The Student Challenge is open to projects from students around the world.
Eligibility requirements
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The competition is open to students enrolled in any undergraduate civil engineering degree, structural engineering degree or similarly titled course. Student memberships with the Institution of Structural Engineers is mandatory
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All JBM-accredited undergraduate degree courses meet this requirement.
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Entries must be based on a significant group project completed as part of their studies, with has a minimum group size of three and a maximum group size of 12.
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The project must have a structural heart eg a significant component to the range of solutions considered in the project is structural in nature
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Typically this will be the last, large multidisciplinary (at least in the sense of Civil Engineering disciplines) group project undertaken on a degree course, in the penultimate or final year.
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The entry team can include some or all members of the original project group.
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The entry team is responsible for producing the two judged components of the submission.
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Interdisciplinary teams are welcome and may include architects, designers, and surveyors alongside engineers
Submission requirements
Each entry must include:
Project presentation – A video or audio recording (max 3 minutes). The audio or video submission must be in a common format eg MP3, AVI, MOV, MP4, and openable without specialist software on both Windows and Apple computers.
Project summary – Up to three A3 pages of text and/or graphics (minimum font size: 12pt). Maximum 1,500 words.
Project poster requirement - To provide context for the judging panel, each entry must include a project poster produced as part of the group design project for their degree programme.
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If a poster was not created as part of the project, an equivalent document (eg, a slide deck) is acceptable.
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The poster or alternative document will not be judged as part of the Student Challenge.
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The main design project report (typically used for academic assessment) is not an acceptable alternative.
IMPORTANT: It is the responsibility of the entry team to ensure they have the right to include the project poster or alternative document in the submission.