Mark your calendars for the 14th annual Alumni Cup competition on Friday, February 21, 2025.
Watch student teams from each department of the A. James Clark School of Engineering compete in a Rube-Goldberg inspired challenge.
The Alumni Cup, presented by the Engineering Alumni Network, inspires student teams from each engineering discipline to think creatively and work together to design machines that can accomplish a simple task. The competition culminates on Friday, February 21, when teams will be judged on their machine’s effectiveness, presentation, and team spirit.
Watch to cheer on your favorite team and see who will claim the cup!
The Challenge
Launched in 2012, the Alumni Cup is an annual engineering design competition. Teams of students from each department compete against one another to develop a machine that will perform a specific task within certain parameters.
Points are awarded based on how well the teams meet five key objectives:
- The machine exercises the fundamental task.
- The machine exhibits a creative design that showcases the respective discipline/engineering department.
- The machine operates in a predictable manner.
- The machine complies with all rules.
- The team exhibits strong department pride.
Task and parameters are given to each team at a kickoff meeting prior to Engineers Week. Students have limited time and a small stipend with which to design, sketch, and build a machine that reflects their department. Teams will demonstrate their designs at the end of Engineers Week in the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building Rotunda. The judges’ panel will be comprised of Clark School administration and alumni. The winning team will be memorialized on the Alumni Cup trophy displayed in the west lobby of the Glenn L. Martin Hall.
2024 Victors
Congratulations to the 2024 Aerospace Engineering team on their winning machine! Click here to view photos from last year's compeition.
Team members:
Kruti Bhingradiya (Team Lead)
Akemi Takeuchi (Team Lead)
Romeo Perlstein
Smelvin McClaren
Saanchi Desai
Sayali Vispute
Samuel Heintz
Arnav Mate
2025 Sponsors
2025 Sponsorship Packages
Choose from one of five levels of corporate sponsorship opportunities—including advertising space during the competition—available for the 2025 event. All sponsorship package payments are considered a 100 percent tax-deductible donation and payment can be made online.
- Logo and company information included in communication to student participants following the event
- Option to give 1-minute remarks during the Alumni Cup welcome address by company representative
- Option to show up to 30-second promotional video shown during halftime intermission
- Verbal acknowledgement of sponsorship to participants and spectators at beginning of sponsored round
- One 6-ft. table reserved for your company during Alumni Cup to interact with participants and guests
- Option to send one representative to participate as a competition judge
- Logo printed on official Alumni Cup t-shirts that are given to student participants
- Logo displayed on jumbotron and other TV monitors during the event
- Logo posted on Alumni Cup website and EAN social media accounts
- Verbal acknowledgement of sponsorship to participants and spectators at beginning of sponsored round
- One 6-ft. table reserved for your company during Alumni Cup to interact with participants and guests
- Option to send one representative to participate as a competition judge
- Logo printed on official Alumni Cup t-shirts that are given to student participants
- Logo displayed on jumbotron and other TV monitors during the event
- Logo posted on Alumni Cup website and EAN social media accounts
- Option to send one representative to participate as a competition judge
- Logo printed on official Alumni Cup t-shirts that are given to student participants
- Logo displayed on jumbotron and other TV monitors during the event
- Logo posted on Alumni Cup website and EAN social media accounts
- Logo printed on official Alumni Cup t-shirts that are given to student participants
- Logo displayed on jumbotron and other TV monitors during the event
- Logo posted on Alumni Cup website and EAN social media accounts
- Logo displayed on jumbotron and other TV monitors during the event
- Logo posted on Alumni Cup website and EAN social media accounts
Become a 2025 Sponsor
Learn More and Volunteer
To learn more about Alumni Cup and/or to volunteer, please e-mail engralumni@umd.edu. Volunteers can assist with planning and execution of the competition or the post-competition student-alumni networking event, fundraising, communications, day-of support, and more.
