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Dalhousie Engineering hosts 2015 Atlantic Engineering Competition

Posted by Engineering Communications on January 21, 2015 in News

Inventive young minds representing nine Atlantic universities convened upon Dalhousie over the weekend for the 31st Atlantic Engineering Competition (AEC). Competition was fierce as 100-plus engineering students competed in teams or individually, representing Dal, Acadia, CBU, MUN, SMU, St. FX, Moncton, UNB and UPEI.

The competition allows engineering student to showcase their skills and resourcefulness and leverage non-technical skills, such as teamwork, leadership and creativity. Students tackle various real-world engineering issues, debating divisive topics, redesigning existing technology for novel applications or addressing problem scenarios with inventive new gadgets.

Competitors vied to qualify for the national-level Canadian Engineering Competition, where 150 regional winners will compete once again at Memorial University. Competitors were judged by a panel consisting of individuals from both industry and academics.

Results:

Category: Senior Team Design

Third, fourth and fifth year students were presented with a real-world scenario, a week to research the problem and 12 hours to implement their solution on competition day.

·       1st place: Moncton 2 (Gabriel Boudreau, Benoit Leblanc, Phillip Robichaud, Jeremie Gallant)

·       2nd place: Dal 1 (Ben Feltmate, Brendon Colwill, Madeline Baldissera, Jared Mills)

·       3rd place: MUN 2 (Keisha Chin-Yet, Courtney Murrin, Justin Simms, Nick Mathias)

Category: Junior Team Design

First and second year students were presented with a real-world scenario and had only four hours and limited resources to reach a solution.

·       1st place: MUN 2 (Sarah white, Jillian Oldford, Julia Colins, Julia Sullivan)

·       2nd place: SMU 1 (Jeff Lewis, Peter Svidler, Tristan Cayaoyao, Samantha Higgins)

·       3rd place: Dal 1 (Jonathan Perrier-Daigle, Jordan Wilbur, Graeme Kempthrone, Sydney Miller)

Category: Innovative Design

Students in this category addressed a problem of their choice, conducting market research and feasibility studies to arrive at a viable product complete with a business proposal.

·       1st place: MUN (Meghan McGee, Halie Murrin)

·       2nd place: Dal (Guanxiong Gong, Stephen Chandler)

·       3rd place: UNB (Keith Mackin, Sam Guitard, Brandon Craib)

Category: Consulting Engineering

Teams had five hours to remedy the real-world problems and present their proposal to a hypothetical client.

·       1st place: UNB A (Jonathan Kummer, Isaac Venneman, Brent Woodside, Tori Hasson)

·       2nd place: SMU (Sally Chedraoi, Olivia Ells, Martha Barrett, Luis Orozco)

·       3rd place: MUN B (Ian Mullet, James MacDonald, Luke Tilley, Evan Tilley)

Category: Communications

Contestants needed to clearly and concisely explain a technical subject in layperson’s terms; a feat that can prove both challenging and necessary for engineers.

·       1st place: UNB (Eric Root)

·       2nd place: Dal (Kaitlin Miles, Elliot Winfield)

·       3rd place: MUN  (Courtney Harnum, Zachary Burt)

Category: Debate

A team of two presented a solid viewpoint of a topic presented to them shortly before the event.

·       1st place: St. FX (Carson Murray, Patrick LeClair)

·       2nd place: MUN B (Joshua Abeling, Paul Stewart)

·       3rd place: MUN A (James Greey, Alex Collins)

Category: Re-engineering

Teams redesigned an existing process or gadget for novel applications or improved functionality.

·       1st place: MUN 1 (Erin Lundrigan, Richard Bonnell)

·       2nd place: St. FX (Margaret Boyd, Joseph Deering)

·       3rd place: UNB 2 (Johanna McPhee, Joshua Triggs)

Competitors go head to head in trivia for their first test to prove intellectual prowess. (Photo: Atlantic Engineering Competition)