The 2016 Clean Tech Competition is looking for volunteers to grade first round submissions from student teams. The Clean Tech Competition is a worldwide, research and design challenge for students ages 15-18. The competition is annual, always focusing on clean technology, and the challenge theme changes each year. The 2016 theme is “Making an Impact”.
In order to facilitate the competition, we are in need of scientists and engineers willing to dedicate their time to reading and scoring students papers. In their (5-15 page) papers, students will identify a problem with plastics, or the need for cheap, clean energy related problem anywhere in the world, explain the impacts, analyze the causes, and design a clean technology solution to “Make an Impact”. Student participants will use their knowledge of science, technology and engineering to develop their solutions.
We are also looking for judges (PhD or higher) who would want to come onboard the Adonia as we cruise from Miami, Florida to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; onboard will be the Final for the Clean Tech Competition as well as other exciting opportunities. More information about the first ever STEM Cruise can be found here.
More information about the competition can be found at www.CleanTechCompetition.org. Information on judging is as follows:
· Online Process – This judging occurs entirely online. Submissions will be emailed to the judges, and scores will be submitted through an online rubric.
· Timeline – Judges will receive their assigned papers by March 25, 2016, and scoring forms will be due by April 1, 2016.
· Responsibility – Each judge should expect to receive 5 - 10 papers, though this will depend on the number of participating teams/judges.
· Qualifications – Judges must have a BS or BA in a field of science, technology, engineering, math, or agriculture or have at least two years of industry/research experience in the field. Judges cannot have any children or relatives competing in the competition.
We would greatly appreciate your support of this unique program for students. Anyone interested in volunteering as a first round judge for the Clean Tech Competition should fill out our online Judge Registration Form by March 18, 2016.
Please feel free to pass this information on to those you think may be interested. You may contact competition administrator Frank DiGiovanni at cleantech@cstl.org with any questions.
