NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 16TH DECEMBER (FRIDAY). TO APPLY, PLEASE USE THE DESIGNATED FORM AND APPLY AT MECHATRONICS UET LAHORE, DEPARTMENT OFFICE.
The department of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, in collaboration with MADE foundation USA, proudly announces “Human-Centered Design” Project competition for UET Lahore. The competition will showcase the most innovative ideas from the undergrad students across UET Lahore, with a central theme of ‘Human-Centered Design’.
Human-Centered Design
The human-centered design is generally divided into three phases: Inspiration, Ideation, and Implementation. Even though the SDGs are common goals, their implementation in different countries and societies requires different strategies and methods due to a huge differential in economic, cultural, geographic, and demographic constraints. The three phases are explained below:
- Inspiration: In this stage, the people are understood. Their dreams, ambitions, desires, and hopes shape the reflection behind the actual problem. This usually requires the designer to meet, and interact with the actual end-users that will be served by their work.
- Ideation: This is the design phase where ideas are generated, and opportunities are identified to test and develop the solution with available resources.
- Implementation: In this phase, the solution is brought to life and the designers figure out how to bring it to market and maximize the benefits humans can have through it.
Click HERE to find more, and download the field guide to human-centered design.
Human-Centered Design Project Competition:
The competition is divided into three stages derived from the three phases of human-centered design.
- Stage 1 (inspiration): The students will identify a problem that strongly maps to at least one of the SGDs as indicated by the UNO. (click on the hyperlink for details) They will submit a proposal highlighting the problem, its significance, and their interactions with the community that faces the problem.
- Stage 2 (ideation): Once the proposal is approved, the students will be given time to develop their solutions. At the end of the second stage, they will showcase their prototypes and establish proof of concept.
- Stage 3 (implementation): Top eight teams from round 2 will be given a seed fund worth PkR 15000/- each. They will develop, refine and deploy their solution in the time given, and showcase their work at an exhibition. It should be noted that even though the top8 teams will be given funding, any number of teams that clear stage 2 can still participate in the final exhibition.
The judging criteria is comprised on the completeness of work, its impact on humans, the market worth, and innovation.
- To facilitate the student groups, the organizing committee will arrange workshops on human-centered design.
- The prize for the competition is as follows:
| Sr. No | Category | Amount (PkR) |
| 1 | Winning Prize | 100,000 |
| 2 | First Runner-up | 60,000 |
| 3 | Second Runner-up | 40,000 |
For registration please download the registration form below and submit it to the department office at Mechatronics UET Lahore office.
Registration Fee: 500 PkR per group
MADExUET HCD Comp Registration
Eligibility and Team Guidelines
- The maximum number of members allowed in a team is five (5). Team diversity will be encouraged so that students from different engineering disciplines may be able to collaborate.
- To be eligible for this competition, you must be a registered student of UET or one of its campuses at the time of the launch of the competition.
- The timeline for the event is shared in the following infographic.
