A special Alumni Cup Competition for Summer 2020. Form a socially distanced team. Build a machine. Record it in action. Compete in a virtual competition.
The Alumni Cup, presented by the Engineering Alumni Network, is a Clark School tradition that challenges teams of engineering students to design and build a Rube Goldberg machine under intense time and resource constraints.
Recognizing that Summer 2020 will be like no other we’ve experienced, the Engineering Alumni Network is challenging Clark School students to a first of its kind VIRTUAL Alumni Cup Summer Competition. Students are challenged to build a complex machine to Alumni Cup specifications and record their machines in action to share with the Clark School Community during a Virtual Competition and Video Watch Party on August 5th.
Prizes will be awarded for the top three technically performing machines as well as one fan favorite.
The Details:
Timeline:
The video competition is open to individuals and teams of current UMD students at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Winners will receive prizes in the form of VISA gift cards.
Best in Show (Technical Award): $250
People’s Choice (Crowd Selected): $150
*The Engineering Alumni Network reserves the right not to award prizes in all categories.
Upload the link for the video and the name(s), email(s), year(s), and major(s) of the video's creator(s) to Google Drive and share the link with hmedina@umd.edu.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: July 29, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.
JUDGING
Entries will be judged by a panel consisting of A. James Clark School of Engineering alumni, faculty, and staff. The People’s Choice Award will be selected by online voting and is open to the public.
Note that production can be informal and non-professional in nature, but even an informal style should be done well (i.e. properly balance your audio, create visual appeal, avoid “um” and “uh” in dialogue,” etc.)
Releases
All individuals featured in your video must sign a release (form available for download here). In the case of minors, parents must sign the release form. Please scan your form and send to hmedina@umd.edu
All videos remain the property of the video producers. However, producers grant the A. James Clark School of Engineering permission to use their work in any of the Clark School’s communications products, including social media platforms, websites, magazines, brochures and marketing collateral. We reserve the right to edit videos as needed for use on our platforms.
No copyrighted material (music, images, etc.) may be used without permission or appropriate licensing. For any information or data obtained from outside sources, credit must be provided.
Winners are responsible for any applicable taxes.
Launched in 2012, the Alumni Cup is an annual engineering design competition. Teams of students from each department compete against one another in a week-long challenge 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:
Task and parameters are given to each team the Friday before Engineers Week. Students have one week 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 five individuals from both the Clark School administration and the Alumni Association. The winning team will be memorialized on the Alumni Cup trophy displayed in the west lobby of the Glenn L. Martin Hall.
Congratulations to the 2020 Material Science and Engineering team on their winning machine!
Shannon Donaldson
Hadas Elazar-Mittelman
Shannon Flynn
Kevin Gu
Mustafa Khan
Alison Kriz
Tyler Rae
Shadden Zaki
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For corporate sponsorship opportunities, including advertising space during the competition please e-mail engralumni@umd.edu.
All donations are 100 percent tax-deductible and can be made online here.
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.
For questions, contact our competition manger—Jeff Karceski '88 —at engralumni@umd.edu.
View photos and videos from past Alumni Cup competitions.
2020 Photos 2019 Photos 2018 Photos 2017 Photos 2016 Photos 2015 Photos 2014 Videos 2014 Photos 2013 Photos 2012 Photos