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Registration for Design Challenge 2024 opens on 10 November 2023
If you would like to take part please complete our online registration form, or if you would like more information, contact us designchallenge@imeche.org
Enter the challengeThe Regional Competition will have four sections, the rules for which can be viewed in full in the General Specification:
Design, build and test a device to compete with other teams in the regional competition
Produce a poster to publicise the teams’ work. The poster is a demonstration of the team’s ability to sell their design solution pictorially
Give a short presentation explaining the design and development of their device to demonstrate their verbal & presentation skills
Submit a peer review where all students have the chance to vote for the best engineered solution to the requirement
The three teams with the highest scores in the main competition heats will go forward into the final run-off. The winner of the run off will represent the university at their regional competition.
Ansys Academic Research simulation software is available to student teams through our partnership for free. Tackle a range of design challenges, including motor design, explicit dynamics, and more. Product bundles include tools like Ansys Mechanical, Ansys Discovery, Ansys computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions and much more. Find out more >
Ansys Innovation Courses hosts hundreds of open, free mini courses on physics and engineering topics that will help you get started using Ansys products. Additionally, we have a “Student Team” category that includes courses specifically designed with student teams in mind.
Check out some examples of learning content below:
• Getting Started with Ansys Discovery Learning Track
• Getting Started with Ansys Mechanical Course
• Materials Learning YouTube Playlist
