Disciplines / Skills Recommended

Electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and marketing (outlining of benefits and uses of a solar water pumping system.)

Event Description

By March 5, 2012, Avnet will provide each team with a document detailing the objectives for the finished product that will be assembled on Game Day.  This document will provide the teams with the following at a detailed level:

• An understanding of the prerequisite research and technical knowledge that may be needed to successfully complete the project.
• A list of equipment, dimensions and parts will be covered.
• A statement of the objectives and judging criteria

On Game Day - April 14, 2012, each team will be provided with a kit containing the parts necessary to build the finished product.  Each team shall:

• Assemble the water pump with the objective of meeting or exceeding the design specifications
• Test their finished product
• Prepare a product presentation to deliver to the judges
• And finally, demonstrate their project on Game Day for evaluation and judging

Each Team shall determine the objective features, characteristics, and selling points for their unique implementation, however, teams are judged on a base statement of functional objectives that are included with the documentation provided in advance of Game Day, the quality of their presentation and the functional demonstration and measurement of the finished system’s performance by the judges.

Based on their creativity, experience/knowledge and their water pumping system's intended design and functionality, each team then builds, on GAME DAY  their solar-powered water pumping system. Although the teams are free to add other included components or augment the design in any creative or useful manner, their entry must be built into the water pumping system using only the provided materials.

Parameters

Judging criteria will be announced in the project documentation delivered to student teams on March 5, 2012.

Schedule

March 5, 2012 - Receive Documentation

April 14, 2012 - Onsite build, test and judging

NOTE:  Each team delivers a 15-20 minutes presentation which describes their entry’s concept, features, theory of operation, design/construction process, testing and marketing ideas.

Registration - 7:00am - 8:00am
Breakfast - 7:30am - 8:00am
Brief orientation and distribution of materials - 8:00am - 8:30am
Build and Test - 8:30am - 11:30am
Pre-Judging - 11:30am - 12:00pm
On-the-go-lunch - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Judging (15 minutes per team) - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Networking - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Awards - 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Awards

Each winning team member will win a $1,000.00 scholarship

Equipment Requirements

Students:  Laptop Computer with Microsoft PowerPoint, Flash Drive for PowerPoint Presentation

Venue: Computer with Microsoft PowerPoint, Projector with IT intern tech support for projection

Judges: To be determined