The Ontario Engineering Competition OEC CIO

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The Ontario Engineering CompetitionOEC -CIO
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Presentation will include

• History of the competition
• Where we are today Ottawa 2002
• Competitor selection
• Category formats judging criteria
• Overview of organization
• 7th category in Ontario
• Discussion

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History
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History

• Originated at Queens in 1980
• Originally called the Ontario Engineering Design
  Competition (OEDC)
• Only had 2 design categories entrepreneurial
  and corporate design
• Organizers felt this was not enough

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History (contd)

• Competition began to expand
• Included communication categories explanatory
  and editorial communications
• 1992 two more categories added team design
  and parliamentary debate
• Name changed to OEC-CIO

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Where we are today

• Competition at its strongest yet
• Over 200 competitors every year
• High school design competition ran on the Friday
  before opening banquet
• All accredited Engineering schools in Ontario
  typically have at least one team
  registeredSenior design not yet a category

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Ottawa 2002

• OEC-CIO to be held in Ottawa this year
• February 22nd to 24th
• Organization well underway
• Final debate to be held in Parliament buildings
• Take part!

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How competitors are selected

• Each school runs their selection process
  differently
• Every school has a faculty advisor
• Advisor helps make final decisions as to who to
  send
• Advisor also helps students develop ideas for
  competition

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Ex at Western

• Director position on our Engineering Society
• Abstracts submitted to competitions director
• Reviewed by faculty advisor
• Debate preliminary debate held to decide who
  goes
• Preference to members of debate club

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Ex at Western

• Team design preliminary team design held to
  decide competitors
• Generally decided by end of November
• Competitions director is responsible for
  promoting the event and raising money to send
  competitors

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Other Universities

• Clearly not every school is run the same way
• Some schools do not even have student input into
  which teams compete
• Which is better?? Whos to say

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Category Formats
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Explanatory Communications

• Take a highly technical topic and explain at a
  level a non-specified professional can understand
• Teams of one or two
• Presentation 30 minutes
• Question period 20 minutes

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Judging Criteria

• Research/Depth accuracy 35
• Explanation of Concept 25
• Presentation 20
• Audio/visual aids 10
• Interest generated 10

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Awards

• 1st place - 2000
• 2nd place - 1500
• 3rd place - 750
• Sponsored by PEO/OSPE

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Editorial Communications

• Present viewpoint on social, economic or
  environmental impact of technical issue
• Form opinion
• Present a convincing argument
• Teams of one or two
• Presentation 30 minutes
• Question period 20 minutes

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Judging Criteria

• Research Accuracy 35
• Delivery of Viewpoint 25
• Presentation 20
• Audio/visual aids 10
• Interest Generated 10

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Awards

• 1st place - 2000
• 2nd place - 1500
• 3rd place - 750
• Sponsored by Bell Canada

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Parliamentary Debate

• Defend or refute a previously undisclosed
  resolution
• Present well-formed viewpoint in limited amount
  of time

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Debate format

• Debates proceed as follows
• Prime Minister 5 minutes
• Opposition 5 minutes
• Government 5 minutes
• Opposition Leader 7 minutes (includes 2 min
  rebuttal)
• Prime Minister 2 minutes (2 min rebuttal)

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Judging Criteria

• Argument and Evidence 10 points
• Refutation 10 points
• Organization and Analysis 10 points
• Delivery 10 points
• Ingenuity and wit 10 points

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Awards

• 1st place - 1500
• 2nd place - 1000
• The two teams eliminated in semifinals are award
  500 each
• Sponsored by Consulting Engineers or Ontario
  and Sandford Fleming Foundation

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Entrepreneurial Desin

• Develop a marketable product or service that is
  not currently available
• Teams of 4
• Set up trade-show style exhibit
• One team member always present
• Presentation 20 minutes
• Question period 10 minutes

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Judging Criteria

• Technical accuracy 20
• Marketability 20
• Economic feasibility 15
• Originality 15
• Prototype or model 10
• Presentation and exhibit 20

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Awards

• 1st place - 3500
• 2nd place - 2500
• 3rd place - 1500
• Sponsored by Nortel Networks

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Corporate Design

• Design a solution to a problem faced by a
  recognized corporation in Canada
• Teams of 4
• Trade show style booth
• Presentation 20 minutes
• Questions 10 minutes

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Judging Criteria

• Technical accuracy 20
• Meeting the corporations need 20
• Economic feasibility 15
• Originality 15
• Prototype or model 10
• Presentation and exhibit 10

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Awards

• 1st place - 3500
• 2nd place - 2500
• 3rd place - 1500
• Sponsored by Ontario Power Generation

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Team Design

• Reserved for first year students
• Design solution to a previously undisclosed
  design problem
• Teams of 4
• Have limited access to materials
• Limited preparation time
• Presentation 10 minutes

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Judging Crtieria

• Design and performance 40
• Teamwork 25
• Presentation 20
• Originality 15

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Awards

• 1st place - 1500
• 2nd place - 1000
• 3rd place - 500
• Sponsored by Com Dev

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High School Design

• Unofficial category
• High schools regional to where OEC-CIO is being
  held are invited to compete
• Less technical problem than team design, but same
  format
• Awards sponsored by ESSCO (levels are not set)

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Overview of Organization
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OEC-CIO Advisory Board

• Consists of
• One representative from each major sponsor
• Chairs of OEC of current year, past year, and
  following year
• ESSCO president
• Chair of the advisory board
• Deans of hosting Universities
• Four face-to face meetings every year
• Most members of board are previous competitors

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Where it begins

• Bids are made for OEC-CIO two years in advance at
  OEC-CIO
• So, OEC 2003 was bid for at OEC 2001
• Regular meetings with the provincial advisory
  board
• Submissions of progress reports

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Organization

• Each OEC-CIO organizing committee has full
  control of their executive structure
• As many people that want to be involved are
  welcome!
• Huge undertaking costs approximately 120,000
  to run the event
• Where does the money come from?

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Sponsorship

• Critical executive position on all organizational
  committees for OEC-CIO
• Usually more than one
• Money is donated by sponsors of categories
  (referred to as sustaining sponsors)
• Registration fees
• Approaching companies!

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7th Category Senior Design

• New category introduced at national level
• All other regions will have it
• There is no OEC senior team design, so we will
  not have representatives
• Mostly likely will happen next year
• What do we do about it?

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Discussion!!!