NSF/ASME Student Design Essay Competition (Deadline for submitting papers: June 15, 2009)
A competition that addresses issues that are foundational to the creation of a scientific formalism for design.

MSNDC Student Paper Competition (Deadline for submitting papers: February 27, 2009)
The ASME Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics Technical Committee (MSNDTC) invites students to submit papers to the MSNDTC Student Paper Competition. This inaugural competition will be held at the 7th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics and Control.

Young Design Engineer's Project Competition
The purpose of this competition is to emphasize the importance of clear technical communication while providing an introduction to technical society (ASME) paper publication. The International Design Engineering Technical Conference is the ideal venue for exemplary student capstone design projects. It is suggested that the basis for this paper be a senior capstone team design project.

ASME Student Mechanism and Robot Design Competition (Deadline for Letter of Intent: April 24, Deadline for Final Report: June 1)
An excellent opportunity for both undergraduate and graduate students to showcase their design abilities! Separate competitions for both mechanism and robot designs at the undergraduate and graduate level will be held.

MNS Photo Contest (Deadline for Abstract/Letter of Intent: February 27, Deadline for Final Entry Documents: April 24)
One of the off-shoots of working with micro and nano systems inevitably is some really interesting pictures of novel creations. The MNS Photo Contest is a forum to display these pictures for recognition and evaluation by leading researchers in the field. Submissions will consist of a 1 page pdf document with the photo along with a 1-2 paragraph caption describing it and what makes it interesting and/or novel. Contest entrants will have their photos and captions on display during the MNS poster session at the conference and awards for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place entries will be presented at the DETC 2009/MNS conference banquet/luncheon.