NAFEMS, the International Association for Engineering, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation, hosts a Student Award to promote student excellence in the engineering field with simulation, support graduates in important career choices, and student research in any engineering discipline. Information on their annual student competition, the geographies, and rules is below. Both SOLIDWORKS and SIMULIA Abaqus utilize NAFEMS benchmarks.
https://blogs.solidworks.com/teacher/2025/02/nafems-student-design-contest-in-simulation.html
Good luck in the competition.
