WHAT IS OECThe Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) is an annual student-run, three-day competition that brings together more than 300 of the province’s brightest students. Competitors demonstrate their engineering skills in a competitive environment, while also developing meaningful relationships with their peers. The top two performing teams in each category advance to the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC).
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COMPETITIONS
Junior DesignFirst and second-year engineering students tackle technical problems with their creative prowess. They must design, build, and present a prototype to the judges, showcasing early engineering talents.
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Senior DesignSenior engineering students showcase their expertise by solving complex real-world problems. With limited resources and competition constraints, they must ingeniously design and construct a functional prototype.
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ProgrammingThis competition challenges competitors to produce a piece of readable software. The teams will use their software development skills, their technical writing abilities, and their project management skills to design a solution to a problem posed.
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DebateCompetitors must use analytical techniques to present, with minimum preparation, a reasoned point of view of a resolution that has not been disclosed beforehand. The goal is to assess the competitors' abilities to convey ideas and develop arguments in a parliamentary debate format.
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Re-EngineeringCompetitors are required to take an existing engineering concept, product, technique, or technology and improve its design to suit an alternate situation or application.
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ConsultingCompetitors are required 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 in the form of judges and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the solution’s impacts.
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CommunicationsParticipants are tasked with presenting complex engineering topics in an accessible way to the public. Judges assess accuracy, creativity, and simplification while encouraging effective science communicators. The goal is to bridge the gap between technical knowledge and public understanding, fostering appreciation for engineering's impact on our world.
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Innovative DesignThis competition is prepared entirely outside the realm of the OEC. Competitors choose their own topic, prepare research, and develop a design. The designs must be new and innovative and address a void in society.
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Bio-EngineeringCompetitors must comprehensively solve a bio-engineering problem. The goal is to identify the issues outlined in the prompt and develop a bio-engineering design process for various applications in healthcare, agriculture, environmental sustainability, and more.
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HOW TO QUALIFYFor a team to qualify for OEC, they must win their respective university's qualifier competition. Contact your Engineering Society's VP External or VP Academic for more information.
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