Judging/Rubric

No Categories Aspects
1 Project How impressive is this project?
2 Project How creative is the team's project?
3 Project Did the project work?
4 Project How much did the team accomplish?
5 Project Is the project likely to have an impact?
6 Project How well are engineering principles used?
7 Project How thoughtful and thorough was the team's consideration of human practices?
8 Project How much of the work did the team do themselves and how much was done by others?
9 Track Specific - Standard Tracks Did the team design a project based on synthetic biology and standard parts?
10 Track Specific - Standard Tracks Are the parts functions and behaviors well-documented in the Registry?
9 Track Specific - Special Tracks Did the team design a project based on synthetic biology?
10 Track Specific - Special Tracks Are the project components (hardware, software, art & design, etc) thoroughly documented on their wiki?
Special Prizes
1 Wiki Do I understand what the team accomplished?
2 Wiki Is the wiki attractive and easy to navigate?
3 Wiki Does the team provide convincing evidence to support their conclusions?
4 Wiki How well does the team describe what they did and what was done by others?
5 Wiki Will the wiki be a compelling record of the team's project for future teams?
1 Presentation Did the presentation flow well?
2 Presentation How professional is the graphic design in terms of layout and composition?
3 Presentation Did you find the presentation engaging?
4 Presentation How competent were the team members at answering questions?
1 Poster Did the poster flow well?
2 Poster How professional is the graphic design in terms of layout and composition?
3 Poster Did you find the poster appealing?
4 Poster How competent were the team members at answering questions?
1 Integrated Human Practices Was their work integrated into their project?
2 Integrated Human Practices Does it serve as an inspiring example to others?
3 Integrated Human Practices Is it documented in a way that others can build upon?
4 Integrated Human Practices Was it thoughtfully implemented? (did they explain the context, rationale, prior work)
1 Education & Public Engagement Did their work establish a dialogue?
2 Education & Public Engagement Does it serve as an inspiring example to others?
3 Education & Public Engagement Is it documented in a way that others can build upon?
4 Education & Public Engagement Was it thoughtfully implemented? (did they explain the context, rationale, prior work)
1 Model How impressive is the mathematical modeling?
2 Model Did the model help the team understand their part or device?
3 Model Did the team use measurements of the device to develop the model?
4 Model Does the modeling approach provide a good example for others?
1 Measurement Is the measurement potentially repeatable?
2 Measurement Is the protocol well described?
3 Measurement Are there web-based support materials?
4 Measurement Is it useful to other projects?
5 Measurement Was a standard reference sample included?
1 Entrepreneurship Customer Discovery - Has the team interviewed a representative number of potential customers for the technology and clearly communicated what they learned?
2 Entrepreneurship Based on their interviews, does the team have a clear hypothesis describing their customers' needs?
3 Entrepreneurship Does the team present a convincing case that their product meets the customers' needs?
4 Entrepreneurship Has the team demonstrated a minimum viable (MVP) product? And does the team have customers to commit (LOI, etc.) to purchasing it / using it?
5 Entrepreneurship Does the team have a viable and understood business model/value proposition to take their company to market?
1 Applied Design How well did the project address potential applications and implications of synthetic biology?
2 Applied Design How creative, original, and compelling was the project?
3 Applied Design How impressive was the project installation in the art & design exhibition space?
4 Applied Design How well did the team engage in collaboration with people outside of their primary fields?
1 Software Tool How well is the software using and supporting existing synthetic biology standards and platforms?
2 Software Tool Was this software validated by experimental work?
3 Software Tool Did the team use non-trivial algorithms or designs?
4 Software Tool How easily can others embed this software in new workflows?
5 Software Tool How user-friendly is the software?
1 Hardware Does the hardware address a need or problem in synthetic biology?
2 Hardware Did the team conduct user testing and learn from user feedback?
3 Hardware Did the team demonstrate utility and functionality in their hardware proof of concept?
4 Hardware Is the documentation of the hardware system sufficient to enable reproduction by other teams?
1 Plant Synthetic Biology How impressive was the use of a plant chassis?
2 Plant Synthetic Biology How impressive was the collection of parts made for the plant chassis?
3 Plant Synthetic Biology How well did the team use the special attributes of the plant chassis?
4 Plant Synthetic Biology Are the parts/tools/protocols for plants made during this project useful to other teams?
1 New Basic Part How does the documentation compare to BBa_K863006 and BBa_K863001?
2 New Basic Part How new/innovative is it?
3 New Basic Part Did the team show the part works as expected?
4 New Basic Part Is it useful to the community?
1 New Composite Part How does the documentation compare to BBa_K404122 and BBa_K863005?
2 New Composite Part How new/innovative is it?
3 New Composite Part Did the team show the part works as expected?
4 New Composite Part Is it useful to the community?
1 Part Collection Is this collection a coherent group of parts meant to be used as a collection, or just a list of all the parts the team made?
2 Part Collection How does the documentation compare to BBa_K747000 and BBa_K525710?
3 Part Collection Did the team submit an internally complete collection allowing it to be used without any further manipulation or parts from outside Registry?
4 Part Collection Did the team finish building a functional system using this collection?
5 Part Collection Did the team create excellent documentation to allow future use of this collection?