Sustainable Composite Design Competition
Team registration extended until Feb 28, 2025
Interested? Need help teaming? email: asc dot competitions at gmail dot com
2025 Challenge Problem
Design a Renewable Power Generation System (RPGS) with recycled/reused/repurposed composites to be used remotely to provide power after disasters such as fires, floods, migration, civil unrest, or war.
- [30 %] Design (i.e., specify geometries, materials, manufacturing, and performance) a robust, practical, and lightweight system that delivers >= 400 Watts (daily average); operates for at least 100 days; weight limited to 20 Kg. Emphasis will be on the innovative insertion of recycled/repurposed/reused composite materials into product designs, exploiting their retained properties after first or repeated use. Power output, durability of reused/recycled materials, and weight must be quantitatively estimated for the submitted design.
- [20 %] Demonstrate that the components have cradle-to-cradle circular sustainability. Identify feedstock sources, sustainability in manufacturing processes, and end-of-life recycle/reuse/re-purpose scenarios.
- [30 %] Evaluate the carbon footprint (throughout the life cycle) of the input materials (feedstocks), manufacturing, and end-of-use processes. Quantitative estimates, for example, by using tools like: https://ecocalculator.eucia.eu/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2F, will be required.
- [20 %] Articulate feasibility of worldwide deployment, and economic viability. Assuming a production volume, estimate the cost of materials, manufacturing, and market price.
Teaming: Multi-disciplinary teams with 3-6 members. 60% or more of the team must be ASC members (i.e., 2 of 3, 3 of 4, 3 of 5, 4 of 6). ASC membership is $35 for professionals and $15 for students.
https://www.asc-composites.org/membership-benefits
Prize: $1000 to the winning team.
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2025 Competition Timeline
| October 22, 2024 | Competition Announcement at 39th ASC Technical Conference |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Team Registration closes: https://forms.gle/5FifRgrbRumMEMt29 |
| March 7, 2025 | Workshop for Participants - Q & A and Team Networking (Virtual) |
| April 11, 2025 | Concept Review Meeting (Virtual) @ 11 AM US/EDT |
| May 23, 2025 | Final Reports Due (online submission) |
*All submitted materials will be treated as open-access resources
Judges: William Avery (Formerly Boeing), Frazer Barnes (Gen-2 Composites), Pete George (Boeing), Ichiro Kitano (Teijin), Jonathan Meagan (Solvay), and Tia Benson Tolle (Boeing)
Organizers: Ozden Ochoa (Texas A & M), Kishore Pochiraju (Stevens Tech), Michael Bozlar (University of Texas at Arlington), Thomas Whitney (Univ. of Dayton) and Samit Roy (Univ. Alabama)
To contact, email to: asc.competitions at gmail dot com