Collegiate Wind Competition Industry Engagement Form

Please fill out this form to indicate how you would like to get involved with the U.S. Department of Energy's Collegiate Wind Competition.

Once you submit the form, a Collegiate Wind Competition organizer will contact you to schedule a 30-minute call. During this call, we’ll share more information about this opportunity, learn more about how you want to participate, and confirm your involvement.

Ways To Support the Collegiate Wind Competition

As a member of the wind energy industry, you can support the Collegiate Wind Competition in several ways, including but not limited to recruiting, inspiring, mentoring, supporting, and evaluating. The below list offers suggestions for getting involved within those categories. You can:

• Recruit
  • Share wind-related internship and entry-level job opportunities suitable for students and recent graduates
  • Participate in virtual and in-person networking events throughout the year
  • Time commitment: 1–5 hours per school year
• Inspire
  • Describe your career trajectory to Collegiate Wind Competition students on conference calls or in educational webinars
  • Time commitment: Flexible; 1 hour per engagement
• Mentor
  • Guide students as they complete their competition activities throughout the academic year
  • Can be a long-term or one-time engagement
  • Time commitment: Flexible; likely 12–36 hours per school year  
• Support
  • Introduce students to industry-leading software that they can use to create their contest deliverables
  • Provide funding to help students buy or build equipment, attend the final event, support faculty advisors, and more
  • This type of involvement asks for a financial commitment; however, if you prefer to introduce students to software, you can negotiate a time commitment that works for the students' needs and your availability
• Evaluate
  • Serve as a competition judge and assess team presentations and submissions
  • Time commitment: About 40 hours over approximately 1 month for the final Collegiate Wind Competition event.

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NREL staff will use the information you provide only to plan the workshop. NREL will not share this information, and it will be retained for 1 month after the event. See NREL’s security and privacy policy.

The Collegiate Wind Competition is administered and managed by NREL. The recognition of sponsor organizations does not constitute or imply any endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation of their messages, missions, activities, products, or programs. The U.S. Department of Energy does not monitor, control, or directly fund the activities of the identified organizations.

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