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Want to have fun with your friends — and actually help real people at the same time? Check out NEDC!
It's a real-world design competition that challenges you and your friends to design an assistive technology (AT) device that people with disabilities can actually use to succeed in the workplace and in their lives. You identify the problem you want to solve, then work together to design the ATD, build it, and demonstrate it to a panel of experts. Along the way, you can win prizes — including a free trip to Washington, DC, and a cash prize for your school!
Your first step is to find a coach. Your coach can be a math, science or other teacher, advisor or group leader. Then, you'll need to form a 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.
This is as real as it gets: Real people with real challenges and a real assistive device that you design and build for real prizes!
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.
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
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.
Volunteers
Help inspire today's young people to learn about engineering, raise their social awareness, and put their skills to work in making a real difference in real lives. Serve as a judge on the review board for this year's NEDC competition!
NEDC is a real-world design competition in three rounds, that challenges students to design an assistive technology (AT) device for people with disabilities. The 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-NEDC judges, who are professionals in a variety of engineering disciplines and are experts in disability workplace issues.
NEDC suceeds due to the generous contributions of time, talent, and expertise provided by our competition judges. So, if you have the necessary background and expertise, and personally want to help inspire the next generation of America's engineers, volunteer to judge Round I or Round II of the JWOD/JETS National Engineering Design Challenge competition!
- Round I judges will review an Internet scavenger hunt and preliminary device design. All judging will be completed online between October 29, 2007 and November 7, 2007.
- Round II judges will evaluate the teams' protoype design final reports. All judging will be completed online between December 19, 2007 and January 2, 2008.
Interested in judging? Contact nedc@jets.org or download an application form here.
Please send completed application by fax, email or mail to:
Stephanie Hurd
Fax: 703-548-0769
Email: shurd@jets.org
1420 King Street, Suite 405, Alexandria, VA 22314
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