Project reports will be submitted by the department to the coordinator in Winter term for review.

The result of the projects could be presented in form of:

All design projects including the interdisciplinary design projects will be eligible for awards.

Each department will do the initial screening of the projects and submit top three projects to the school for competition consideration. The department may use an industrial committee for the selection of the top three projects.

A second screening is done by the design project coordinator and projects non conforming to the guidelines will be returned to the chair of the department for reconsideration.

There will be four departmental awards of $500 each for the best project from each department. The faculty advisor/s for the best project will also share a $500 award among them.

The overall best project in the school of engineering will be awarded an additional $500 and the faculty advisor/s will also receive an additional $500.

There will be no distinction made between the interdisciplinary projects and other design projects in the selection of a project for award. The quality of the final product will be the prime importance. However judges will be informed about the number of students on the project team and the number of credit hours granted for the project. It is acknowledged that interdisciplinary projects may have a better chance of winning an award.

An interdisciplinary project will be submitted by the home department of the faculty member who served as the director for the project.

A day will be set aside in April for judging for the awards. At least one student from each team must make a presentation.

A call for submitting projects for departmental screening will be sent out in early January. The projects may be submitted by faculty or by students

The report should be presented in accordance with the Report Format.

All projects should be presented. A project with no presentation is disqualified. The extended report will be provided to the reviewers, if requested.

The competition is open to all faculty and not only the designated senior design faculty. It is the responsibility of the SDC coordinator, chairs, and the departmental coordinators to promote, encourage and manage the faculty participation.

Departmental winning teams will also present a poster at the College of Engineering's annual Technology Day held in June.