NM BEST

BEST is an event that inspires and motivates students towards careers in engineering, science, and technology through participation in a sports-like technology contest. The BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) competition motivates students by challenging them to build a remotely controlled robot that accomplishes a defined task within a competitive setting. A school coach guides a student team through the engineering process. Using only the materials provided, students have six weeks to design, develop, and test a robot that can outperform their competitiors. During this time, the students experience the same problems, challenges, and breakthroughs than an engineering team encounters when it takes a produce to market. In both cases, there are team dynamics, time constraints, material constraints, and pressure from other teams trying to solve the same problem.

For More Information Contact:
NM BEST Project
The Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Box 30001, MSC 3-O
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM   88003-8001
phone:  (575) 642-3946;  fax: (575) 646-1435
email: hpfeiffe@nmsu.edu
website: http://www.ece.nmsu.edu/nm_best/