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Contest Overview for New Teams

Study the Team Orientation to get the inside story on successfully competing at the Design Contest.

2026 Team Orientation

Helpful References

Suggested workflow calendar for teams that start in January:

Sample Papers

Below are papers written by teams from 4 universities that recently won first place. Other factors affected their overall score; do not expect each paper to be a perfect example of the best paper, but look at them for overall quality and characteristics.