2011 Bentley Student Design Competition

Rules and Requirements

Bentley Student Design Competition

The Bentley Student Design Competition gives students an opportunity to explore the crucial and rewarding work of designing, building, operating, and sustaining the world's infrastructure. At the same time, it encourages them to pursue a course of study that emphasizes math and sciences, which are fundamental to every infrastructure discipline.

The Bentley Student Design Competition recognizes innovative and technically advanced projects created by university, technical college, and high school students using Bentley software. Through their hands-on participation in this design work, the students acquire the software knowledge and hone the skills they’ll need as future members of the infrastructure community.

2011 Call for Nominations Now Open!

The Bentley Student Design Competition is now accepting nominations for 2011. Students or teams (not to exceed 3 team members) may nominate their project in one of the categories, at their scholastic level, listed below.

Please review the documents in the right-hand column for more information on category criteria, how to submit, and the competition requirements. The deadline is March 18, 2011.

High School / Technical School Level

1. Design a Concert Hall

Community College / University / Collegiate Level

2. Innovation in Architectural Design
3. Innovation in Engineering Design
4. Innovation in Structural Engineering
5. Communicating through Visualization

Prizes

A $1,000 Scholarship (team based) to the High School/Technical School level
A $1,500 Scholarship (team based) to the Community College/University/Collegiate level
Recognition at their school or Bentley event
A unique hand-crafted award trophy and award medal
10 seats of Bentley software for their school
 

Submission Requirements

• • Use Bentley products to create your project.
• List on your entry all the software used to create your project.
• • Write a short essay of at least 250 words that clearly defines the project’s objectives, explains how thoseobjectives were met, and states why the project is a superior entry. (Essay will be entered via the online submission form.)
• • Create and send or upload a PowerPoint presentation of no more than 5 to 6 slides that explains the following on individual slides:
  • » Project concept and goals
  • » Design process and execution (story board your project)
  • » Results (images, etc.)
• • Send or upload your project’s supporting design files and images, including:
  • » One self and/or team photo,
  • » Two to four supporting project images,
  • » Movie/AVI files (if applicable)
  • » Sample DGN project files (if applicable)
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  • • All images must be high resolution and a minimum of 3825 pixels wide x 2475 pixels tall.

Contest Rules and Eligibility

• • Projects MUST be created using Bentley software as the primary technology. If additional non-Bentley software is used, that technology must be listed on your entry as well.
• • Projects must be submitted via the online submission form.
• • All of the following must be completed and submitted (see details in submission requirements above):
  • » Online submission form
  • » PowerPoint presentation
  • » Supporting image files
• • Students may enter the competition in teams of three or less.
• • The submission can be part of a school requirement.
• • Nominee(s) warrant that they have received all necessary approvals and authorizations from such individuals to accept the terms of the Participation Agreement (within the online submission form) with respect to the project submission.
• • Nominee(s) agree to abide by the terms of these official rules and by the decisions of the independent Student Design Competition judges, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to the Bentley Student Design competition.
• • The final competition categories are based on actual submissions and, therefore, subject to change.
• • The project must be completed in its entirety by students. Any project that received contributions from others, such as instructors, parents, or professionals, or any individual who is not listed on the entry will be disqualified.
• • Bentley assumes no responsibility for the failure of any project to be received by the deadline due to incomplete or late submissions.
• • The Bentley Student Design competition is not open to employees of Bentley or its integrators and resellers.
• • Scholarships are team based.
• • Bentley reserves the right to disqualify projects that fail to meet these rules and requirements.
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• Deadline
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• All project submissions, supporting images, and PowerPoints must be received by March 18, 2011.
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• Contact
• For additional information or questions about the 2011 Bentley Student Design competition, please email us at beinspired@bentley.com.