April 27, 2018 2018 Engineering Project Showcase - Judge Guidebook Important Dates April 27, 2018 On Site Judging Judge Registration Portal Link
Welcome to the 2018 Engineering Project Showcase! The event is designed to showcase more than 200 student team projects to industry and the public. The projects will represent the work of more than 1,000 engineering students across all majors and classifications (from freshman to seniors). All capstone senior design teams and AggiE_Challenge teams are invited to participate along with design competition teams and students working on team projects as part of a class. We expect 150 industry judges to help us award more than $10K in prizes! This guidebook is designed to provide support to judges for registering and using the online tool to judge the projects during the day of the event. If you have any questions, please email Magda Lagoudas at m-lagoudas@tamu.edu. Judges Portal Link. A. Engineering Project Showcase (2013-2017) The Engineering Project Showcase was launched in 2013 and participant numbers have doubled since it first began. Figures 1 shows the number of students represented by the projects each year while Figure 2 shows engineering departments of participants at the 2017 event. 540 668 678 756 1026 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Figure 1: Number of students represented by projects at the annual Engineering Project Showcase. Figure 2. 2017 Engineering Project Showcase participant majors.
Industry engagement in judging is essential in making this event successful. Industry representatives are invited to attend the event and judge student posters (up to five posters per judge). In 2017, 100+ judges participated in the event representing a large number of companies as shown in Table 1. Table 1- Companies Represented by Judges at the 2017 Engineering Project Showcase. 3D Farming Inc. Alliance LLC American Airlines AT&T Autodesk Baker Hughes Baylor Scott & White Health Black & Veatch BlueChasm Boeing Bray International Bryan Research & Engineering Inc. Cameron - A Schlumberger Company Capital One Central Texas Veterans Health Care System City of College Station CivilTech Engineering Inc. Daniel MC/Emerson Dell-EMC Delta Structural Technology Emerson Flow Systems and Solutions ExxonMobil Farmers Electric Cooperative FlexRadio Systems Fluor Enterprises Inc. FrogSlayer Goodman Manufacturing Halliburton Hollinden marketers + strategists HTC/HARC IBM Ideallion Inc. Ingersoll Rand Integrity Integration Resources International Cooling Tower Invocon Inc. JNM Technologies Inc. Keysight Technologies KIPP Sunnyside L3 Technologies LCRA Lockheed Martin Los Alamos National Laboratory Maxim (Integrated) Ventures MSC Software National Oilwell Varco NOBKLE ASSOCIATES INC Noble Associates Inc. OneSubsea Peak Nanosystems Pentair Precision Drilling PrimmTech Corp Quest Medical Inc Sandia Laboratories Schlumberger Oilfield Services Shell Siemens ITS South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company ST Genetics Stress Engineering Services T STAR LLC TATA Consultancy Services TechnipFMC Tenaris U. S. Steel Universal Pressure Pumping Inc. USAA Velentium LLC Weatherford
B. Important Dates February 13-28, 2018 Registration for judges is open March 19, 2018 Confirmation of judges April 27, 2018 Engineering Project Showcase (Hall of Champions, TAMU) o 9:00 am 10:30 am Judge Check in o 11:00 am 3:00 pm Judging (lunch /snacks will be provided) o 3:30 pm 4:00 pm Awards Ceremony C. Categories & Awards Judges will be assigned up to five projects from one of these categories: Capstone Design Projects includes senior capstone design projects from several engineering departments across the college. Non-Capstone Projects includes team projects from interdisciplinary programs such as AggiE-Challenge, Aggies Invent, design competitions, and other course projects. The following awards will be given to the best projects in each category and subcategories: Capstone Senior Design Awards o Overall Capstone Senior Design Awards (across all majors) 1st Prize - $1,000 2nd Prize - $750 3rd Prize - $500 o Recognition of Best Capstone Senior Design Award Within a Department for departments participating with ten or more projects. Non-Capstone Projects o Best Overall Non-Capstone Awards 1st Prize - $1,000 2nd Prize - $750 3rd Prize - $500 o Recognition of Subcategory Awards (for subcategories with a minimum of ten or more projects) AggiE_Challenge Design Competitions Other Course Projects ENGR 112 D. Judging Criteria Each judge will be assigned up to five teams. Each team will be judged by at least three judges and the winning teams will be identified based on total scores for four areas shown below: Problem definition (25%) Design methodology (25%) Achieved or expected outcomes (25%) Quality of poster presentation (25%).
Q&A Communication Skills Poster Quality Poster Quality Engineering Design Presentation Outcomes Design and Methodology Problem Definition 2018 Engineering Project Showcase Judge Guidebook Tables 2 and 3 below provide the detailed rubrics for both Capstone Design and Non-Capstone Categories. Table 2. Judging Rubric for Capstone Design Projects. 2018 Engineering Project Showcase - Judging Rubric for Capstone Design Projects All Questions Are Graded on a Scale of 1-5 Not Satisfactory (1) Satisfactory (2) Good (3) Very Good (4) Exemplary (5) Customer need, design requirements, and impact are defined and a project synopsis that informs the audience is presented Demonstrates understanding of the limitations of existing solutions or lack of solutions Demonstrates a well-defined approach in developing an acceptable design solution The proposed design solution contains sufficient technical depth The developed prototype (hardware/software) or analytical model are of high quality and supported by engineering analysis Proposed design considers additional factors such as cost, manufacturability, sustainability, risk analysis and intellectual property Poster presents the material in a wellorganized way - from framing the problem to presenting the proposed solution Effective use of visual aids (figures, tables, charts, layout, etc.) improves effectiveness of poster Questions were addressed with sufficient knowledge, confidence and clarity Team collaboration was evident by team participation in the presentation and Q&A
Q&A Communication Skills Poster Quality Poster Quality Outcomes Engineering Design Presentation Methodology Problem Definition 2018 Engineering Project Showcase Judge Guidebook Table 3. Judging Rubric for Non-Capstone Projects. 2018 Engineering Project Showcase - Judging Rubric - for Non-Capstone Projects Project need, desired specifications, and impact are defined and a project synopsis that informs the audience is presented. Demonstrates understanding of existing solutions and limitations or lack of solutions. Demonstrates a well-defined approach in addressing the problem. The proposed solution contains sufficient detail and technical depth. The developed prototype (hardware/software) or analytical model are of high quality and supported by engineering analysis. Proposed product considers additional factors such as cost, manufacturability, sustainability, risk analysis and intellectual property. Poster presents the material in a well-organized way - from framing the problem to presenting the proposed solution. Effective use of visual aids (figures, tables, charts, layout, etc.) improves effectiveness of poster. Questions were addressed with sufficient knowledge, confidence and clarity Team collaboration was evident by team participation in the presentation and Q&A All Questions Are Graded on a Scale of 1-5 Not Satisfactory (1) Satisfactory (2) Good (3) Very Good (4) Exemplary (5)
E. Judge Registration Judges can register for the 2018 Engineering Project Showcase using this Registration Link. The sign-up involves a two-step process. Step 1 - Create New Account The link provided above will land the user into the Judges Registration form. Details like Last name, First name, Email address, and password are to be entered in this primary form, situated at the right side of the page. A new form (Judging Preference form) automatically appears on the screen immediately after the Register button is clicked. Step 2 Company & Judging Preference - Please provide the name of your organization and also any preference in judging categories (example: mechanical engineering) in the form shown in Figure 3. [Grab your reader s attention with a great quote from the document or use this space to emphasize a key point. To place this text box anywhere on the page, just drag it.] Figure 3. Judge Registration Form.
F. Judge Project Assignments By March 30, 2018, judges will be receiving their project assignments. Judges will be assigned up to five projects to be judged on site during the event (11:00 am 3:00 pm on April 27, 2018). Judges will be able to access their assigned projects and see team composition and project description starting any time after March 30, 2018, through the portal and by clicking My Judging Assignments on the navigation panel as shown in Figure 4 (available only after a judge has been assigned projects). Figures 4 thru 6 show the steps for accessing each project. Figure 4. Viewing Judging Assignments. Figure 5. Accessing Assigned Projects. Figure 6. Accessing Individual Project Entries.
G. Judging Team Projects (ON SITE ONLY April 27, 2018) Judging Assigned Projects After clicking on View Application, details of each project are shown on the LEFT side of the screen (project title, description, and poster) and the evaluation form on the RIGHT side of the screen as shown in Figures 7 and 8. The BOOTH NUMBER on the left side shows the exact location where the project team would be situated. Figure 7. Judge s Evaluation Panel.
Figure 8. Judge s Evaluation Panel - Continued. Judges can choose a score of 1 thru 5 for each area of evaluation. In addition, judges are invited to add comments to be shared with the team. After completing the evaluation of one project, please select Save and Go to Next. Once all the assigned projects have been judged, judges can review their scores under My Assigned Projects and edit their scores, if needed. IMPORTANT: All scores must be finalized by 3:00 pm on April 27, 2018. We greatly appreciate your support of the Engineering Project Showcase! Please contact M. Lagoudas at m-lagoudas@tamu.edu if you have any questions.
See you on April 27, 2018!