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? |