Be Careers Network sponsors and supports various academic competitions to encourage growth and support of students education and interest in the industry.
Bentley is proud to announce the 2010 Bentley Student Design Competition. Formerly known as the Academic Be Awards, the Student Design Competition showcases the innovative and technically advanced design and engineering projects created by students from a spectrum of schools around the world. Call for nominations is now open! Learn more about the competition and how to submit.
Bentley is proud to announce that the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is using MicroStation PowerDraft in its TRAC-Drawbridge Competition. See AASHTO Competition Guidelines.
The TRAC (Transportation Research Activities Center) program is a new way of introducing students to the wide variety of career opportunities available in the field of engineering. And the Drawbridge Competition is designed to be an extended activity created from the TRAC PAC 2 Bridge Builder module. For more details, please visit the AASHTO's TRAC-Drawbridge Competition web page.
Bentley is honored to be a co-sponsor of the ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition. Upon request, ASCE Student Chapter around the United States can receive full MicroStation V8 2004 Edition (with student training tutorials) to assist in the engineering/design of their concrete canoes. For more details, please visit the National Concrete Canoe Competition website.
Be Careers is proud to co-sponsor the 2009 NSSBC. The National Student Steel Bridge Competition offers future structural engineers the opportunity to apply their learning and management skills to a design and fabrication project. Winning teams from each conference competition go on to compete at the National competition, hosted this May at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. To support student steel bridge teams, Be Careers was also pleased to offer free software and tutorials to participating ASCE student chapters.
Bentley is proud to support National Engineers Week as a sponsor of the Future City Competition. This annual competition, targeted at seventh and eight grade students, aims to stir interest in science, technology, engineering, and math among young people. The competition provides a fun, educational engineering program that combines a stimulating engineering challenge with a "hands-on" application to let students present their vision of a city of the future. Bentley encourages both students and professional users to get involved in this rewarding experience.
The 2009 Future City National Finals, sponsored by Bentley, took place February 17-18 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Teams from 38 middle schools nationwide, winners of regional competitions held in January, gathered to present their projects. Read more about the competition and winners.
Sponsored by the Indian Government, this program enables high school and university students to solve real world problems, using real world data and technologies used by professionals worldwide. Students will compete to solve infrastructure issues using professional software provided by Bentley. For more information, please visit the India Future Cities 2020 website.
The Awards Ceremony for the Future Cities India 2020 was held in Delhi on January 19, 2008 by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, and Bentley Systems, Incorporated. Read about the Future Cities India 2020 Award Ceremony.
Watch video coverage of the 2009 competition now!