Student Design Competition

The Student Design Competition promotes excellence in the design aspects of nuclear engineering education at universities. University teams (undergraduate and graduate) submit design solutions; four finalist teams are selected to present at the ANS Winter Conference for final judging. Certificates are presented to each finalist and travel assistance is provided to support attendance at the conference. Industry participates in the judging and the Education, Training, and Workforce Development Division administers the competition.

Certificates for finalists; travel assistance up to $1,000 per team/school; opportunity to present at the ANS Winter Conference; student registration rate and complementary Student Program registration.

Participants must have a university affiliation and a faculty advisor. Each university must review student solutions and select the best from each category (Graduate and Undergraduate) for submission. Students presenting at the conference must be ANS members and must register for the meeting.

A call for submission of design problems is issued in February. Universities review solutions and submit the best entry from each category (Graduate and Undergraduate); an intent to participate and the actual reports must be submitted by the published deadline. Four finalist teams are invited to present at the ANS Winter Conference for final judging.