2021 ENGINEERING DESIGN SHOWCASE | Thursday, April 29th |
The Brain Drain team, recently featured in Rice News, won the FIRST PLACE $5,000 Woods Leazar Innovation Award for Excellence in Engineering presented by sponsors Linda and John Leazar and Maria Oden, director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, a teaching professor of bioengineering and co-director of the Rice 360˚ Institute for Global Health.
Yeah Buoy won this year’s Willy Revolution Award for Outstanding Innovation, with its design of a buoyance control device for automated underwater vehicles. That prize is also for $3,000.
Other awards presented:
Excellence in Capstone Engineering ($1,000): SmartAid.
Excellence in Capstone Engineering ($1,000): Cool Fluid Dudes.
Excellence in Underclassman, Multi-year or Club Engineering ($1,000) Coral REliEF.
Best Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Award ($750): AeroPuff.
Best Aerospace or Transportation Technology ($500): Rice Eclipse Rocketry Team – ARCA.
Best Conceptual or Computational Modeling Engineering ($500): iDoc.
Best Energy-Related Engineering ($500): Mystery Box.
Best Environment and Sustainability Engineering ($500): IPyAy.
Best Gaming, Creative or Innovative Technology ($500): Castaways II.
Best Medical Device Technology ($500): Smartdrain.
Best Technology for Low-Resource Settings ($500): Let’s Get This Breath.
You may review their competition videos, as well as the videos for all of the competitors, in the Showcase Gallery.
OVER $14,000 in Prizes!
TOP Award:
$5000 Woods Leazar Innovation Award - First Place: Excellence in Engineering
Top Level Awards:
$1000 Excellence in Capstone Engineering Design Award- Teams must be from a capstone/senior engineering design course (2 Awards)
$1000 Excellence in Underclassman, Multi-year or Club Engineering Design Award- Teams must involve non-senior students
Category Awards:
$750 Best Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Award: Students on team must come from 2 or more disciplines
$500 Best Conceptual or Computational Modeling Engineering Design Award- Team must have NO physical prototype
$500 Best Technology for Low-Resource Settings Design Award
$500 Best Energy-Related Engineering Design Award
$500 Best Medical Device Technology Award
$500 Best Environment and Sustainability Engineering Design Award
$500 Best Gaming, Creative or Innovative Technology Award
$500 Best Aerospace or Transportation Technology Award