Once a year, ESSCO facilitates the Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) – a showcase for over 300 of the provinces top undergraduate engineering students.
Started in 1979, OEC brings together self-driven, innovative and creative undergraduate engineering students from each accredited engineering program across Ontario. OEC has a proud history of being student led, and is hosted each January/February by a dedicated, local student organizing committee at a different host engineering faculty in Ontario. The goal of OEC is to help foster technical proficiency as well as professionalism, entrepreneurship and presentation skills that are increasingly important in today’s engineering careers.
OEC also provides a valuable opportunity for industry engagement and outreach by providing career fair and employer networking opportunities and through the use of corporate representatives as judges and observers during the event. OEC is well attended by a variety of engineering-related industries who sponsor, support and network with the brightest up-and-coming engineers. To qualify for OEC, each team must advance through their respective University's internal engineering competition or other qualifying event. The top teams from Ontario will move on to represent Ontario at the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC).
Started in 1979, OEC brings together self-driven, innovative and creative undergraduate engineering students from each accredited engineering program across Ontario. OEC has a proud history of being student led, and is hosted each January/February by a dedicated, local student organizing committee at a different host engineering faculty in Ontario. The goal of OEC is to help foster technical proficiency as well as professionalism, entrepreneurship and presentation skills that are increasingly important in today’s engineering careers.
OEC also provides a valuable opportunity for industry engagement and outreach by providing career fair and employer networking opportunities and through the use of corporate representatives as judges and observers during the event. OEC is well attended by a variety of engineering-related industries who sponsor, support and network with the brightest up-and-coming engineers. To qualify for OEC, each team must advance through their respective University's internal engineering competition or other qualifying event. The top teams from Ontario will move on to represent Ontario at the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC).
Competition Categories
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Junior design
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communications
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programming
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re-engineering
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parliamentary debate
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consulting
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Junior Design
You'll be given a real-world problem and must work within limiting time and budget constraints to design, create, and test a physical prototype of your proposed solution. As the competitors are just beginning their engineering studies, concepts will be based off a general level of engineering knowledge, such as forces, mechanics, etc.
You must be in the first two years of your degree programs.
You must be in the first two years of your degree programs.
Senior Design
You'll be given a real-world problem and must work within limiting time and budget constraints to design, create, and test a physical prototype of your proposed solution. As the competitors are near the completion of their engineering studies, concepts they may need in their design can span a variety of disciplines.
You must be in the last two years of your degree programs.
You must be in the last two years of your degree programs.
Innovative Design
You will combine your creativity and knowledge to develop new technological designs or improve upon existing ones. Research and development will be done prior to the competition, then a high-quality display will be presented to the judges. Your professional presentation should demonstrate the technical, social, environmental, and economic impact of your design.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
Communications
You must explain an applicable process or issue of your choice, and form a coherent argument that clearly identifies its social, economical, technological, and environmental impacts. Your explanation should cater to an audience of various technological backgrounds.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
Programming
You will be challenged to make industry-quality software to solve a given problem. The software will be presented to the judges for evaluation.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
Re-Engineering
You are encouraged to use creativity and innovation in order to redesign an existing product or process either to improve its functionality or to adapt it for a completely new purpose. You will be judged based on functionality, practicality, feasibility, and marketability.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
parliamentary debate
Engineers are often required to evaluate and argue for or against a proposal on short notice. In this category, you will defend or refute a previously undisclosed resolution using the format of parliamentary debate. Subjects for debate will relate to the fields of engineering and science. You should have a broad knowledge of engineering concepts and their impact on society, and have an ability to rationalize decisions quickly and concisely.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
consulting
The consulting competition challenges competitors to design a detailed solution to a large-scale engineering problem. The proposal must be made in a way that promotes the solution to the client. Competitors must demonstrate technical knowledge and skills, and evaluate the economic, environmental, political, and social implications of their proposed solutions in order to best address the requirements of the customer.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
Competitors in all years of engineering studies are eligible for participation.
For information on the 2019 Ontario Engineering competition, click here.