High School Design Competition FAQ

High School Design is a free event that takes place annually in the fall, putting high school students’ creativity, teamwork skills, technical knowledge, and abilities to the test. Each High School Design features new engineering design challenges in various engineering disciplines created by students in the Self Engineering Leadership Fellows (SELF) Program. Working as individuals or in small teams, high school students design, build, and test a product that addresses a need within a certain engineering discipline.
High School Design is hosted by the KU School of Engineering, while SELF fellows plan and execute the event. It is a day-long event, with the intent of promoting interest in engineering among high school students.

The event is free. The only costs would be personal transportation/lodging and project materials costs. Lunch will be provided on competition day.

Unfortunately, due to time constraints, students are limited to competing in only one event during the competition.

Students can compete by themselves or with a team (up to 5 students per team). 

More detailed scheduling information will be posted closer to the competition day, but the competition will take place from 7:30 AM to 2:00 PM.

You should bring your presentation and competition materials. We will provide lunch, but you might consider bringing a snack and a water bottle. There will not be lockers or storage space for items, and you may be walking a lot, so keep that in mind when packing.