CSWEA Student Design Competition

2021 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 will be held on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 as a virtual event. 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

Samara, 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?

Info | Registration

2020 RECIPIENTS

ENVIRONMENTAL

Christine Boland-Prom, Blake Bostwick, Rebekah Janquart, Jamie Nguyen, Julian Sonn and Jamie Sykora
“Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility – Joyabaj, Guatemala” Milwaukee School of Engineering

GLOBAL WATER STEWARDSHIP

Sharon Castillo, Jafet Castro, Raul Garita, Nicolas Morales, Alejandro Morales, Maria Jesus Peralta, Lidia Rodriguez, Anotony Torres and Deilin Urena
“La Fortuna, Costa Rica Sewer and Treatment Design” TEC University, Costa Rica

Caitlyin Graeber, Nicole Heyniger, Rebecca Joseph, Grace Scarim and San Marie Thomson
“La Fortuna, Costa Rica Sewer and Treatment Design” Marquette University

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