What do I expect on competition day?
This page is for those teams participating in the build and test challenge this year.
Regional Competition Dates
Penn State Greater Allegheny- February 17, 2023.
Penn State Hazelton- February 16, 2023.
Penn State Altoona - February 28, 2023
State Competition Date
Penn State University Park (HUB-Robeson Center) - March 29, 2023
A Sample Competition Day Agenda
8:30 – 9:50 AM: Registration and Open Testing for teams
10:00 AM- 2:30 PM: All Divisions testing & judging
Judging: Judging will take place in room 1, 2, or 3 and will alternate between sides A and B. While one team is being judged, the other team will be setting up in the other room. Judging will follow the schedule listed. Please be prepared, if you miss your judging window you may miss your opportunity to be judged at all.
Wind Tunnel Testing: Each team is given a window in which they must test their turbine in the wind tunnel. Teams will be able to test twice in their given window and will be given the higher of the two scores.
Lunch is on your own. Please check the schedule and have lunch at a time that won’t interfere with your testing times.
There are restaurants in the HUB as well as the Student Book Store on the first level. See maps for more details!
2:30 PM- 2:50 PM: Engineering Ambassadors Career Presentation
2:50 PM- 3:15 PM: Award Ceremony