2025 ASEE MODEL DESIGN COMPETITION

On behalf of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) – Two Year College Division (TYCD), we invite you to encourage the submission of student design projects for the 27th Annual ASEE Two-College Division MODEL DESIGN COMPETITION. This event will be held in conjunction with the 2025 ASEE Annual Convention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June of 2025. This competition is open to 1st and 2nd year engineering and technology students at two-year and four-year colleges and universities.

As this year’s competition will be held in Canada which is known for its committed fans, each student team will design and build an autonomous robot that will perform a sort of hockey skirmish by making goals with pucks laid around the track. The robot must adhere to the rules of the model design competition (attached). An Exhibition session is included as part of the competition.

The 27th Annual American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Two-Year College Division (TYCD), Model Design Competition will be held in conjunction with the ASEE Annual Convention on June 22 – 25, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Event Name: Hockey Hat-trick
Each student team will design and build an autonomous robot that can successfully score hockey goals with 5 pucks initially placed in specific locations on the play field. The robots have a maximum time of 120 seconds in each of their four allotted trials to deliver up to 5 different colored pucks to yellow and green goals, according to the point system described in the ‘Robot Time Trial Scoring’ section of the rules. The robot must begin within an 8” X 12” X 10” high size limit but may expand to any size during a trial. An Exhibit Session will precede the robot trials.

The main reason for this competition is for students to gain a better understanding of the design process from start to finish. Designing and building something from an idea is probably why they chose engineering in the first place. Use this design competition as a platform to reinforce their ideas and have some engineering fun! We hope to see you and your students’ entries in Montreal.

Please find linked below the guidelines and registration forms for this event. The interest and registration forms are also linked below.

2025 ASEE TYCD Model Design Competition Files (Coming soon…)

2025 Design Rules, Guidelines, and Schematics (page 3)
2025 Interest Form (page 15)
2025 Registration Form (page 14)

2024 TYCD Results (Portland OR)

2024 ASEE TYCD Design Competition Results (page 2)

For questions on the competition, you can reach any of the Model Design Competition coordinators at the their contacts below.

Kenny Grimes
Tidewater Community College
Email: kgrimes@tcc.edupgordy@tcc.edu

 

Geoff Berl
Monroe Community College
Email: gberl001@monroecc.edu

 

Clint Kohl
Cedarville University
Email: KOHLC@cedarville.edu