WERC 2008

The NSF-New Mexico Chihuahua Partners for Innovation final showcase constitute the culminating event for the two year project. This showcase provides an opportunity for the student design teams and others from the partner’s institutions with technology projects to present their work to an audience drawn from the partner organizations, regional business and industry, government agencies, high tech organizations, venture capitalists, foundations and economic development agencies. 
The final showcase will take place on the NMSU campus into the WERC's Environmental Design Contest which is a unique event that brings together industry, government and academia in the search for improved environmental solutions. Held annually since 1991 at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the contest draws hundreds of college students from throughout the United States and around the world.  
The student teams design solutions for real-world problems while developing fully operational bench-scale solutions that are presented to panels of judges comprised of environmental professionals. The teams prepare four different presentations: written, oral, poster and bench-scale model.
Click here for details about this year's contest: http://www.werc.net/contest/index.asp