Student Competition

*Categories are final; Submissions will be evaluated based on the students class: 1) High-school teams, 2) College/University teams

• Every team must include two or more High-school, College, or university students  and one faculty mentor. Competition organizers reserve the right to request documentation for eligibility verifications.

• The competition's spirit emphasizes open-source development to help our communities battle against tornadoes. The teams must abide by the public release of their work through the competition media (publications, photography and video production, cloud or GitHub repository, open-access publications, creative commons license release of codes, and through our sponsor's guidelines).

Initial Proposal Submission

• Every team must submit an initial intent letter, a single two-pages pdf file, including the following,

  • Page 1 includes the following items:

    • Team title and project title (project title must be self-explanatory)

    • Team member's full name and email address

    • Team affiliation

    • Faculty mentor's full name and university email address

    • Corresponding member and email address

  • Page 2 includes the proposed project summary discussing:

    • problem definition and intellectual merit of the proposed solution

    • impact on the battle against the tornadoes

Final Submission

• Upon technical committee review, once selected for the next submission round, every team chosen must proceed with a final submission (including graphical abstract and demonstration video - Further instructions and requirements will be communicated on time).

Award Competition

• Once notified as a finalist, every team must plan for an in-person demo and poster day on the competition day.

• There is No Fee to register teams for the competition or participate; however, finalist teams must present and demonstrate in person on the competition day to become eligible as an award winner.

There is No Fee to register student teams and compete; however, finalists must attend the in-person competition to become eligible as award winners.