Educators/Coaches
Give your students real-life, hands-on experience of engineering, build their social awareness and inspire them to use their creativity in the service of others. Along the way, they'll apply the teamwork ... problem solving ... math ... science ... research ... writing ... presentation and drafting/design skills to solving a real-life design challenge that can help individuals with disabilities succeed in the workplace and in life.
NEDC is a real-world design competition that challenges students to design an assistive technology (AT) device for people with disabilities. Your students identify the problem they want to solve, then work together to design the ATD, build it, and demonstrate it to a panel of experts. And, they can win great prizes-including a free trip to Washington, DC, and a cash prize for your school!
Help make it happen! Coach an NEDC design team! A team can be an entire class, a select group within a class or a group participating in an after school program (i.e. boy scouts, after school engineering club, home school group). Your team can be any number of students however we recommend teams of five to twenty-five.
The National Engineering Design Challenge (NEDC) Competition is a source of engineering design skill development for thousands of high school students throughout the United States. Click here to review how the competition is now aligned with multiple science, technology and mathematical standards.
NEDC Standards
Get going! Register for NEDC and download a meeting flier and poster for your first meeting!
Registration
NEDC2007-8 Handbook
NEDC Brochure
NEDC Meeting Poster
NEDC Poster
If your team is selected as a National Finalist, you will need to select five students to represent your team. All students are invited to the finals but expenses for only five will be paid for by the NEDC program. Teams outside the U.S.A. are welcome to participate but are not eligible for the National Finals Competition or scholarships.
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