AEI STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION WINNERS

 

Friday, April 13, 2018

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News Release   
April 11, 2018 
Contact: Emily Castellanos

ASCE's Architectural Engineering Institute Honors the Pennsylvania State University and Lawrence Technological University for Outstanding Student Design and Construction Projects

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Reston, Va. - The Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) announced the winners of the 2018 AEI Student Design Competition on April 6, 2018. The winners were announced at the biennial AEI Forum 2018, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction. The Pennsylvania State University earned the top award for building integration, and Lawrence Technological University received second place honors for building integration. 

 

Each year, the AEI Student Design Competition attracts the top architectural engineering undergraduate and graduate students from the country's leading academic institutions that offer architectural engineering degrees. The goal of the annual competition is to provide a unique venue for students to showcase their architectural engineering knowledge and skills. The competition encourages collaboration, research, innovation and peer review.  

 

"These teams represent the future of the architectural engineering profession," says Jonathan U. Dougherty, PhD, chair, AEI Student Design Competition. "Their understanding and execution of building design and construction within the context of the competition project, and their ability to overcome the unique challenges of this year's competition - enclosure, smart building integration and disaster response - demonstrates that these students are well prepared for the realities of the architectural engineering industry."

 

This year, students were challenged to address the design, integration, and construction issues associated with the Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. To complete the challenge, students collaborated in multi-disciplinary teams and used architectural engineering knowledge and experiences to create innovative solutions. Teams considered how engineered systems integrate with building architecture while emphasizing smart building technology integration, as well as disaster and emergency response planning. Each team had university professors with strong professional and academic backgrounds to provide mentorship.  

 

Projects are judged in five primary categories including building integration, structural systems design, mechanical systems design, electrical systems design, and construction management and development.   Projects also have a chance to win awards for innovation in enclosure design, smart building technology and disaster response planning.

 

In the 2018 competition, 18 teams registered, with a total of 163 students participating. Eight different architectural engineering programs participated in the submittal portion of the competition, including the competition's first international submission. Five teams from five universities were invited to present at the finals for the competition before a volunteer panel of practitioner jurors.  The complete list of winners is as follows: 

 

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Building Integration  
1st Place: The Pennsylvania State University
2nd Place: Lawrence Technological University

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Construction Management & Development
1st Place: Kansas State University 
2nd Place: The Pennsylvania State University

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Electrical Systems Design 
1st Place: The Milwaukee School of Engineering 
2nd Place:  Lawrence Technological University

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Mechanical Systems Design 
1st Place: The Pennsylvania State University
2nd Place: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Structural Systems Design 
1st Place: The Pennsylvania State University
2nd Place: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Special Award: Outstanding Achievement in Innovation - Enclosure 
Lawrence Technological University

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Special Award: Outstanding Achievement in Innovation - Disaster Response Planning 
The Pennsylvania State University