CSWEA Student Design Competition

2020 Winners Announced! – View the Awards Ceremony

The Midwest Student Design Competition is intended to promote “real world and hands on” design experience for students interested in pursuing an education and/or career in water/wastewater engineering and sciences field. This year, the Midwest Student Design Competition and Career Fair will be on Monday, April 6, 2020 in Madison, Wisconsin at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. This is a unique opportunity for students at the college level to demonstrate their engineering skills and practices by researching and preparing a design for a water quality based project and presenting their project to water industry professionals.

There are three categories of Student Design Competitions available for students:

• WEF Wastewater Design
• WEF Environmental Design
• Global Water Stewardship

WEF Wastewater & Environmental Design Challenge
Introduction
Design Competition Guidelines
WEF Entry Form

La Fortuna, Costa Rica Design Challenge
Introduction | GWS Entry Form
Design Competition Guidelines
General Information | Problem Statement
Detail Documents (Photos, Surveys, Soil Reports, Videos, etc)

Interested in Sponsoring a Team or Participating in the Career Fair?

Info |  Registration

2019 RECIPIENTS

ENVIRONMENTAL

Jinglin Duan, Jonathan Kolweier, Javier Mulero, Justin Shen and Alana Rosenbaum
“Solutions for Houston Flooding” University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign

GLOBAL WATER STEWARDSHIP

Miranda Durbin, Sydney Shaffer, Alexis Countyman, Jamie Sykora, Christine Boland-Prom, Guissel Davila, Rachel Montavon
“Monteverde, Costa Rica Sewer and Treatment Design” Milwaukee School of Engineering

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