Alumni Cup Competition

The Challenge

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: 

• 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 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.

2020 Victors

The Team

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

The 2020 Sponsors

 

 

Support a Team

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. 

Learn More

For questions, contact our competition manger—Jeff Karceski '88 —at engralumni@umd.edu.