Competition Rules

Participating teams must comply with the rules of the EWB Challenge. Failure to comply will result in disqualification from the competition.

Teams are eligible to participate in the EWB Challenge on the provision that they:

  • Abide by the rules of the competition
  • Are enrolled as first-year university students in Australia or New Zealand.
  • Have 4 - 6 members.
  • Respect the privacy of all participating organisations and communities) including Uluru Children's Home, Alampara, The East West Overseas Aid Foundation).
  • Comply with the EWB Challenge Submission Requirements.
  • Acknowledge that ideas and designs entered into the EWB Challenge competition become the right of EWB to use for the development of its projects at no cost.

Universities are eligible to compete in the EWB Challenge based on the following provisions:

  • The EWB Challenge will be incorporated into first year design subjects offered by universities during Semester One (normally running in period February to June).
  • Individual universities will decide how to integrate the competition into their curriculum. The design could typically consume around 15% of one semester's work loads for students.
  • Each university may enter an unlimited number of teams into the competition within the home institution.
  • Each university will be responsible for assessing their own teams' submissions and selecting up to four team submissions for external judging in the national finals.
  • All entrants in the national competition will be judged against a common set of criteria and guidelines. These criteria will be provided to all participating universities.
  • Universities will be expected to pay an entry fee of $250 per team submission for national judging. Universities may register up to four teams. These funds will help defray some of the running costs of the program.
  • A national multidiscipline engineering judging panel will decide upon a short-list of 6 entries to be presented during a special single session at the annual AAEE Conference.
  • Design team attendance at the AAEE Conference during second semester 2007 will be at the cost of the home university.
  • Final judging will be decided during this session based upon both the original entry and the presentations and prizes will be awarded at the AAEE conference.