Announcing the CASS 2024-2025 Student Design Competition

The IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) invites you to participate in the 9th CASS Student Design Competition.

The CASS Student Design Competition is a worldwide competition where undergraduate students will suggest and execute projects on electrical engineering and related areas. The focus should be on finding a solution to a real-life problem based on circuits and systems.

The competition will take place in three phases, the first at the chapter level, the second at the regional level, and a final at the world level. The final will take place during ISCAS 2025 in London, UK.

CASS will reimburse the travel costs for the trip to ISCAS 2025 for the four finalists, one for each region - Regions 1-7 (USA and Canada), Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Region 9 (Latin America), and Region 10 (Asia, Australia, Pacific), as well as ISCAS registration. The winning team will be awarded $3,000 USD.

For details on how to participate in the 2024-2025 Student Design Competition, click here.
 

Details and Official Competition Rules
 

Competition Phases

The competition will be carried out in three phases:

• Phase one is at the Chapter level
• Phase two is at the Regional level
• Phase three (final phase) is at the world level during ISCAS 2025

Phase one of the competition (Chapter level):

• Phase one should be organized by the local Chapters (or the local Sections)
• There will be one local competition per Chapter
• To register in the competition, the teams must submit a registration form (using the provided template) containing "title", "team composition", "brief description", and "expected outcome"

Download the Phase One Registration Form Template
 

• The completed registration form must be sent, by email, to the Chair of the CASS Chapter from the geographical area the team belongs to, with a copy to the corresponding regional CASS BoG representative. Alternatively, if there is no CASS chapter in the team's area, the submission should be just sent to the corresponding regional CASS BoG representative
• CASS will provide funding ($500 USD) for each local competition
• Chapters (or Sections) are encouraged to seek sponsorship from local industry
• The composition of the local judging panel for the first phase:
  • At least three members, appointed by the local organization
  • There must be at least one member from the local industry in the judging panel
  • The non-industry members should be CASS members
  • Conflicts of interest should be avoided
  • The proposed projects should be screened by the local judging panel
  • The evaluation will be carried out with the teams making a live demonstration to the judging panel
  • Projects will be evaluated based on "Technical quality", "Creativity", "Relevance to a real-life problem in circuits and systems", and "Accessibility to and engagement with undergraduate and high school students"

Important Dates

• 1 November 2024: Registration for phase one of the competition opens
• 10 January 2025: Deadline to registration for phase one of the competition
• 25 January 2025: Deadline for the live demonstrations of phase one of the competition to take place
• 31 January 2025: Deadline for the phase one competition results
• 20 February 2025: Deadline for uploading the video and report related to the second phase of the competition
• 20 March 2025: Deadline for the phase two competition results 
• 1 May 2025: Deadline for the teams to submit the final version of the report
• May 2025: Live demonstration of the final competition takes place during ISCAS 2025 and the winner is announced during the ISCAS 2025 Awards Ceremony

Inquiries

General inquiries: (Click to show email)

Technical inquiries: contact your local CASS Chapter Chair or BoG Representative in your Region.