Mines Capstone Design is seeking judges to review 10 student submitted Broader Impacts Essays.
Every semester, Capstone Design students are assigned to write an individual essay about how their area of engineering impacts the social, environmental, and/or economic lives of communities and individuals. The top 10 essays from this group of approximately 550 senior engineering students were chosen by faculty and now need final assessment. The top three essays will be determined by Mines alumni and external partners, and the authors will be recognized at the Capstone Awards Breakfast.
The prompt for this semester’s essays is: Designed systems are not neutral; they actively shape the behaviors of people, the health of the environment, and the flow of economies. Develop a position that argues how an engineered system specifically related to your Capstone project has positively or negatively impacted the behavior of society, the environment, and/or the economy.
Sign up to be an essay reviewer by selecting the "Respond" button at the top right corner of this page. Someone will then be in touch to provide you with the essays and instructions on how to submit your assessments. Essays will be distributed to volunteers starting Friday, April 3rd. All essay reviews need to be submitted by Wednesday, April 29th (prior to our Showcase event on Thursday, April 30th).
