Storm The Citadel
The 2024 Storm The Citadel Event will take place in-person on Saturday, February 10th!
Rules for Storm The Citadel 2024 will be posted under each event
Registration is due January 12th, 2024, click here to register
Competitions
TREBUCHET
The trebuchet event is open to students in grades K-20 and divided into three divisions based on age. Participants build a trebuchet and launch projectiles at a target from a distance determined by event coordinators.
BRIDGE
The bridge competition is open to middle and high school students. Participants are challenged to make a bridge using only craft sticks and glue and are tested to see how much weight they can bear.
ROBOTICS
The Lego Robotics event is open to grades K-12 and encompasses two different competitions: Lego Golf and Mystery Robotics.
WATER BOTTLE ROCKETS
Open to students in grades K-12, participants must re-engineer a plastic water bottle into a rocket that can be pressurized and launched.
Each year The Citadel joins the nation in celebrating National Engineers Week (also referred to as DiscoverE Week).
Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951, National Engineers Week was created to increase public awareness and appreciation of the engineering profession. George Washington, the nation’s first president, has been described as America’s first engineer and land surveyor himself, and was instrumental in establishing an initiative that led to the founding of West Point.
The Citadel has a rich engineering heritage dating back to 1842, making it the fifth oldest engineering school in the United States. Each year during Engineers Week, The Citadel hosts a number of exciting design competitions for teams of Lowcountry elementary, middle and high school students. We invite you to click on the tabs above or icons below to learn more about the Storm The Citadel! Trebuchet Competition, the Robotics Competition and the Bridge Competition hosted by The School of Engineering and the STEM Center of Excellence at The Citadel.