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National Engineering Design Competition

Designing for Equity Locally to Affect Sustainability Globally

The National Engineering Design Competition (NEDC) asks students to first identify an individual or group who experiences some type of inequity (i.e., a user). Then, using a coding element as the main component of their design, employ human-centered design practices to engineer a solution. Students must also align their projects to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in an effort that leads to “Designing for Equity Locally to Affect Sustainability Globally,” the 2023-24 MESA USA NEDC theme.

June 2024
California MESA

Details can be found at the NEDC website.

The MESA National Engineering Design Competition brings together the top middle and high school MESA teams from around the nation to showcase projects that address inequity using a human-centered design approach and integrating a coding element.

2024 Competition Documents

NEDC Rules Clarifications
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