Bentley Institute has announced its Digital Infrastructure Student Idea Challenge 2020.
The challenge is said to continue the institute’s mission of nurturing future professionals by helping them stay active, engaged and enthusiastic during school closures and self-isolation due to COVID-19. The institute notes that the challenge is open to individual students (or teams of two) from community colleges and schools, polytechnics, technical institutes, and universities.
With migration, urbanisation, and climate change placing increasing stress on the world’s-built environment, the industry must transform and innovate to deliver resilient infrastructure. Bentley Institute is looking for students from around the world to come up with visionary ideas and inventive concepts that could potentially transform infrastructure and make a positive impact in the world, the statement said. To participate, students need to select a challenge that is relevant to any infrastructure domain and propose a smart, ground-breaking solution concept.
Students should submit a presentation and PDF document (with a minimum of 500 words) of their conceptual ideas, not a detailed technical solution with a design. However, students should describe how software technology could play a role in their proposed concept. It must also be supported by graphs, figures, videos, and pictures. In addition to gaining recognition from Bentley Institute, the top winning team will receive a cash prize of US $5,000. The winners of the Best Presentation, Best Challenge, and Best Solution categories will also win cash prizes of $2,000 each, the statement said. To participate in the challenge, students must register before May 15th, 2020 and submit their projects by June 15th, 2020.
Students need to register here.
To learn more about the submissions, judging criteria, and other information, click here.