
Student competitions are an engaging way to foster hands-on learning, critical thinking, and collaborative skills in STEM education. These events provide participants with opportunities to apply their knowledge in real-world scenarios, connect with industry professionals, and build their portfolios. Within the ATE community, competitions like the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) and the MATE ROV Competition exemplify how innovation and teamwork can lead to creative approaches and solutions. Whether tackling challenges, exploring innovative designs, or solving complex problems, these competitions showcase the benefits of experiential learning. Are you advising a student team? Check out Evaluate-Compete, a resource for students participating in robotics, engineering design, and other team competitions.
In this From the Archive blog post, we share three resources highlighting how ATE engages with student competitions. First, a detailed guide offers a roadmap for preparing students to compete in the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. Next, a report provides an inside look at a drone business plan competition, which combines entrepreneurship and technology to engage underrepresented students in the growing drone industry. Finally, we share a video that explores strategies for developing and hosting cybersecurity competitions for those interested in organizing their own. Together, these resources provide inspiration and practical advice for educators and participants alike.
A Guide to the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
This guide, commissioned by the National CyberWatch Center, prepares students for the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CDCC). The CDCC is designed to provide students with hands-on experience in the application of information assurance skills and to enhance students’ understanding of both the theory and practice of cybersecurity. This comprehensive guide introduces the competition and discusses recruiting and organizing teams, rosters and practice, as well as what to expect and scoring. The guide concludes with sections outlining past scenarios, competition configurations, post-competition assessment, and three appendices with other helpful resources.
For more archived resources by the National CyberWatch Center, visit the ATE Central resource portal.
Drone Business Plan Competition
This report, published by Northland Community and Technical College, provides an overview of The Northland Drone Business Plan Competition (BPC), an entrepreneurship bootcamp focused on generating interest among traditionally underrepresented communities in the emerging drone industry ecosystem. The bootcamp was a part of the National Center for Autonomous Technologies' 2022 Experience STEAM event and lasted three days with a cohort of 12 students. The report provides a schedule of each day of the bootcamp and walks through student activities in narrative form, highlighting points where the event was successful. Also included in the report are marketing and outreach techniques for the program, lessons learned for future planning, and past examples of similar bootcamps, which helped inform the BPC's development.
For more archived resources by the National Center for Autonomous Technologies, visit the ATE Central resource portal.
To learn more about Educating Entrepreneurial Technicians for Unmanned Aerial Systems, visit the ATE Central resource portal.
Developing and Hosting Your Own Cybersecurity Competition
In this video from the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), Andrew Lutz from Johnson County Community College provides guidance on developing and hosting a cybersecurity competition for students. Lutz explores skills development, labs, rules of engagement, class integration, prizes, resources about and strategies for ethical hacking, and virtualization tools for lab environments.
For more archived resources by CTC, visit the ATE Central resource portal.
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