Fostering Career Exploration and a Global Perspective

The design process is integral to engineering education. Design competitions offer engineering students the opportunity to learn beyond the classroom, yet there is limited information available regarding their value. In this article, we aim to explore the impact on students participating in Engineering World Health's (EWH's) Design Competition, in both the skills they develop during the competition and their careers moving forward. To assess the potential benefits and disadvantages of participating, we sent a survey of open-ended questions to past competition winners.