ESRE is looking for a new logo!
$250 prize for the winning design
About the Environment and Social Responsibility Engineering Initiative
Students care about environmental and social issues. Furthermore, it is critical that students are prepared to take on great global problems that affect our lives, many of which will become more challenging in the coming years. To do so, we must work together with others – engineers working with those in public policy, communications, business, education, healthcare, etc.
The more thorough integration of environmentally and socially responsible engineering concepts into the curriculum, beginning with undergraduate courses in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The effort includes adding pertinent material into every required course in ME and CEE, assessment of the efficacy of these efforts in empowering students to take action, and building coalitions with other schools at UMD, to student groups and campus organizations, and beyond the university.
Our specific vision at UMD is thus: a de-siloed engineering curriculum, teams of multi-disciplinary students; a culture of working together on important problems, experiential learning, students actually doing things (rubber hits the road); company, student, other stakeholder involvement. What we hope to achieve: engineering serving the community and the world, measurable competency, and a cultural shift. Initial funding for our effort was provided by a small grant from The Lemelson Foundation, in conjunction with VentureWell, under their Engineering for One Planet framework. This is defined as the cross-cutting knowledge, awareness, and competence to design, build, implement, and manage engineering solutions that minimize negative environmental impacts and, ideally, are restorative to the planet.
Learn more about ESRE.
Official Rules
To participate, you must be a University of Maryland College Park student in good standing. The logo must be created by the author alone and all aspects of the Honor Code will be enforced. You may not use any copyrighted materials in your submission, all graphics must be your own creation.
ESRE will have the right to edit, publish and/or otherwise duplicate any submission entered into the contest. The winning submission will be selected as the new official ESRE logo.
How to Enter
The logo must be submitted as an email attachment by _________. The email message should contain the author’s name and contact information. You may also include a brief, optional artist statement with your submission, describing the vision and concept behind your logo design. No more than three submissions per person will be accepted.
Design Guidelines
- Use Maryland colors: https://osc.umd.edu/licensing-trademarks/brand-standards/logos/
- Circular or square shape
- Text discouraged
- Consistent with ESRE philosophy
- Captures do good activities and engineering
Technical Requirements
- Image file must be in .jpeg format
- Image file must have a minimum resolution of 300dpi
