SMU Cox BBAs held their own going head-to-head this week against MBAs in the annual NAPE/TCU Energy Innovation Case Competition in Houston. The all-undergrad SMU energy case competition team, sponsored by the SMU Cox Maguire Energy Institute, made it to the final round of the competition on Wednesday, Feb. 1. They captured 3rd place behind the MBA teams from Chicago Booth and UT McCombs.
A field of 23 teams from the best business schools in the country competed to prove their energy industry innovation and intelligence. Teams worked to develop an innovative technology-based solution for an issue presented by a high-profile energy company sponsor. The SMU Cox team consisted solely of SMU Cox BBA students and is the only all-undergrad team in the history of the competition ever to ascend to the final round.
The four SMU Cox team members came away with a cash prize of $6,000 to be split evenly between them. The competition is part of the National Association of Petroleum Engineers’ NAPE Summit, which took place in Houston’s GRB Convention Center.
