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Golden, Colorado
April 12-14, 2019
Photo of about 100 participants at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.

2019 Design Challenge Finalist Teams

Students from 45 teams, representing 37 collegiate institutions, have taken a big step in advancing their education and careers by being selected as finalists in the next U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon. DOE congratulates these teams as they vie to be the grand winner during the Design Challenge Weekend, April 12-14, 2019, at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado!

The collegiate institutions are:

  • Appalachian State University (Boone, North Carolina)
  • Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana)
  • California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, California)
  • Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
  • CEPT University (Ahmedabad, India)
  • Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Hampton University (Hampton, Virginia)
  • Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (Indianapolis, Indiana)
  • Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Kansas State University (Manhattan, Kansas)
  • King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)
  • Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
  • Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan)
  • State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Syracuse, New York)
  • Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York)
  • Technische Universität Berlin - EUREF Campus (Berlin, Germany)
  • Technological University of Panama (El Dorado, Panamá)
  • The Manchester School of Architecture (Manchester, England)
  • The Pennsylvania State University (Centre County, Pennsylvania)
  • The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
  • The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)
  • United States Military Academy at West Point (West Point, New York)
  • Universidade Federal do Paraná (Curitiba, Brazil)
  • University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign County, Illinois)
  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
  • University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, Missouri)
  • University of Portland (Portland, Oregon)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)
  • West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia)
  • Western New England University (Springfield, Massachusetts)
  • Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut).