Design Day was a great success with over 100 student teams showcasing their engineering design projects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5-8_zsY1GI
Wearable technologies, robotics, hydroponics, accessible designs, were among the different categories explored during the second edition of Design Day.
As part of her mandate as NSERC Chair in Entrepreneurial Engineering Design (CEED), professor Hanan Anis and her team of dedicated students organized this event to give students of the Faculty of Engineering the opportunity to present their projects to judges from the industry and the community, as well their peers and professors.
Prizes were spread out over 7 categories. There were also top 3 prizes for best overall design.
One category was the Canada 150 Makerspace Challenge, where students created a STEAM Punk themed innovation in wearable technologies or robotics. The top project won $1000 and many of these innovations will be showcased at one of the biggest Canada 150 event: the Aviation and Space Museum Gala on May 17, 2017.
Best of all, Design Day brought together industry professionals, families, friends, faculty members and students to discuss design challenges in the real world.
- Download photos from the event
- Last year's competition
The event received media coverage from CBC, Radio-Canada and Le Droit, to name a few. To know more about this annual event, check out these articles and podcasts:
- Design Day Ottawa Morning (CBC)
- uOttawa students engineer foot-controlled TV converter for man with cerebral palsy (Ottawa Citizen)
- University of Ottawa team hoping to go the farthest on the least fuel (Metro News)
- Steampunk creations let students show off flights of fancy (CBC)
- Students tackle real-world problems at University of Ottawa Design Day (Ottawa Business Journal)
- Journée du design en génie (Radio-Canada)
- Les oeuvres de génies du design (TVA Gatineau)
- Faire le plein de génie à l'Ud'O (Le Droit)
- Des génies à Ottawa (La Presse)
- Spotlight on uOttawa’s engineered brilliance (uOttawa Gazette)
OVERALL DESIGN DAY WINNERS:
1st PLACE
Precipitation of phosphorus from municipal wastewater
Jessica Ross • Lu Gao • Divya Sutarwala • Essie Anthony
2nd PLACE
Shed 3
Angelica Gendron • Adam Kanellakis • Haotian Mai • Alexandra Marchese • Paul Miller • Meaghan O’Neil
3rd PLACE
Foot T.V Remote
Harjot Chahal • Matt Ignaczak • Samir Naik • Abdalla Osman • Prashanth Sivoththaman
WINNERS BY CATEGORY
HYDROPONICS FOR FOOD SERVICES
1st PLACE
Patrick Charlebois • Gabriel Fournier • Luca Pommainville • Maxime Renaud • Jean-Miguel Roy
2nd PLACE
Alexandre Bigeau • Aoua Diallo • Sadia Faty • Zakaria Moumine • Lionel Tapsoba
3rd PLACE
Ali Abouelala • Yassine Benabdelali • Josée Boudreau • Mohamed Bougader • Geneviève L’Heureux
HYDROPONICS FOR REFUGEES
Winners
Ben Cooper • Spencer Manoryk • Jonathan Prance • Graham Sanford • Caleb Schmidt
Honorable Mention
Theodore Egube • Paul Mukeza • Wangyu Wei • Jiaqi Yu • Fan Zhang • Haocheng Zhang
HYDROPONICS FOR SCHOOLS
Winners
Daniel Aubrey • Benjamin Cue • Ayoub El • Julien Lambert • Maxime Viennot
Honorable Mention
Mathieu Bellefeuille • Kai Kang • Benjamin Kataliko Viranga • Georges Lteif • Erwan Ouedraogo
ZERO-CARBON FOOT PRINT SHEDS
Winners
Shed 3
Angelica Gendron • Adam Kanellakis • Haotian Mai • Alexandra Marchese • Paul Miller • Meaghan O’Neil
ACCESSIBILITY
Winners
Foot T.V Remote
Harjot Chahal • Matt Ignaczak • Samir Naik • Abdalla Osman • Prashanth Sivoththaman
OTHERS
Winners
Precipitation of phosphorus from municipal wastewater
Essie Edwige Anthony • Lu Gao • Jessica Ross • Divya Sutarwala
CANADA 150 MAKERSPACE CHALLENGE – STEAM PUNK
Winners
Omni Vacuum Jukebox
Tristan Liang • Mohamad Mulla • Jordy Alex Ntiringaniza • Marc Reyes
