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Competition Rules

Competition Rules. Spring 2014. Innovative System Project for the Increased Recruitment of Emerging STEM Students. General Rules. Documents 1 inch margins No smaller than 12 pt. Times New Roman for main text No smaller than 8 pt. Times New Roman for table and figure captions Presentations

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Competition Rules

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  1. Competition Rules Spring 2014 Innovative System Project for the Increased Recruitment of Emerging STEM Students

  2. General Rules • Documents • 1 inch margins • No smaller than 12 pt. Times New Roman for main text • No smaller than 8 pt. Times New Roman for table and figure captions • Presentations • Slide numbers on each slide • Arial or Tahoma font for text • No smaller than 16 pt. font • White or light background

  3. Uploading • Upload to InSPIRESS website • http://www.inspiress.org/InSPIRESS/Uploads.html • Password: up2inspiress – submit button will appear

  4. Payload Status Review (PSR) • Payload Status Document (PSD) • 5 pages in length including title page • Title page: team name, team slogan, team logo, and high school name • Submitted one (1) week before PSR to UAH via InSPIRESS website • Content • Team name, slogan, logo • Science objective chosen • Instrumentation chosen • Functional, environmental, and project requirements • Alternative concepts developed with pros and cons • Payload concept of operations

  5. Payload Status Review (PSR) • Presentation • No more than ten (10) minutes in length • Ten (10) minutes for Q&A from the board • Content • Team name, slogan, logo • Science objective chosen • Instrumentation chosen • Functional, environmental, and project requirements • Alternative concepts developed with pros and cons • Payload concept of operations

  6. Payload Concept Review (PCR) • Payload Concept Proposal (PCP) • No more than nine (9) pages including title page • Title page: team name, team number, team slogan, team logo, and high school name • Contents • Science objective chosen • Instrumentation chosen • Functional, environmental, and project requirements • Alternative concepts developed with pros and cons • Decision analysis • Payload concept of operations • Engineering analysis • Final design • Compliance table • CEA Summary

  7. Payload Concept Review (PCR) • Presentation • All members of Design Group MUST present • No more than twenty (20) minutes in length • Q&A for ten (10) minutes from board • Contents • Science objective chosen • Instrumentation chosen • Functional, environmental, and project requirements • Alternative concepts developed with pros and cons • Decision analysis • Payload concept of operations • Engineering analysis • Final design • Compliance table • CEA Summary

  8. Payload Concept Proposal (PCP) • Submission Date • Tuesday, April 22, 2014 • IF proposal is not submitted by this date, the team is DISQUALIFIED

  9. Community Engagement Activity Review (CEAR) • Only for CEA, not entire project • Shelby Center for Science and Technology • Team provisions (provided by UAH) • Easel for poster • 6-foot table to display items • WiFi • All members of CEA Group must be present

  10. CEAR Poster • 32 inches by 40 inches • Either portrait or landscape • Printed by UAH if submitted on time • Contents • Team Name • Team Logo • High School Name/Logo • Payload Science Objective • Figure of the Proposed Payload • Number of CEA Visitors and a histogram of the age demographics of those visitors • CEA(s) Description • CEA(s) pictures

  11. CEAR Table • All items brought must fit on table • NO marketing materials (pens, cups, food, etc.) allowed! • Power IS NOT provided

  12. Community Engagement Activities

  13. CEA Visitor Surveys • Visitor – anyone not currently participating in InSPIRESS (this semester) • Collect surveys after EACH CEA conducted • Enter data in spreadsheet provided on InSPIRESS • Spreadsheet MUST be submitted to UAH by specific date or team is DISQUALIFIED from competing in the CEAR

  14. Final Review (FR) • Shelby Center for Science and Technology • Each team gets twenty (20) minutes to present • Ten (10) minute Q&A from the board • Modified PCR briefing is used • Submit presentation by specified time • Failure to submit is grounds for FR dismissal

  15. Competition Evaluation *10 points are allocated for CEA Visitor Surveys. For every 25 completed, 1 point is granted for a maximum of 10 points

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