Student Competitions

To help achieve the goals of the Jeffrey S. Boyce Engineering Innovation and Design Studio, the following student competitions are being organized to solve real-world problems that will have impact and great potential for commercialization. Cash prizes will be offered to help the winning teams in taking their projects to the next level. All participants will receive some Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Swag.

Eligibility

Student teams of 2 – 4 students per team
Participants must be full-time students and not on a co-op work term
Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged, but the team lead must be from the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
A student cannot be part of more than one team
Students cannot use a project they have developed for a course or capstone project
A team cannot participate with the same idea in the Engineering Innovation Challenge and Pitch Competition

Where

The Project showcase will be presented in the Jeffrey S. Boyce Innovation and Design Studio. Participants will be required to attend and present their solution.

When

Engineering Innovation Challenge on March 16

Engineering Pitch competition on March 7

Engineering Demo Fest on March 20

Judging

A panel of judges will evaluate the presentations and prototype demonstrations. Judges will be looking for: originality and functionality.

Engineering Innovation Challenge

The purpose of the engineering innovation challenge is for students to design and build a feasible solution to a problem and develop a working prototype. The theme for Winter 2023 is ‘AI-generated Content & Applications’. The recent release of OpenAI ChatGPT and other AI content generators for text, images, videos, generative designs, etc., provide opportunities for new powerful AI applications with transformative impact on education, healthcare, and other industries.

Students are challenged to design and develop new AI solutions using AI-generated content or for detecting AI-generated content. Think transformative solutions to help people be more productive.

Cash prizes:

$1000 for first place

$750 for second place

$250 for third place

All participating teams in this challenge can also participate in the Demo Fest

Pitch Competition

Have you been working on an innovative idea to solve a real-world problem and you have a working prototype? Showcase your idea and working prototype to a team of judges for a chance to win cash to help you take the idea to the next level.

Cash prizes

$1000 for first place

$750 for second place

$250 for third place

All participating teams can also participate in the Demo Fest.

Demo Fest

Have you been working on a side project to solve a real-world problem and have a working prototype of your solution? Showcase and demo your project for a chance to win cash to take your project to the next level.

All participating teams in the Engineering Design Innovation Challenge and Pitch Competition can also participate in the Demo Fest.

Cash prizes:

$1500 for 1^st place

$1000 for 2^nd place

$500 for 3^rd place