On March 29, the SITE building was alive with more than 400 engineering and arts students displaying over 80 unique projects as part of the 5th edition of Design Day.
Throughout the school year, students in first- and second-year design courses were tasked with creating innovative solutions for real clients facing real problems. Joining the students were 35 judges from various fields, ranging from academia and industry to government, who helped determine the winners.
Each of the projects was designed to fit within one of seven categories:
- Accessible designs to improve lives of people living with disabilities
- Interactive art projects
- Fully automated kitchens – distribution and cooking
- Arterial pump simulator to help a Forensic Identification Officer – Ottawa Police Service
- Automated small homes for community centres
- The Makerspace VR Challenge
- Open category
In case you missed it, check out some snapshots from social media that captured some of the excitement from Design Day at the bottom of the page.
This year, in addition to the winners in each category, an overall Design Day winner was chosen and awarded a prize of $3,000. Congratulations to all participants and winning teams!
Winners
Automated kitchen – distribution
C3
- Nicholas Anthony Anderson
- Gouled Awad
- Mustafa Hassan
- Rachel Herperger
- Maya Khalifeh
- Benjamin Pestana
Automated kitchen – cooking
FB1
- Steven Blouin
- Sébastien Charron
- Hamza Ourahhou
- Frédérique Pinard
- Raouia Yzzogh
Shelters for community centres
Bed 3
- Oluwatosin Emmanuel Adekeye
- Owen Cummings
- Will Hayes
- Justin Power
- Shivam Syal
- Leena Tran
Art installations
F10
- Peter Brooks
- Sam Gilmore
- Diane Hubert
- Mylene Iacobucci
Devices for forensic investigations
No Name (FC5)
- Mohamed Yassine Bouhamidi
- Jad Haddad
- Mathieu Lacelle
- Marc-Antoine Mayer
- Ahmed Oueslati
Accessible designs
F3
- Camille Chartrand
- Adrianna Schwarzer
- Sarra Torjemane
- Andréanne Trépanier-Breault
Makerspace VR Challenge
Ohm VR (E2)
- Humaira Ahmed
- Jack Clarke
- Jack Melaschenko
- Jenna Rowland
- Nicholas Schmidt
Natura (MC2)
- Jasen Lee
- Patrick Nguyen
- Vincent Côté-Larouche
Open Category
uORocketry (O8)
- Manit Ginoya
- Paul Buzuloiu
- Liam Reynolds
- Jennifer Trac
- Reza Fetanat
- Nikhil Peri
Overall Design Day winners
Accessibility Team F3
- Camille Chartrand
- Adrianna Schwarzer
- Sarra Torjemane
- Andréanne Trépanier-Breault
How’s that for a helmet rack, @HansontheBike? /// We are honoured to be part of @uOttawaGenie ‘s Design Day! @uOttawa #SafetyFirst #Neappoli2019 pic.twitter.com/D4bZWjEH7K
— Neappoli (@neappoli) March 29, 2019
A VR escape for cancer patients. @OttawaHospital & @uOttawa working on calming 3D scenarios. Bone cancer survivor Jennifer Shamess tests out mountain scene. While undergoing chemo & radiation, “I would have liked to be anywhere else.” @OttawaMorning pic.twitter.com/Z6szgwVQ4x
— Hallie Cotnam (@HallieCBC) March 29, 2019
What great projects at @Uottawa @uOttawaCEED #designday2019W ! A privilege to be one of the judges. Finalizing category winners and moving to selecting the overall winner. Great work @uOttawa_hanan @uOEng_Dean and team! pic.twitter.com/9JtB9tgEfn
— Curtis Behmann (@curtisbehmann) March 29, 2019
Always impressed by the amazing work these students do over the course of one semester. Cheers to this year’s fifth edition #DesignDay2019W @uOttawaCEED @uOttawaGenie pic.twitter.com/2kvlT4fX3h
— Zaineb Al-Faesly (@zaineb_alfaesly) March 29, 2019
