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STUDENT ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE

1. The Student Design Project Competition judged 25 final entries for the 2011
competition at the Society level. The winners are as follows:
HVAC System Design
1st Place: University of Nebraska - Omaha
2nd Place: Lakehead University
3rd Place: University of Central Florida
Rising Star: San Jose State University
HVAC System Selection
1st Place: California Polytechnic – San Luis Obispo
2nd Place: Kansas State University
3rd Place: Penn State University
Rising Star: University of Central Florida
Integrated Sustainable Building Design
1st Place: Tianjin University, China
2nd Place: University of Novi Sad
3rd Place: Lawrence Technological University
Rising Star: University of Cincinnati

The 2012 student competition is underway with the new details and competition criteria
to be posted in August. Check the student zone for updates.

What if a school in my chapter wants to participate in the competition?

All interested school must register via the design competition registration page on the
student zone. Only student’s who register will get the FTP username and password to
upload final entries to the ASHRAE FTP site.

Explain the judging process.

Judging takes place on 3 levels.

Level 1 (Local): Once entries are submitted to the FTP site, the local chapters will
be notified they have a team registered in the competition. Student branch
entries should then evaluated by their local chapter. Chapter judges should use
the criteria available on the design competition section of the web as the basis
for their local judging. If schools have no chapter located in the vicinity of their
school, entries are assigned to the appropriate RVC for local judging. Only one
entry per chapter per category can be advanced to level 2, the regional level.

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Even if you only have one entry, please evaluate it for content. All entries should
be quality entries. If entries are not selected by the local chapter for
advancement to Level 2, please notify the team of this decision with feedback. If
you choose to advance the entry to level 2, simply email the name of the school
category to your RVC copying your staff liaison Tarra Holman,
tholman@ashrae.org. You are to choose the best entry in each category to
advance. You must also select a rising star team; a team that does NOT qualify
for the next level, but is a quality entry from a school that hasn’t entered the
competition in 3 or more years.

Level 2 (Local): Level 2 of the competition is regionally judged by the Student

Activities RVC’s. Once local chapters have submitted their local design
competition winners, the regional judges will download the entries from the FTP
site and will judge all entries in a given region advancing the best entry in each
category to Level 3, the national competition. An email will be sent to the
national competition staff liaison with the winning level 3 names. If schools are
not chosen to advance to the national level, level 2 judges must notify the
schools and chapters of this decision. Feedback on entries should be provided to
each non selected team.

Level 3 (National): Level 3 of the competition takes place during a closed session
at the ASHRAE Annual Conference. Once all regional judges have submitted
their local design competition winners, the national judges will evaluate all
entries from across the US, Canada and International locations. First, second,
and third place entries along with a rising star will be selected for each category
and announced no later than August 5 annually. All awards will be presented
during the student program at the Winter Conference. First place winnings
include $2000, plaques and a free trip to the meeting for one team member. All
other awards include a free trip to the meeting for a team member and a plaque
presented to the team at the student program.

What’s the timeline?

• Students register in the fall, deadline is April 12 the following year

• FTP submittal information will be sent to registered teams and corresponding
chapters only no later than April 30.
• May 6, deadline for all teams to upload entries to site
• May 20, deadline for level 1 judging to be complete. All winner names should be
emailed to RVCs with copy to staff liaison

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• June 3, deadline for level 2 judging to be complete. All winner names should be
emailed to staff liaison.
• June 24, Level 3 competition takes place
• August 5, winners announced

2. Our grant program continues to be a strong supporter of HVAC&R learning in the

classroom and can often be what makes the class possible. The highest ranking school
from the 2010-2011 grant program Purdue University presented their projects at the
2011 Winter Conference Student Program in Las Vegas. 2011 – 2012 Undergraduate
Grant Program Recipients are as follows:

University of Oregon Net Zero Energy (NetZED) Design ToolKit

University of Nebraska - Lincoln CO2-based Demand Control Ventilation
(DCV) of Multiple-zones in a LEED building
UNC Charlotte Advanced Cooling Technologies: Nanofluids
Flow and Heat Transfer Lab

Ryerson University Design and construction of a compact

integrated variable-capacity multi-zone air
handling unit (AHU) with
HRV/ERV/economizer for super energy
efficient/net-zero energy houses
Purdue University Living Laboratory for Smart Home
UET Lahore Design and fabrication of 1KW solar stirling
Engine
Bradley University Design of a System for Regulating AC
Capacity by
Compressor Rapid Cycling
National Taipei University of Technology A Performance Study on Electric Powered
Vehicle Air Conditioning system
American University of Beirut The use of shading and condensate drain to
improve the efficiency of a residential-sized
DX split air conditioning system in Beirut
city.
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale PCM Solar Energy Storage Demonstrator for
Air and Water Heating
Mapua University (team 2) Development of a Laboratory set-up for a
ducted underfloor air distribution system

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National Chin-Yi University of Technology Development of a Demonstrator of

Thermoelectric Cooler/Heater System for
Bio-medical Cold-chain System: Design,
Fabrication and Performance Testing
University of Algarve Development of a Hot-Wire Anemometry
Multi-Channel
System and an Air Velocity Sensors
Calibration System
Manipal University Solar Liquid Desiccant Air Conditioning
System

3. The criteria and the application for the 2012-2013 Undergraduate Program will be
posted in September. The deadline for application submittal is December 15, 2011.

4. ASHRAE currently has 320 student branches. The process for establishing a student
branch can be found online.

5. The Student Program at the Winter Conference in Las Vegas was an enhanced student
experience. We experienced our largest turnout ever with over 500 students in
attendance. Student events began on Saturday and concluded on Monday.

a. A separate hotel for students was secured to offer students $69.95 per night
rates: The Riviera Hotel and Casino
b. Saturday orientation with lunch served
c. Sunday program with lunch buffet and 4 presentations
d. Monday technical session sponsored by the Student Activities Committee

Planning for the 2012 Chicago Winter Conference is underway. Details will be posted this
fall on the Student Zone.

6. Student Recruitment:

a. A new and improved Power Point presentation is available to assist student

branches and chapters in recruiting new student members. It is available online
with tips for presenting and suggestions for brochures and videos to compliment
the presentation.

b. The student membership dues for students remain $20 annually.

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c. Rates for Student Branch Advisors are also $20 annually.

d. ASHRAE SmartStart Transfer Program (formally the 16-40-40 student transfer

program) dues structure is $20 for the first year and $50 the second and third
year of the program. The dues after the third year will be $185 annually.

7. ASHRAE K-12

a. In partnership with the National Engineering Week Foundation, ASHRAE has a

new video available in an effort to recruit middle school-aged girls into
engineering. The video can be downloaded at
http://vid.ashrae.browsermedia.com/marinelife/marinelife.wmv.

b. ASHRAE has K-12 materials. Please visit www.ashrae.org/ashraek12 for available

resources and other K-12 materials. Be sure to share your chapter K-12 outreach
stories on the K-12 discussion forum via the website.

c. Be sure to visit the ASHRAE K-12 Discussion Forum and let others members know
what works best (and even not so good) in classroom visits.

8. Career Resources:

a. ASHRAEjobs.com is the online career program offering job search capabilities for
members, posting opportunities for employers, and resume posting. For student,
this incorporate an internship database where employers can post internships
FREE of charge to students. Resume writing and careers tips are also available
here for students.

b. Mentorship Program: all students looking for a mentor should complete a

mentor information form that can be found here and submit it to your local
chapter.

9. Partnerships:

a. National Engineers Week

ASHRAE hosted EWEEK 2011 along with corporate sponsor Raytheon. EWEEK was
February 20 – 26, 2011. The ASHRAE legacy project New Faces of Engineering
College Edition (modeled after the current YEA New Faces Program) allows college
students to apply to be rewarded for their achievements and engineering industry.
A fully integrated Facebook page has been created to promote this program and

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accept applications. The student application will be available on Facebook on

Tuesday, September 6 at www.facebook.com/CollegeEdition. This summer, please
share this upcoming program with your student members in any appropriate
communications (Facebook pages and groups, e-newsletters, website).

The deadline for student applications is October 21.

b. Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS)

ASHRAE continues to be an Affiliate Sponsor of JETS and we are assisting them with
their Teams Problem program. This program offers a series of weekly
problems/challenges for K-12 teachers to assign to their students.

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