Clemson Cadence Challenge

Welcome to the Clemson Cadence Challenge!

As part of Cadence Design Systems’ mission to foster a strong relationship with Clemson University, we are excited to announce a campus-wide competition, open to all students eager to participate. Compete for a chance to win a 2025 paid summer internship with Cadence in Silicon Valley and other exciting prizes.

Join us on Cadence Night on October 10th, where we’ll officially reveal the challenge rules and provide everything you need to get started. To register for the competition, fill out the form here.

Cadence Challenge Final Results

1st Place: Christopher Davis - 26 Badges

2nd Place: Sebastian Najera - 25 Badges

3rd Place: Avi Patel - 13 Badges

Congratulations to our winner Christopher Davis and the rest of the top 3!

Important Dates

• Kickoff ceremony and competition start date: October 10, 2024

  • Cadence Night event is on October 10, 6:30 pm at Holtzendorff Auditorium (Room 100)

  • To sign up for the Cadence Night Event fill out this form here

  • Competition end date: November 21st, 2024 

Goal for the Challenge

Cadence and Clemson are offering an incredible opportunity for students to participate in a campus-wide competition. Participating students will have the chance to win a 2025 paid summer internship with Cadence in Silicon Valley, and Cadence merchandise as well as gain valuable experience using Cadence software.

Please note that this competition is being offered to undergraduate students only.

Cadence Support

Access to the Cadence Support website will be an invaluable resource for this competition. This website can be used to download software, access manuals, use training resources, etc... It is highly recommended that you request an account as soon as possible, steps for which can be found on our Getting Started page.

Rules

Competition Goal

• Earn as many Cadence Badges as possible

  • Winner of the competition will be the person with the most badges by the end date of the competition (November 21st)

  • Badges will appear on the Cadence learning map with the ribbon symbol shown below:

Guidelines

• All badges must be submitted using the badge submission form

  • Valid submissions must contain two items:

    • First is proof of the badge. Submissions must contain the name of the recipient, the date earned and the name of the badge. Two options for this can be seen below:

      • A PDF certificate given upon completion of the course, as seen below

• Or a screenshot of the badge on your Credly page. To view this with your name and the date, select the 3 bars in the top right corner then choose "Profile". From here select the badge you wish to submit from the "badge portfolio" tab and it should pop up with a similar window to the one below:

• The second submission you must make is a zip file containing all of the files completed for the course's labs

• Note:

  • Badges must have been earned between the start date of the competition (October 10th) and the end date (November 21st)

• Repeat badges are not allowed

  • For example, if there is a course for both the 22.1 and 17.4 versions of the software you will only receive credit for one badge if both are submitted during the competition

    • However, if you have earned one version of a badge prior to the competition, then you may complete another version of the badge during the competition

• Finally, in the event of a tie, the award in question will be given to the student with the most hours spent on badges (each badge lists roughly how much time it should take to complete)

Awards

Top 3: Guaranteed Interviews for 2025 paid summer internship with Cadence Design Systems in San Jose, CA (Silicon Valley)

Note: Last year the top 3 students all received internship offers

For more information on the internship, check out the position listed on Cadence's career page. You can also visit the Cadence Interns and Grads page for general information on Cadence's internship programs.

As well as:

Cadence merchandise 

Every week in the Cadence Lab (Riggs B22) a participant who has been in the lab will have a chance to win a giveaway item.

 Everyone will also have a chance to win items in the tier system:

Tier 1: Rontondo Mug (7 Badges)

Tier 2: Bereus Wireless Charging Pad (15 Badges)

Tier 3: Cylinder Bluetooth Speaker Black (20 Badges) 

Questions

Please contact Ian Scogin at iscogin@clemson.edu or Alan Dayrit at adayrit@clemson.edu with any questions regarding the competition.