University of Toronto Engineering Kompetitions
The University of Toronto Engineering Kompetitons (UTEK) will be in its 8th year in 2010, and acts as a qualifier for the Ontario Engineering Competition. UTEK is hosted by the Engineering Society, although the Alumni Office offers large support for it, since UTEK is an event that not only showcases UofT’s engineering talent, it also engages past alumni to connect with students via judging
Competitions
UTEK Competitors can compete in one of six categories: Junior Design, Senior Design, Consulting Engineering, Innovative Design, Engineering Communications, and Parliamentary Debate.
All six categories are held on the same day of competition, with an awards ceremony held at the end of the competition day.
Categories
Senior Design
In teams of four, students in third or fourth year compete to solve an engineering problem disclosed on the day of the event despite limited materials and preparation time. This is a condensed version of the Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) 15 hour competition, and will last 5 hours. The winning team should have a creative and feasible design, allowing them to move on to the OEC.
Junior Design
This category challenges first and second year students to design and construct a project which is revealed on the day of the competition. Similar to the Senior Team Design, both time and materials are limited. They are judged based on originality, creativity, teamwork and presentation. The time for this kompetition category is four hours.
Innovative Design
This category encourages aspiring engineers to experience bringing a new product or service to the market. Teams will produce an original design for a process, service or a product they have invented. Winning entries will have combined originality , technical and economical feasibility, a solid marketing plan with a high quality presentation and exhibition.
Consulting Engineering
In teams of up to four, kompetitors will construct and a promote a solution to an engineering problem which could be given on the date of the kompetition. In this category, sufficient preparation, teamwork, resourcefulness and communication skills are the key to taking home the winning prize.
Engineering Communications
The Engineering Communication category challenges competitors in teams of one or two to present a well supported viewpoint on the social, econimic and environmental impact of any current technological issue. In this kompetition, participants must identify a technological issue, form an opinion and present a convincing well-supported argument. Winning entries will have a through understanding of the issue at hand, a convincing viewpoint and a dynamic presentation.
Parliamentary Debate
In this category, teams of two debate in previously undisclosed resolution using the format of parliamentary style debate, With minimal preparation time, they must present a well-reasoned viewpoint on the topics given.
Judging
The UTEK Judging Panels usually consist of Alumni in the industry and Professors from various departments in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering.
Past UTEK Directors
| Year | Name | Discipline |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Freddy Chen | ECE 1T3T1 |
| 2010 | Yi-Wei Ang | INDY 1T2T1 |
| 2009 | Karen On | INDY 1T0+PEY |
Past UTEK Winners
Junior Design
| Year | Placement | Team Member 1 | Team Member 2 | Team Member 3 | Team Member 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | First | Hanna Janossy | Daniel Jacobs | Newton Jain | Jad Knazyeh |
| 2010 | First | Michael Del Balso | Jay Zhou | Zongyi Yang | Colin Merkel |
Senior Design
| Year | Placement | Team Member 1 | Team Member 2 | Team Member 3 | Team Member 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | First | Hubert Ka | Ryan Bradley | Philip Chen | Jia Jun Qin |
| 2010 | First | Kevin P. Siu | Xavier Snelgrove | Brendan Wong | Charley Wang |
Consulting Engineering
| Year | Placement | Team Member 1 | Team Member 2 | Team Member 3 | Team Member 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | First | Navdeep Swach | Satyam Sahi | Varun Chandan | Satwick Sharma |
| 2010 | First | Anna Sheu | Liuba Mamonova | Sapna Mehta | Paul Klunko |
Parliamentary Debate
| Year | Placement | Team Member 1 | Team Member 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | First | Yi-Wei Ang | Albert Huynh |
| 2010 | First | Raj Pattani | Elika Mahdavi |
| 2009 | First | Yi-Wei Ang | Wayne Lin |
| 2008 | First | Evan Jones | Wayne Lin |
Innovative Design
| Year | Placement | Team Member 1 | Team Member 2 | Team Member 3 | Team Member 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | First | Azhar Ali Ahmed | Farroukh Waheed Ghouri | Qazi Wajahat Sohail | Waqass Bhattih |
| 2010 | First | Jacky Lau | Johnson Zhuang |
Engineering Communication
| Year | Placement | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | First | Raphael Sammut |
| 2010 | First | Manasvini Vaidyula |
| 2009 | First | Raphael Sammut |