The University of Illinois and Advanced Micro Devices proudly present the 25th annual AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition, held during Engineering Open House on March 11th and 12th. The contest is sponsored by Advanced Micro Devices and held in honor of W.J. "Jerry" Sanders, an alumnus of the University of Illinois. Advanced Micro Devices endorses this contest to inspire excellence in engineering.

Each year, engineering students of all disciplines build robots to achieve predefined objectives and compete for more than $5,000 in prizes. This year's objective requires robots to deliver their team's plastic balls to other teams' bases to score points, while keeping their own base clear to prevent other teams from scoring.

The competition promotes engineering disciplines and offers students a chance to demonstrate their technical abilities and creativity while applying knowledge learned in engineering courses. Overall, the design competition presents a well-rounded multi-disciplinary engineering challenge to future engineers.