AV俱乐部

Inventive young minds representing nine Atlantic universities convened upon AV俱乐部 over the weekend for the 31^st 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.

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

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

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 3^rd 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.

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

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

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 3^rd 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.

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 1^st place: MUN (Meghan McGee, Halie Murrin)

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 2^nd place: Dal (Guanxiong Gong, Stephen Chandler)

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 3^rd 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.

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

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

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 3^rd 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鈥檚 terms; a feat that can prove both challenging and necessary for engineers.

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 1^st place: UNB (Eric Root)

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 2^nd place: Dal (Kaitlin Miles, Elliot Winfield)

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 3^rd place: MUN聽 (Courtney Harnum, Zachary Burt)

Category: Debate

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

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 1^st place: St. FX (Carson Murray, Patrick LeClair)

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 2^nd place: MUN B (Joshua Abeling, Paul Stewart)

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 3^rd place: MUN A (James Greey, Alex Collins)

Category: Re-engineering

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

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 1^st place: MUN 1 (Erin Lundrigan, Richard Bonnell)

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 2^nd place: St. FX (Margaret Boyd, Joseph Deering)

路聽聽聽聽聽聽 3^rd 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)