1. Category Description & Objective
The goal of the Engineering Communications category is to encourage undergraduate engineering students to present a technical topic, expressing a viewpoint on its social, economic, and/or environmental impact. Engineers are often required to investigate an issue, form an opinion, and then convince their audience of the validity of that opinion while explaining the technical process or issue to people with different educational backgrounds such as management, other professionals, or the general public. In this category, competitors must identify a technological process or issue, form an opinion about it, thoroughly and clearly explain the process or issue to an audience not specializing in their field, and present strong arguments to support their viewpoint. Winning entries will combine thorough research, a convincing viewpoint, and a dynamic presentation.
2. Category Logistics

2.1. Awards
First Place: Coming Soon
Second Place:Coming Soon
Third Place: Coming Soon

2.2. Facilities Provided by the Organizing Committee

· One (1) or more amphitheatre(s), each with a digital projector and computer for final presentations – multiple rooms are only needed if multi-stream judging is used1

· Stop watch(es) – one (1) per amphitheatre

· List of acceptable methods of transfer of the final presentation to the category official (e.g. USB key, CD, email – acceptable methods are at the discretion of the Organizing Committee)

· Hard copies of Final Presentations for judges to make notes

· Play-back equipment for video recordings – required only if presentations are recorded

· Scoring sheets


3. Competitor Deliverables

Teams in Engineering Communications are required to present an oral presentation with visual aids (PowerPoint, Adobe PDF or compatible format) at the competition in front of a public audience.

4. Scoring

 Popularization
     Topic clearly presented  5%
     Appropriate level of language  5%
     Interest elicited by the topic  5%
     Accuracy of the explanation  15%
 Critical Analysis
     Environmental, Social, Economic and other analysis  15%
     Quality of arguments  15%
 Communication ability
     Quality of visual aids  15%
     Speaker quality  15%
     Compliance with time  10%


5. Competition Procedures

5.1. Transfer of Presentations to the Organizing Committee
All presentations are to be submitted to the Category Official prior to the start of the first presentation. Method of submission is at the discretion of the Organizing Committee.
5.2. Presentations
Competitors will be given a maximum of (30) minutes to present.The time remaining must be shown by the timekeeper 10 minutes, 5 minutes, and 1 minute before the end of the presentation, with a visual countdown given during the last 30 seconds of the presentation.The presentations are open to the public and other competitors, however, once a presentation has started traffic entering and exiting the room should be discouraged.

5.3. Question Period

A ten (10) minute question period will follow the presentation during which the judges and the general public will be allowed to ask questions, with priority given to the judges’ questions.