Students are awarded trophies based on the performance of their tractor as well as the quality of their written and oral presentations, which are made at the John Deere International headquarters. The second event is the national design competition, which is sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and Agco. In this contest, which is open only to senior design students as part of a two-semester course, students solve actual industrial problems. University or Arkansas students have been very successful in this competition, coming in first for the last three years in which they have competed. N.M. Two or three teams from this class compete against about 40 teams from the United States and Mexico.
Teams select one of eight real-world problems and develop a solution.
Points are awarded for each component of the competition. Mini Baja' West Competition at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. In this contest, teams from about 70 schools from the western United States, Canada and Mexico enter one or two cars in the event. This is an open contest and any student who is interested may join the team. An eight-horsepower engine provided by Briggs and Stratton powers every competing car.