Engineers, like all professionals, must possess a well-developed ability to communicate. This web page competition, held at district level Student Professional Development Conferences, is intended to encourage the delivery of visual presentations using web page technology. The subject matter is to be related to some area in the field of mechanical engineering.

TOPIC

• Technical sphere of Engineering: The Topic is to be related to any engineering theme, provided that it pertains to some technical sphere in which an engineer is or should be involved. District Championships are conducted at local Student Professional Development Conferences.
• ASME International Units, Technical Divisions and Groups, Institutes, and Boards, may sponsor and conduct Technical Web Competitions of their own and arrange for "Championships" by Topic. Units may specify the Topic for their own Competitions: Specific to own activities; Open-topic technical; or, Of any general interest and value to ASME.

WEB PAGE PRESENTATION
The web page is to be prepared so that it can be easily understood in the absence of the author. While construction of the Web Page is to be an individual effort, ethical practice requires that credit be given for any outside assistance related to the reported project.

RULES
How to Host a Web Page Competition (PDF - Adobe Acrobat required)

Failure to abide by the following rules will disqualify the web page.

• The web page must be contained within 100 Megabytes (MB) and saved on a Flashdrive (USB) - No file compression is allowed.
• The Web Page must be operable on an IBM TM compatible machine; no MAC TM Operating Systems will be provided.
• A tower, laptop or tablet computer will be provided.
• No audio on the web page is allowed.
• Upon opening the Flashdrive, there must be a file entitled "Start Web Page." There should be links on the "Start Web Page" file that will take the viewer to other files.
• The Web Page must operate autonomously without the aid of secondary programs: i.e. FLASH, QUICKTIME, SHOCKWAVE TM, etc., which must be added on the machine to view the Web Page are prohibited.
• No self-extracting executable files on Web Page.
• Each entry may have only one author. However, ethical policies require credit to be given for any assistance from other students or advisors. The name and affiliation of the author, and acknowledgements, must be in a prominent place on the "Start Web Page" file.

PLATFORM

• NT TM based, not UNIX TM based.
• A computer or laptop with a Pentium II TM or better will be provided.
• Web page cannot be accessed through the Internet; it must be on a Flashdrive (100 MB limit).

ELIGIBLITY
To be eligible each participant must be a Student Member of ASME who satifies the criteria established for the Old Guard Oral Presentation (as given below). Students entering the Old Guard Oral or Technical Poster Competitions may also enter the Old Guard Technical Web Page Competition. 

Each contestant must be a Student Member  of ASME who:

1. has not received an engineering degree.
   (Student Members who complete the requirements for their baccalaureate engineering degree, or who actually received that degree at the end of a term, semester, or quarter, a short time before a scheduled conference may still participate.  These Student Members, however, must not have completed their degree requirements before December 1st of the calendar year prior to the Conference.)
2. has been selected by his/her Student Section to participate.
3. has been certified by the ASME as a Student Member in good standing.
   (To be thus certified, a new Student Member must have filed an application and paid the required dues prior to March 15; the same holds true for a continuing Student Member.)  
4. Entering the Technical Web Competition does not exclude the author from entering any other Old Guard Competitions.
5. Each entry may have only one author printed on the Web Page.
6. There may be no more than two web page entries from any one Student Section.

COMPETITION ENTRY
The Old Guard Technical Web Page Competitions are held at district level Student Professional Development Conferences. All participants must complete the appropriate entry form and submit it to the host school of the conference their student section plans to attend.

Student who wish to participate must:

1. Visit the Student Professional Development Conferences website.
2. Choose the location of the spring conference you plan to attend.
3. Complete the appropriate entry form for that location.

Entering the Old Guard Technical Webpage Competition does not exclude the author from entering any other Old Guard Competitions.

JUDGING
Web Pages will be judged on content and the ability to portray the technical or specified subject, not on code. To this extent, even "non-code-technical" individuals are encouraged to make use of programs such as Microsoft's Front Page Express TM or other such programs to design their own entry. In general, judging is similar to the Old Guard Technical Poster Competition. The Web Pages will be judged by at least three ASME members. A Score Sheet is provided.

Judging should follow these basic guidelines:

1. The web page should be prepared so that it is easily understood in the absence of the author.
2. Neither the author nor any other individuals may be present during the judging.
3. Judging criteria are based solely on the content of the web page, not on any coding.
4. Each local competition is to be judged by at least three engineers, preferably ASME members.
5. The conference Host Section is responsible for selecting the judges.

Spring Student Conference Competitions: The conference Host Section is responsible for selecting their Judges

SCORING CRITERIA

Click here for Scoring Sheet for Technical Web Competition. (PDF - Adobe Acrobat required)

PRIZES
The Old Guard will provide a first place prize of $200 for each spring student conference competition.

The Old Guard also pays for a one-time membership upgrade for any student member who participates in the competition.

ADMINISTRATION
The Old Guard Technical Web Page Competition was developed and has been revised by the Student Sections Committee. The Old Guard Committee sponsors the contest and must approve all revisions.