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 Monday, April 10, 2023 as an IN-PERSON 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 & Water Environment Design Challenge
Introduction
Design Competition Guidelines
WEF Entry Form
Bijagua, 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?
WEF Water Environment – Illinois Institute of Technology
Emma Dutkiewicz, Anna Slominski, Cornelio Estrella, Kane Liu, Nevin Abdelghani.
“Water Reuse Design at It Takes a Village Farm”
WEF Wastewater – Milwaukee School of Engineering
Grace Cushing, Brandon Garrido, Josh Kleinschmidt, Jack Ferrante, Bennet Harris, Alexis Countryman.
“Village of Raymond Sanitary Sewer Main Design”
GWS Overall – Marquette University
Faviola Perez Mercado, Shayden Harvey, Alondra Gonzalez, Alondra Rodriguez.
“Global Water Stewardship: Montezuma, Costa Rica”
GWS International – Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica
Sol Carpio, Valeria Castillo, Maricel Chaves, Fabiola Pérez, Adriana Rojas, Denisse Saborío, Melany Trujillo.
“Global Water Stewardship: Montezuma, Costa Rica”
2021 | Wastewater Jake Smith, Mathieu Stafford, Bryar Jensen, Jim Lindsay and Cal Papineau “City of Escanaba Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade” – Marquette University Global Water Stewardship Jonessa Haas, Ashlin Caelwaerts, Matthew Vincent, Timothy Kunshier and Travis Noel “Samara, Costa Rica Sewer and Treatment Design” – UW Platteville |
2020 | 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 |
2019 | 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 |
2018 | Environmental Abdul Bashar "Integration of Biogas Water Wash and Struvite Recovery Process with MMSD's Jones Island WWTP" Global Water Stewardship Erik Papenfus, Joseph Lapastora, Jessica Zemen, Elizabeth Ebert "Palmar Sur, Costa Rica Sewer and Treatment Design" |
2017 | Andrew Szymaszek, Linjie Tang, Catherine Terando, Megan Wolfe University of Wisconsin - Platteville “Global Water Stewardship – Dominical, Costa Rica” |
2016 | Jill Vande Boom Milwaukee School of Engineering “Global Water Stewardship – Bahia Ballena, Costa Rica” |
2016 | Jordan Fure, Gage Thompson, Zachary Wallin, Titus Rubietta University of Wisconsin-Platteville "Global Water Stewardship-Bahia Ballena" |
2015 | Sarah Beam, Josh Koopmann, Bryce Corrigan University of Wisconsin – Platteville "Baraboo, Wisconsin Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvement Plan" |
2014 | Andrea Dunn, Sarah Walsh Marquette University |