The SWE Collegiate Competitions include various challenging programs, projects, and special activities that build valuable hands-on experience while sharpening leadership, technical, and problem-solving abilities. Please note that deadlines vary for each program, and late or incomplete submissions will not be accepted.
For general questions about Collegiate Competitions, please contact awards-chair@swe.org.
The SWE Collegiate Poster & Rapid Fire Competition provides an opportunity for SWE collegiate members (undergraduate and graduate) to disseminate and practice communicating their research at the SWE annual conference. There are two format options to present: poster or rapid fire. The Poster Competition is designed to emphasize the ability to deliver visual presentations. The Rapid Fire Competition is a 5-6 minute speaking presentation, designed to emphasize the ability to communicate technical information to a broad audience.
Applications are available from March 1 – May 15 2025.
Decision Notifications: mid-July
**If you will be submitting your nomination in SmarterSelect on a mobile phone, the mobile device must support HTML 5 – which means iOS version 10 or higher, and Android version 2.1 and higher.
WE Local Poster and Collegiate Competitions offer an excellent opportunity for university students to present their research to a broad technical audience. Students learn and gain insight on their research, and receive live feedback and encouragement from others within the STEM fields.
**Attention US-based students: We are pausing the US-based WE Local Collegiate Competitions for FY26 as we evaluate and enhance the experience for both participants and judges. Poster competitions at WE Local events outside the US will continue during FY26, with the exception of Brazil, which will not host a collegiate poster competition in August 2025.
WE Local Pune
Applications Available: 18 June 2025 – 30 September 2025
**If you will be submitting your nomination in SmarterSelect on a mobile phone, the mobile device must support HTML 5 – which means iOS version 10 or higher, and Android version 2.1 and higher.
Application Packet & Link to Apply: 2025 WE Local Pune Collegiate Competition Packet
WE Local Bengaluru
Applications Available: 18 October 2025 – 16 February 2026
**If you will be submitting your nomination in SmarterSelect on a mobile phone, the mobile device must support HTML 5 – which means iOS version 10 or higher, and Android version 2.1 and higher.
Applicants will be contacted with results by 9 March 2026
Application Packet & Link to Apply: 2026 WE Local Bengaluru Collegiate Competition Packet
WE Local Dublin
Applications Available: 18 October 2025 – 16 February 2026
**If you will be submitting your nomination in SmarterSelect on a mobile phone, the mobile device must support HTML 5 – which means iOS version 10 or higher, and Android version 2.1 and higher.
Applicants will be contacted with results by 9 March 2026
Application Packet & Link to Apply: 2026 WE Local Dublin Collegiate Competition Packet
Recipients
| Cherry Hill, US WE Local | Graduate | 1st place | Morgan Smith |
| Cherry Hill, US WE Local | Graduate | 2nd place | Devin Golla |
| Cherry Hill, US WE Local | Graduate | 3rd place | Ozge Uyanik |
| Cherry Hill, US WE Local | Undergraduate | 1st place | Maya Schreiber |
| Cherry Hill, US WE Local | Undergraduate | 2nd place | Nicole Massoumi |
| Cherry Hill, US WE Local | Undergraduate | 3rd place | Sanya Majmudar |
| Milwaukee, US WE Local | Graduate | 1st place | Ayomide Zul |
| Milwaukee, US WE Local | Graduate | 2nd place | Kate France |
| Milwaukee, US WE Local | Graduate | 3rd place | Akosua Cobbina |
| Milwaukee, US WE Local | Undergraduate | 1st place | Ashley Strehlow |
| Milwaukee, US WE Local | Undergraduate | 2nd place | Aquarina Hoanca |
| Milwaukee, US WE Local | Undergraduate | 3rd place | Callah Robinson |
| San Jose, US WE Local | Graduate | 1st place | Eden Winslow |
| San Jose, US WE Local | Graduate | 2nd place | Hayley Kumagai |
| San Jose, US WE Local | Undergraduate | 1st place | Diya Godavarti |
| San Jose, US WE Local | Undergraduate | 2nd place | Rim Nassiri |
| San Jose, US WE Local | Undergraduate | 3rd place | Milena Zeru |
| Prague WE Local | Post-Graduate | Best in Show | Daniela Janstová |
| Prague WE Local | Undergraduate | Best in Show | Candela Cusnaider |
| Bengaluru WE Local | Undergraduate | Best in Show | Alina Paul & Shrilekha Mudunuri |
| WE25 | Graduate – Poster | 1st place | Lindsey Marquez |
| WE25 | Graduate – Poster | 2nd place | Rintu Sen |
| WE25 | Graduate – Poster | 3rd place | Amisha Bagri |
| WE25 | Graduate – Rapid Fire | 1st place | Allyson Clarke |
| WE25 | Graduate – Rapid Fire | 2nd place | Abigail Fennell |
| WE25 | Graduate – Rapid Fire | 3rd place | Ivy Kwok |
| WE25 | Undergraduate – Poster | 1st place | Ashlen Sperry |
| WE25 | Undergraduate – Poster | 2nd place | Zoe Sperduto |
| WE25 | Undergraduate – Poster | 3rd place | Ishika Nag |
| WE25 | Undergraduate – Rapid Fire | 1st place | Jasmin Enriquez |
| WE25 | Undergraduate – Rapid Fire | 2nd place | Lauren Tran |
| WE25 | Undergraduate – Rapid Fire | 3rd place | Alisha Malik |
| Batimore US WE Local | Graduate | 1st place | Zahra Bassiri | |
| Batimore US WE Local | Graduate | 2nd place | Lydia Obeng | |
| Batimore US WE Local | Graduate | 3rd place | Lin Lin | |
| Batimore US WE Local | Undergraduate | 1st place | Akansha Chauhan | |
| Batimore US WE Local | Undergraduate | 2nd place | Nicole Allen | |
| Batimore US WE Local | Undergraduate | 3rd place | Jenevieve Surkin | |
| Bengaluru India WE Local | Best in Show | Vaidehi Sinha | ||
| Bengaluru India WE Local | Runner Up | Saniya Jethani | ||
| Las Vegas US WE Local | Graduate | 1st place | Daisy Kamps | |
| Las Vegas US WE Local | Graduate | 2nd place | Rachel Kennedy | |
| Las Vegas US WE Local | Graduate | 3rd place (tie) | Ivy Kwok | |
| Las Vegas US WE Local | Graduate | 3rd place (tie) | Supriya Savalkar | |
| Las Vegas US WE Local | Undergraduate | 1st place | Regan Tracy | |
| Las Vegas US WE Local | Undergraduate | 2nd place | Chloe Hong | |
| Las Vegas US WE Local | Undergraduate | 3rd place | Caroline Souza | |
| Munich Germany WE Local | Best in Show | Charley Cooke Conlon | ||
| Munich Germany WE Local | Runner Up | Périne Cunat | ||
| Wichita US WE Local | Graduate | Symposium | Kaynat Shahzad | |
| Wichita US WE Local | Graduate | Symposium | Onyeka Onyenemezu | |
| Wichita US WE Local | Undergraduate | Symposium | Shahrizoda Rizokulova | |
| Wichita US WE Local | Undergraduate | Symposium | Tejaswini Sudhakar | |
| WE24 | Poster | Graduate | 1st Place | Esther Jokodola |
| WE24 | Poster | Graduate | 2nd Place | Zahra Bassiri |
| WE24 | Poster | Graduate | 3rd Place | Daisy Kamp |
| WE24 | Poster | Undergraduate | 1st Place | Ashley Strehlow |
| WE24 | Poster | Undergraduate | 2nd Place | Ally Lewis |
| WE24 | Poster | Undergraduate | 3rd Place | Sukriti Kushwaha |
| WE24 | Rapid Fire | Graduate | 1st Place | Devanshi Mistry |
| WE24 | Rapid Fire | Graduate | 2nd Place | Katherine Heidi Fehr |
| WE24 | Rapid Fire | Graduate | 3rd Place | Alexa Yeo |
| WE24 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate | 1st Place | Mackenzie Moser |
| WE24 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate | 2nd Place | Lucy Harazin |
| WE24 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate | 3rd Place | Maria van den Berg |
| Team Tech | Not conducted |
| Barcelone, Spain WE Local | Poster | 1st place | Ksenia Kulakova | |
| Barcelone, Spain WE Local | Poster | Runner Up | Ramya Bhagirathi Subramanian | |
| Bengaluru, India WE Local | Poster | 1st place | Ria Kataria | |
| Bengaluru, India WE Local | Poster | Runner Up | Vaidehi Sinha | |
| Detroit, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Lauren Ross | |
| Detroit, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Bukola Oni | |
| Detroit, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Zahra (Nagar) Bassari | |
| Detroit, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Aislinn Marcee | |
| Detroit, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Haley Dees | |
| Detroit, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Ericka Nuenez Rios | |
| Hartford, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Ivana Suchánková | |
| Hartford, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Tayah Turocy | |
| Hartford, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Maeve Janecka | |
| Hartford, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Julia DeForest | |
| Hartford, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Erin Cowen | |
| Seattle, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Phuong Nguyen | |
| Seattle, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Nazik Citir Razavi | |
| Seattle, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Claire Wu | |
| Seattle, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Ashley Ulrichson | |
| Seattle, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Hayley Kumagai | |
| Seattle, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Abiela Meek | |
| WE23 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Adianne Alamban |
| WE23 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Crislana Rafael |
| WE23 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Victoria Landrum |
| WE23 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Charlotte Caskey |
| WE23 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Jennifer Brown |
| WE23 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Kylie Chung |
| WE23 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Maeve Janecka |
| WE23 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Asala Ahmad |
| WE23 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Nicole Allen |
| WE23 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Kimberly Pestovich |
| WE23 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Lily Farmerie |
| WE23 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Ogochukwu Elisha-Wigwe |
| WE23 | Team Tech | 1st place | University of Wisconsin – Madison working with Trane Technologies | |
| WE23 | Team Tech | 2nd place | Purdue University working with John Deere | |
| WE23 | Team Tech | 3rd place | University of Texas at Dallas working with ChampionX |
| WE22 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st Place | Esther Whang |
| WE22 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd Place | Javiera Cabezas Parra |
| WE22 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd Place | Alana Smith |
| WE22 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 1st Place | Mashiat Hossain |
| WE22 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd Place | Ayumi Manawadu |
| WE22 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd Place | Riannon Smith |
| WE22 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st Place | Tina Sindwani |
| WE22 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd Place | Ashley Galligan |
| WE22 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd Place | Olabisi Bello |
| WE22 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 1st Place | Marie-Pierre Delisle |
| WE22 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd Place | Kristi McPherson |
| WE22 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd Place | Brittany Schutrum |
| Virtual, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Thivani Senathiraja | |
| Virtual, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Elizabeth Mamros | |
| Virtual, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Parinaz Hafezisefat | |
| Virtual, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Emily McDonel | |
| Virtual, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Lauren Pan | |
| Virtual, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Madeline Groettum | |
| WE21 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Mary Sevart |
| WE21 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Lauren Campbell |
| WE21 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Ashley Rosen |
| WE21 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Manali Zantye |
| WE21 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Katherine (Heidi) Fehr |
| WE21 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Brittany Schutrum |
| WE21 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Manvi Saxena |
| WE21 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Kellie Phong |
| WE21 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Jinbi Tian |
| WE21 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Gayatri Pahapale |
| WE21 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Sakina Mohammed Mota |
| WE21 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Iva Milisavljevic |
| WE21 | Team Tech | 1st place | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo working with Mazzetti | |
| WE21 | Team Tech | 2nd place | University of Minnesota – Twin Cities working with John Deere | |
| WE21 | Team Tech | 3rd place | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor working with KLA-Tencor |
| Buffalo, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Erin Evke | |
| Buffalo, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Ogochukwu Enekwizu | |
| Buffalo, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Kara DiNatale | |
| Buffalo, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Rebekah Forshey | |
| Buffalo, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Kay Laura Sindabizera | |
| Buffalo, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Olivia Wanless | |
| Des Moines, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Courtney Keiser | |
| Des Moines, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Riannon Smith | |
| Des Moines, US WE Local | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Pratyasha Mohapatra | |
| Des Moines, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Rachel Gold | |
| Des Moines, US WE Local | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Sarah Koep | |
| WE20 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Ozioma Nwachukwu |
| WE20 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Alena Bessmertnykh |
| WE20 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Elizabeth Mamros |
| WE20 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Allison Martinez |
| WE20 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Keira Mull |
| WE20 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Lucinda Lau |
| WE20 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Courtney Keiser |
| WE20 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Andrea Joseph |
| WE20 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Nancy Lu |
| WE20 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Kathryn Chamberlin |
| WE20 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Roshni Gandhi |
| WE20 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Eva Cai |
| WE20 | Team Tech | 1st place | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo working with Universal Studios | |
| WE20 | Team Tech | 2nd place | Purdue University working with L3Harris | |
| WE20 | Team Tech | 3rd place | University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez working with Baxter Healthcare, Guayama PR |
| Bellevue, US WE Local | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Cecilia Klauber |
| Bellevue, US WE Local | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Ehdieh Khaledian |
| Bellevue, US WE Local | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Sejal Shah |
| Bellevue, US WE Local | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Sydney Robinson |
| Bellevue, US WE Local | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Kyla Burrill |
| WE19 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Chanel Manzanillo |
| WE19 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Sakina Mohammed Mota |
| WE19 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Helene Kassouf |
| WE19 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Dilara Ozdoganlar |
| WE19 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Aziza Almanakly |
| WE19 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Marissa Mueller |
| WE19 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Taylor Oeschger |
| WE19 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Sofia Puerto Tchemodanova |
| WE19 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Manali Zantye |
| WE19 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Cathy Wang |
| WE19 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Alicia MacDonald |
| WE19 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Ann Brunton |
| WE19 | Team Tech | 1st place | University of California, Berkeley working with DPR Construction | |
| WE19 | Team Tech | 2nd place | Arizona State University | |
| WE19 | Team Tech | 3rd place | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
| WE18 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Samantha Zellner |
| WE18 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Sarah Robb Riordan |
| WE18 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Rachel Tenney |
| WE18 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Ava Karanjia |
| WE18 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Alayna Johnson |
| WE18 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Jessica Yin |
| WE18 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Jennifer DiStefano |
| WE18 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd Place | Caymen Novak |
| WE18 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Kritika Iyer |
| WE18 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Sarah Spivack |
| WE18 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd Place | Shivani Kohli |
| WE18 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Gabrielle Mills |
| WE18 | Team Tech | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo working with Lockheed Martin | ||
| WE18 | Team Tech | University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez working with Boston Scientific of Puerto Rico | ||
| WE18 | Team Tech | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign working with Caterpillar |
| WE17 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Olivia Palmer |
| WE17 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Lisa Cervia |
| WE17 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Alyssa Deardorff |
| WE17 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Molly Foley |
| WE17 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Kristen Reynier |
| WE17 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Jacqueline Tawney |
| WE17 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Lisa Volpatti |
| WE17 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Sarah Watzman |
| WE17 | Rapid Fire | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Sarah Garrow |
| WE17 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Leah Kaplan |
| WE17 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Alena Casella |
| WE17 | Rapid Fire | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Jessica Bilskie |
| WE17 | Team Tech | 1st place | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign working with John Deere | |
| WE17 | Team Tech | 2nd place | University of Florida working with RTI | |
| WE17 | Team Tech | 3rd place | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo working with Mazzetti |
| WE16 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 1st place | Angeli Gamez |
| WE16 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Audrey Cheong |
| WE16 | Poster | Graduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Nuala Del Piccolo |
| WE16 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 1st place | Alexandra Delazio |
| WE16 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 2nd place | Katrina Colucci Chang |
| WE16 | Poster | Undergraduate Collegiate | 3rd place | Grace Pakeltis |
| WE16 | Team Tech | 1st place | Michigan Technological University working with Caterpillar, Inc | |
| WE16 | Team Tech | 2nd place | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo working with St. Jude Medical | |
| WE16 | Team Tech | 3rd place | University of Wisconsin – Madison working with Xymox Technologies, Inc. |
