Second, to give them an early idea of what engineering is about before many of them have decided their majors, and to teach them the importance of team work and the chance to practice giving presentation to the public, which we think are the essentials for being good engineers. And lastly, to choose the team to represent MIT at the district contest. We have been successful for achieving these objectives, since many of the contestants turn out to be members or even officers of the MIT chapter, and also we have been doing well in the district contest. The organizers of the contest are responsible for making up the problem for the contest. They also need to arrange rooms for the teams to work on the problem for two hours, the room for the judges to hear the presentations, and the lecture hall for the gathering an the final presentation.
Proctors are to be assigned to each of the twelve teams, and so are the judges.
Food is also needed to be arranged. Officers are needed to be proctors, and either officers or members are needed to help out postering and other publicizing tasks. Special Problems None. The design problem usually takes quite some time to be made up. Also, be sure to start asking the professors early for being judges, since they usually have busy schedules.