Fall 2023 Contest

Speakers
Session 1 
Alex Frost
Elisabeth Aliftiras
Rahique Mirza
Victoria Butler

Session 2
Kiara Cornell​
Justin Choi
Grace Hartman
Riley Davidson
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Emcees
Erica Selsey
Thomas Carlson

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Judges
Professor Karen Thole
Jonathan Whitby

Department
Session 1
Mechanical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Session 2
Aerospace Engineering
Computer Science
Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering
​Architectural Engineering

​Department
Biological Engineering
Electrical Engineering
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​Affiliation
Distinguished Professor (ME)
Engr. Sci. Grad Student

Contest Results:
First Place:            Kiara Cornell     
Second Place:       Grace Hartman
People's Choice::  Alex Frost

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Mechanical engineering sophomore Rachel Perini discusses the dangers in hip replacements and a possible solution at the Spring 2014 Contest.

Fall 2023 marks the 22nd running of the contest. Attendance of the finals now exceeds 350 people and attendance of the semi-finals runs about 100 people. Because of the excellent effort by students and their instructors in their course Effective Speaking for Engineering (CAS 100A for Engineers), this contest is raising the level of presentations among all engineering students in the College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University.

To raise the level of presentations given by engineering undergraduates, the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education has initiated a contest in which engineering students from Penn State's College of Engineering vie to give the best 10-minute presentation that presents an engineering solution to a societal problem.​ The eight finalists arise from a nationally recognized speaking course for engineering students. More than 350 engineering students take this course each semester. Managing the contest is the Penn State student organization Utree (Undergraduate Research and Teaching Experiences in Engineering).

Kate Waskiw, a sophomore in industrial engineering, discusses using a new way to treat moringa seeds to purify water in the Fall 2014 Contest.