28, 2012

No special design or drawing skills required; just an interest in design and architecture, and having fun.

College scholarships and other prizes awarded.

Design charrette and review sessions at area architecture firms.

Competition details, last year's winners and details, and photos available on AIA Dayton's website.

 

STEM Fuse

Got Game? Competition

High school students use Game Maker or Game Maker Life to create an original video game

Competition details

 

USA Science & Engineering Festival 2012

The Grand Challenges Contest

What do you think is the biggest challenge, and how would you solve it?

Cash prizes, and the chance to pitch your solution at the USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.

Submit your idea summary; contest entries will be posted on Facebook to gather Likes.

Submission timeline: Sept. 20, 2011 - March 30, 2012

Contest details

 

USA Computing Olympiad

Multiple contest throughout the year

Details

 

Air Force Association

CyberPatriot iV National High School Defense Competition

Registration closes October, 8 2011

Program details

 

Google

Global Science Fair 2012

Google is looking for the brightest, best young scientists from around the world to submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant to the world today.

For students aged 13-18, individuals, or teams of two or three

Registration opens soon!

http://www.google.com/events/sciencefair/index.html

 

TechDirections

Inventors Competition

"Global Power Play"

Design an effunconventional way to provide electricity to remote villages

Deadline to submit entries: January 31, 2012

Competition details

 

Dayton Region Manufacturing Association (DRMA)

DRMA XtremeBots Robotics Competition

Details: DRMA Bots Robotics Competition

March 31, 2012 at Miami Valley Career Technology Center

 

DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition

For students in grades 7-12

Program details

 

Microsoft

Imagine Cup 2012

Use your technology and creative skills to design a solution to some of the world's toughest problems.

Scholarships, cash prizes, resume builder, internships

Use state of the art design and gaming technology to develop world-class software, web applications, creative designs, and amazing games—absolutely free.

Program details and registration at the website

 

Montgomery County Water Services and Solid Waste District

2011 Keep Montgomery County Beautiful Poetry Contest

Express your ideas about litter prevention and awareness through poetry!

Entry deadline is March 2012

www.mcswd.org/Education/contests1.htm

2012 Environmental Calendar Contest

For individual students grades K-12

Entry deadline September, 30 2011

Creativily express water conservation or litter awareness

2012 Curby's Recycled Sculpture Contest

Recycling Rocks!  Express your creativity and artistic talents!

For individual students and teams of 2-4 students

If interested, contact Meg Draeger, CJ STEMM Coordinator

Our school must register by April 16, 2012.

Three sculptures from our school can be entered in the County contest.

www.mcswd.org/Education/contests1.htm

Wright State University

2011 Miami Valley Invention Convention

At Wright State University Student Union

All it takes is one idea!

For students in grades K-8

Details: Miami Valley Invention Convention

 

Trebuchet Competition - Wright State University

For grade 9-12 and ambitious middle school students.

Details: Trebuchet Competition

 

Real World Design Challenge

National Competition and State Competitions

High school student teams solve real engineering problems for real companies

Find out firsthand "How is learning this going to help me in the real world?"

State Challenge issued October 2011; state winners announced February 2012.

National Challenge issued February 2012; national competition April 27-30, 2012

Details: Real World Design Challenge

 

NASA

Life and Work on the Moon Art Contest

For high school students

Details: Life and Work on the Moon

 

West Point

West Point Bridge Design Contest

Use Bridge Designer software (free) and design a bridge to enter the competition.  All online.

For students age 13 through grade 12.

Qualifying Round January 19 - March 1, 2012

Details: West Point Bridge Design Contest

 

Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS)

TEAMS Competition

2012 Theme: Health informatics, and engineering better medicine

Use math, science, and 21st century skills to solve real world challenges.

Details: TEAMS

 

National Engineering Design Challenge (NEDC)

Put creativity and problem-solving skills to use to create an assistive technology device for a person with a disability.

For students in grades 9-12.

Multiple Rounds of competition begin in September.  Semi-finalists announced in January

Details: NEDC

 

Samsung

Superhero Video Competition

Students in grades K-12 create a 1-3 minute video to compete for cash prizes or a SAMCAM

Deadline November 30, 2011

Details: Samsung

 

Siemens Foundation

We Can Change the World Challenge

For grades K-12 student teams.

Learn about, and design a solution for, an environmental issue in your community that you care about.

Details: We Can Change the World Challenge

 

Toyota

Ideas for Good Challenge

Idea Submission: November 8, 2010 - March 1, 2011

Community Voting: April 10-30, 2011

Winners Announced: May 9, 2011

Details: Ideas for Good

 

Additional Competitions

K-12 and Undergraduate College