Deadlines

Contest Registration and Entry Fee:

Each participant should submit a complete online registration form.
Payment will be activated for the Faculty adviser only after all participants complete their online registration forms.
If a Faculty adviser has more than one participating team in the design contest, a discounted price is available for each extra team.

First team : 1 adviser + up to 5 students

Each Extra team: up to 4 students

Extra participant: $150

Type of Registration	First team	Each extra team	Due Date
Early bird Registration and Payment	$850	$650	On or before December 14th, 2018
Regular Registration and Payment	$950	$750	On or before January 22nd, 2019
Late Registration and Payment	$1,100	$950	On or before February 1st, 2019

Important Dates

Experimental Safety Plan and Flow Sheet Due Points will be deducted for late submissions	February 15th, 2019
Written Report Due Points will be deducted for late submissions	March 15, 2019
Equipment Transportation Form Due Fill in this form only if you are sending packages to our facility at NMSU	March 22, 2019
Opening Ceremonies/Safety Meeting (mandatory)	April 7, 2019 @ 5:00 PM (MST)

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Jerry Roose, Director of North American Environmental Operations, Freeport-McMoRan

"Freeport-McMoRan receives multiple benefits from its sponsorship of the Design Competition: name recognition and ability to highlight our commitment to sustainable development, task sponsorship, relationship development with key universities and professors, recruiting outstanding students and finally the development of Freeport staff through their participation as judges."

Success Stories

_{"As a college senior, Gina Lombardi was discouraged by both the lack of environmental engineering jobs in her area and from the feeling that she couldn’t keep up with some engineering students who pulled a 4.0 average and scored 100% on every test. Her outlook changed significantly after participating in NMSU’s Waste-Management Education Research Consortium (WERC) Design Competition.}_{“There are many ways to be successful aside from, or in addition to a GPA. Those student engineers with work ethic, social and communication skills, organization, and drive to succeed--they will succeed,” Gina says. “WERC saved me in engineering and kept me in the field. I realized I have a spectrum of other strengths that make me a successful environmental engineer and colleague.}_"

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