Eligible Competitors: Higher education students enrolled during the entirety of the competition season. 

Majors: This is a multidisciplinary competition. Having team members from multiple fields of study, especially Mechanical Engineering AND Electrical/Controls Engineering is strongly advised.

Teams must consist of a minimum of three higher education students and one advisor. (4-10 recommended)

The advisor must be faculty or staff of an academic institution that represents at least one of the team members (in case of members from multiple institutions) If you are a student organization, you most likely have an advisor already.

The required involvement of the advisor is to be a contact and liaison to the academic institution. Advisors are encouraged to mentor the teams but must not significantly contribute to the design or fabrication of competition entries.

Graduate Students and Registered Students in Internships as part of their degree program may also participate.

There is no maximum student member limit on a single team.

Teams may consist of members from multiple institutions.

One institution may have multiple teams.

Advisors may advise more than one team.

Teams may not work in direct collaboration with other teams, however all are encouraged to practice “coopertition” by communicating and assisting the community of teams with specific issues for the improvement of all teams. Teams at the same institution must work independently.

For any questions about team formation or conduct, contact the coordinators.