Our Competition Teams at Kennesaw State – create a safe space to encourage passion, skill, and camaraderie for exceptional competition opportunities. Our diverse teams and associations cater to a wide range of interests and talents, offering students the chance to engage in spirited competition, skill development, and collaborative environments. Through these dynamic groups, students can immerse themselves in hands-on learning, forge lasting connections, and showcase their abilities on local, national, and even international stages.
Join us as we embark to pursue excellence in the diverse community at Kennesaw State
University.
Aerial Robotics
The Aerial Robotics Team is a student organization on campus that is open to all majors.
Our main goals are to collectively build an autonomous flying robot that can interact
and operate within random environments, and build a remote-controlled plane to carry
heavy payloads. Our long-term goal is to compete in the AUVSI-hosted International
Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC) and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aero
Design Competition held annually.
The Concrete Canoe Competition team has been competing since 1988. The competition
is broken into 5 parts: Canoe & Display Design, Presentation, Design Paper, Engineer's
Notebook (Technical Handbook on the canoe), and racing. Each part of the competition
is judged separately and comes together for an overall score for the team. Not only
is it a great learning experience, but you get to work with other students building
relationships, opening doors for job opportunities, and having a good time.
Founded in 2003 under the former Southern Polytechnic State University, The Kennesaw State University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Team is an underwater robotics organization. We aim to teach engineering skills and robotics. We compete in the AUVSI Foundation’s RoboSub, an annual international competition in July. We have divisions for Electrical, Mechanical, Software, and Marketing. Our members come from a variety of STEM disciplines, but we encourage anyone to join the KSU AUV Team!
Electric Vehicle Team (EVT) and Autonomous Go-Kart
KSU EVT is the proud evGrandPrix 2019 champion taking home four awards including the
championship trophy and third place overall in the Autonomous Go-kart division in
its first year of existence. We have focused on our racing ability along with our
ability to tackle complex challenges like autonomous driving technology with our new
autonomous division. We are determined to raise the bar this season by being new member
oriented this season. For the 2019-2020 season, we will be designing a dual motor
torque vectoring go-kart this year. Many of our members also take part in their own
personal projects like building an electric bike, an electric skateboard, and an electric
scooter. We are located in the Wilder Communication Center (T Building) and we meet
regularly on Wednesdays at 8 pm, but most of the work happens whenever students have
free time before or after their classes. New members are not expected to have any
prior knowledge of electric vehicles. We hold classes during the fall to teach members
everything they need to know in a hands-on environment.
KSU Motorsports is an international engineering competition team that pushes motivated students to design and build a formula-style race car. Formula SAE is sanctioned by the Society of Automotive Engineers. The program is extremely diverse and welcomes talent from all majors.
Kennesaw Motorsports -Electric constructs electric racecars to compete in the Formula
Student Electric competition. Members will gain competency in engineering skills required
for design, manufacture, tuning, and testing of an 80kW formula-style racecar. This
organization is functionally a part of Kennesaw Motorsports - FSAE and operates out
of the same facilities and resources.
Designing a bike for NFPA Fluid Power Challenge. Hands-on hydraulics & pneumatics
experience.
MATE ROV Robotics Team
The MATE ROV team is designed to help promote the different fields of engineering
through the construction of an underwater ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle). This team
competes in the MATE ROV competition and brings solutions to real-world problems.
Kennesaw State University Mock Trial is an extra-curricular activity that gives undergraduate
students the opportunity to gain a hands-on understanding of trial advocacy. Students
simulate either a criminal or civil trial by acting as attorneys and witnesses in
a competitive setting against other university teams throughout the United States.
The goal of Model NATO at KSU is to educate members on the history, politics, procedures,
and traditions of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. These skills will be applied
to a specific NATO country and debated at a conference in Washington D.C.
The KSU Model United Nations team is an applied academic competition team that works on upholding United Nations values while remaining up to date with real-world events in order to effectively debate solutions at our international and domestic conferences. The team travels to one fall conference in Atlanta with one to two spring conferences where we represent our Member States with pride and precision. This club gives you the opportunity to enhance your oral and written communication abilities, also allowing for you to enrich your interpersonal skills.
Night Owl Racing is a student led competition racing team. We will heavily modify OEM vehicles by designing, fabricating, and testing custom assemblies for racing purposes. Students will apply concepts taught in engineering classes to design components. Students will also develop real world skills as the parts go onto the car and are assembled with inevitable manufacturing imperfections. The main purpose of this organization, however, is to teach engineering students how to design assemblies with a strict budget.
The purpose of the Owl Robotics Competition Team is to promote interest in robotics
and STEM-related activities through competitive and friendly competition, participating
in VEX Robotics and Combat Robotics competitions every academic year, increase public
awareness of Kennesaw State University, and assist KSU students in getting involved
on and off campus.
The Robotics and Automation Society at KSU fosters the development and facilitates
the discussion of scientific and technological knowledge in Robotics and Automation
that benefits our students at Kennesaw State University. The RAS Society is a brand
of IEEE that strives for the advancement of the theory and practice of robotics and
automation for the maintenance of high professional/educational standards among its
members, which aligned with the Constitution and Bylaws of the Kennesaw State and
IEEE, with special attention to such aims within the Field of Interest of the Society.
The team is committed to the development of solar vehicles while creating opportunities
for its members to improve their technical, design, and leadership skills.
The purpose of this organization is to participate every year in the regional Southeastern
Conference American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) competition. This organization
allows the students to apply their knowledge of statics, strengths of materials, structural
analysis, and physics, among others. The team also teaches metal fabrication skills,
from cutting to welding to grinding steel. Members of the Steel Bridge Team will be
involved in the design, manufacturing, construction, and testing of a steel bridge
by following specifications from the rules handbook which changes every year.
