CSWEA Student Design Competition

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 Design
• WEF Environmental Design
• Global Water Stewardship

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?

Info | Registration

2022 RECIPIENTS

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”

PAST WINNERS