1. The competition is open Rice University undergraduates and graduates students, as well as invited students from various medical institutions nearby.
   
   
2. All team members must be present and actively participating during the entire duration of the competition.
   
   
3. All students MUST review the safety materials and watch the OEDK Safety Video prior to building. These will be presented on the Saturday morning portion of the competition.
   
   
4. Students may NOT bring any materials, supplies, equipment etc. to the competition.  Computers with engineering software will be available to all teams. Personal Laptops WILL be permitted and MAY be brought into the OEDK to be used during the duration of the competition.
   
   
5. Entire prototype MUST be built using materials, supplies and equipment available in the OEDK.
   
   
6. Teams will be given a virtual “budget” to purchase some materials such as acrylic, plywood and other more costly materials.
   
   
7. Many materials and supplies will be openly available to the teams to use at no cost to their budget.
   
   
8. Teams may also “purchase” time on equipment, such as the laser cutter and 3D printers. This will most likely be sold in 30 minute increments.
   
   
9. No teams or students will be required to actually purchase any materials, supplies or time using personal funds.
   
   
10. RULES ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS. MORE SPECIFIC RULES WILL BE ADDED AS THE COMPETITION IS DEVELOPED.
    

Teams will consist of 3-5 undergraduate or graduate students.  ALL participants must register by the deadline prior to the event. 

Students may register for the competition in two ways:

• Individual registration: Students may register as an individual competitor.  These students will be placed on a team prior to the competition.
  
  
• Team registration: If you would like to form a team of NO MORE than 3 students.  Each student team member MUST register themselves and note in the comment section which other students they would like to work with.  If all team members are not registered individually, there is no guarantee that you will work with the specific students requested.

All teams, whether registered as a team or individual, may have addition students added to the team based on participation and invited students from other institutions.