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University of Toronto Engineering Kompetitions

2015-04-26T03:42:16Z

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[[File:1100614932 QCoqm-L.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UTEK Senior Design 2010]]
The University of Toronto Engineering Kompetitons (UTEK) will be in its 9th year in 2011, and acts as a qualifier for the Ontario Engineering Competition. UTEK is hosted by the Engineering Society, although the Alumni Office offers large support for it, since UTEK is an event that not only showcases UofT’s engineering talent, it also engages past alumni to connect with students via judging.

==Competitions==
UTEK Competitors can compete in one of six categories: Junior Design, Senior Design, Consulting Engineering, Innovative Design, Engineering Communications, and Parliamentary Debate.

All six categories are held on the same day of competition, with an awards ceremony held at the end of the competition day.

===Categories===
====Senior Design====
In teams of four, students in third or fourth year compete to solve an engineering problem disclosed on the day of the event despite limited materials and preparation time. This is a condensed version of the Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) 15 hour competition, and will last 5 hours. The winning team should have a creative and feasible design, allowing them to move on to the OEC.

====Junior Design====
This category challenges first and second year students to design and construct a project which is revealed on the day of the competition. Similar to the Senior Team Design, both time and materials are limited. They are judged based on originality, creativity, teamwork and presentation. The time for this kompetition category is four hours.

====Innovative Design====
This category encourages aspiring engineers to experience bringing a new product or service to the market. Teams will produce an original design for a process, service or a product they have invented. Winning entries will have combined originality , technical and economical feasibility, a solid marketing plan with a high quality presentation and exhibition.

====Consulting Engineering====
In teams of up to four, kompetitors will construct and a promote a solution to an engineering problem which could be given on the date of the kompetition. In this category, sufficient preparation, teamwork, resourcefulness and communication skills are the key to taking home the winning prize.

====Engineering Communications====
The Engineering Communication category challenges competitors in teams of one or two to present a well supported viewpoint on the social, econimic and environmental impact of any current technological issue. In this kompetition, participants must identify a technological issue, form an opinion and present a convincing well-supported argument. Winning entries will have a through understanding of the issue at hand, a convincing viewpoint and a dynamic presentation.

====Parliamentary Debate====
In teams of two, participants debate topics relevant to the Engineering profession and business and technology space in classic Pro/Against and Speaker style. Semi final and final rounds take place in public and all your fellow participants come and watch.

===Judging===
The UTEK Judging Panels usually consist of Alumni in the industry and Professors from various departments in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering.

===Past UTEK Directors===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!colspan="2"|Name
|-
|2016
|Amir Kharazmi
|ECE 1T7
|-
|2015
|Maya Zhang
|Mech 1T4+PEY
|-
|2014
|Kenny Wong
|Chem 1T5
|-
|2013
|Marissa Wu
|EngSci 1T3
|-
|2012
|Layan Kutob
|Indy 1T2+PEY
|-
|2011
|Freddy Chen
|Comp 1T3
|-
|2010
|Yi-Wei Ang
|Indy 1T2+PEY
|-
|2009
|Patricia Sheridan
|Mech 0T9
|-
|2008
|Karen On
|Indy 1T0+PEY
|-
|2007
|Taimoor Isani
|Elec 0T8+PEY
|-
|2006
|Robert Jackiewicz
|?
|-
|2005
|Patrick Mok
|Indy 0T7+PEY
|-
|}

==Past UTEK Winners==
===Junior Design===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!colspan="4"|Team
|-
|2013
|Simeon Wong
|Kriss Petrounov
|Rose Li
|Isabella Huang
|-
|2012
|Simeon Wong
|Kriss Petrounov
|Rong Yao
|Brittany Yap
|-
|2011
|Hanna Janossy
|Daniel Jacobs
|Newton Jain
|Jad Knazyeh
|-
|2010
|Michael Del Balso
|Jay Zhou
|Zongyi Yang
|Colin Merkel
|-
|2005
|Theo Soong
|Benjamin Yan
|David Schacter
|Ricky Leung
|-
|}

===Senior Design===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!colspan="4"|Team
|-
|2013
|Aleck Wu
|Ling Zhong
|John Luo
|
|-
|2011
|Hubert Ka
|[[User:Ryan|Ryan Bradley]]
|Philip Chen
|John Qin
|-
|2010
|Kevin P. Siu
|Xavier Snelgrove
|Brendan Wong
|Charley Wang
|-
|2009
|David Schacter
|Vainatey Kulkarni
|Owen Melville
|Phil Lam
|-
|2007
|David Schacter
|Andrew Ngo
|Owen Melville
|Iliya Sigal
|-
|}

===Consulting Engineering===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!colspan="4"|Team
|-
|2012
|Naeem Talukdar
|Ananya Tandon-Verma
|Maggie Cai
|Nelson Truong
|-
|2011
|Navdeep Swach
|Satyam Sahi
|Varun Chandan
|Satwick Sharma
|-
|2010
|Anna Sheu
|Liuba Mamonova
|Sapna Mehta
|Paul Klunko
|-
|2009
|Akarshi Mathur
|William Garcia
|Shufrah Alam
|Allistor Lobo
|-
|}

===Parliamentary Debate===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!colspan="2"|Team
|-
|2012
|Yi-Wei Ang
|Wayne Lin
|-
|2011
|Yi-Wei Ang
|Albert Huynh
|-
|2010
|Raj Pattani[http://www.oec2010.uwaterloo.ca/results.html][http://my.alumni.utoronto.ca/s/731/index.aspx?sid=731&gid=36&pgid=3114]
|Elika Mahdavi[http://www.oec2010.uwaterloo.ca/results.html][http://my.alumni.utoronto.ca/s/731/index.aspx?sid=731&gid=36&pgid=3114]
|-
|2009
|Yi-Wei Ang
|Wayne Lin
|-
|2008
|Evan Jones
|Wayne Lin
|-
|}

===Innovative Design===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!colspan="4"|Team
|-
|2011
|Azhar Ali Ahmed
|Farroukh Waheed Ghouri
|Qazi Wajahat Sohail
|Waqass Bhatti
|-
|2010
|Jacky Lau
|Johnson Zhuang
|colspan="2"|
|-
|}

===Engineering Communication===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Name
|-
|2012
|Hannah Janossy, Lea Janossy
|-
|2011
|Raphael Sammut
|-
|2010
|Manasvini Vaidyula
|-
|2009
|Raphael Sammut
|-
|}

Triple-D Cup

2014-12-01T06:55:44Z

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{{Infobox Award Cup
|name = Triple-D Cup

|image = Triple_D_Cup.jpg
|alt = Triple D Cup
|caption = Triple D Cup

|description = winning the Cannonball Run
|first = October 30, 2010
|last = November 28, 2014
|holder = Skule™
}}

The '''Triple-D Cup''' (known colloquially as the '''Ontario Cup''' or simply '''The Cup''') is an award trophy claimed by the winner of the Cannonball Run, an inter-school competition between the engineering societies of the University of Toronto, McMaster University, and the University of Waterloo. The University of Toronto rightfully regained their spot in the competition after winning the Cannonball Run at the end of November 2014 and successfully ousting Conestoga College.

The competition is loosely based on the Alberta Cup and corresponding Cup Run, an event run between the engineering societies of the University of Alberta and University of Calgary.

==Inception==
In June 2010, drafting began for a document outlining the rules and regulations of a competition to promote spirit and inter-school rivalry. The document was established by the Presidents and VPs External of the three schools' engineering societies, along with the incoming and outgoing Presidents of the Engineering Student Societies' Council of Ontario. The resulting document, ''The Gran Turismo Accord'', was enacted by the three participating engineering societies on July 5, 2010.

At least once per semester, the school in possession of The Cup must declare "The Cup is up!" and the other two schools must race to the host. After the first school arrives to claim The Cup, there is a three hour window in which the second school may arrive to challenge the claim. In this case, the winner of The Cup is then determined by a BOAT race using the host school's house rules.

The trophy consists of a cup trophy atop a rectangular base. Three sides of the base are emblazoned with a logo representative of one of the three participating schools (the McMaster Fireball, the Skule logo, and the Waterloo EngSoc logo). During the fall of 2010, the cup itself was purchased from Twin Cities Trophies in Waterloo, while the base was built by Sean O'Neil and the logos were burnt into the wood by Scott Rankin, both from the University of Waterloo. The first Cannonball Run was announced the morning of October 30, 2010.

==The Gran Turismo Accord==
===Section 1 - Spirit and Motivation===
:1. This accord defines a friendly competition between Engineering Student Societies, in the hopes of fostering spirit and community building. The purpose of this competition is to bring the respective Engineering Societies together in a common purpose, and to have some fun.
===Section 2 - Participants===
:1. This accord to hold this competition is held between the McMaster University Engineering Society, the University of Toronto Engineering Society, and the University of Waterloo Engineering Society.
===Section 3 - Definitions===
:1. This competition is named “The Cannonball Run”. This competition will adopt a trophy, which will be named the “Triple-D Cup”. Within this accord, the trophy is henceforth referred to as the Cup.
:2. The Possessor is defined as the Society in possession of the Cup
:3. The Contestants are defined as the Societies who are competing for the Cup.
:4. The Keyword is defined as the phrase “The Cup is up!”, which initiates the competition.
:5. The Office of the Possessor is defined as the Engineering Society Office.
::1. McMaster University Engineering Society John Hodgins Engineering, Room 121B, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L7
::2. University of Toronto Engineering Society Sandford Fleming Building, Room B740, 10 King’s College Road, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G4
::3. University of Waterloo Engineering Society Carl Pollock Hall Room 1327, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1
:6. The Victor is defined as the Society who successfully claims the Cup.
===Section 4 - Conduct of the Competition===
:1. At any one point in time, one Society will be in possession of the Cup.
:2. At least once per academic term, the competition must occur. The Possessor is in charge of initiating a race between the Contestants to claim possession of the Cup.
:3. The competition is initiated when the Possessor contacts the Contestants, and declares the Keyword. The Possessor must declare the Keyword to all Contestants within fifteen (15) minutes of each other.
:4. Upon the Cup being “up”, all Contestants must race to the Office of the Possessor. Both Contestants have 24 hours to reach the Office of the Possessor.
:5. The first Contestant to reach the Possessor will claim possession of the Cup and be declared the Victor. However, if both Contestants reach the Possessor within three (3) hours of the competition commencing, both Contestants must compete in a BOAT race to claim the cup. The BOAT race will be conducted using the local rules of the Possessor.
:6. If neither Contestant claims possession of the Cup within 24 hours of the Keyword being declared, the current Possessor retains possession of the Cup until it is successfully claimed. The Contestants will allowed to be heckled for not claiming the Cup. Heckling includes any taunts, insults, or question of the Contestant’s ability to function above the intelligence of a standard snapping turtle. Heckling may not exceed 43 seconds.
:7. Upon a Contestant claiming possession of the Cup, much celebration shall be had between all Societies present, at a location of the Possessor’s discretion, and much debauchery shall be had. The Possessor should consider the logistics of lodging any of the Contestants that engage in too much debauchery.
:8. Once claimed, the Cup will travel back to the Society of the Victor, where they will become the Possessor.
===Section 5 - Possessing the Cup===
:1. The President or Vice President External of the Possessor is responsible for the well-being of the Cup.
:2. The competition is initiated by the President or Vice President External of the Possessor contacting the President or Vice President External of the Contestants.
:3. If the Cup is misplaced, damaged, or stolen, the Possessor is responsible for procuring a new Cup within one month. The Contestants are allowed to abuse the President or Vice President External of the Possessor for their clumsiness.
:4. Abuse is limited to a backhand slap delivered to the face or kidney.
===Section 6 - Amending this Accord===
:1. This accord can be amended at any face-to-face meeting of all Engineering Student Societies participating in the competition. Once agreed upon unanimously, each respective Engineering Student Society must ratify the amendments to this Accord, through their own procedures.
:2. At least three pitchers must be consumed during the deliberations.

==Past Cannonball Runs==
{| class="wikitable"
!Date
!Host
!Winner
|-
|November 28, 2014***
|McMaster
|Skule™
|-
|May 31, 2014
|Conestoga (in Hamilton)
|McMaster
|-
|November 6, 2013
|Waterloo (in Guelph)
|Conestoga
|-
|May 25, 2013**
|McMaster (in Waterloo)
|UW
|-
|April 6, 2013*
|UW
|McMaster
|-
|March 16, 2013*
|McMaster
|UW
|-
|September 14, 2012
|Skule™
|McMaster
|-
|July 21, 2012
|McMaster
|Skule™
|-
|January 28, 2012
|UW
|McMaster
|-
|December 2, 2011*
|McMaster
|UW
|-
|November 5, 2011
|UW
|McMaster
|-
|June 18, 2011
|McMaster
|UW
|-
|March 25, 2011
|Skule™
|McMaster
|-
|February 4, 2011
|UW
|Skule™
|-
|December 3, 2010
|McMaster
|UW
|-
|October 30, 2010
|UW
|McMaster
|-
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Skule™ did not send a team to the December 2, 2011 cup run. Guelph was invited but did not participate. Skule™ also didn't send a team on March 16th, 2013. Once again, Skule™ did not send a team to compete on April 6th, 2013.

<nowiki>**</nowiki> McMaster called the Cup at ESSCO AGM and held a tournament including any schools willing to participate. Conestoga College won the tournament, and therefore fully replace Skule™ in further Cannonball Runs. After winning the tournament, Conestoga lost the BOAT race to Waterloo.

<nowiki>***</nowiki> Conestoga elected to call the cup on the last possible day of the spring semester, with McMaster winning the BOAT race against UW. Due to Conestoga's negligence, McMaster decided to allow Skule™ a chance to redeem themselves, calling the cup during their annual Pub Golf, inviting Skule™ (and not Conestoga). UW was unable to attend due to a landslide that temporarily closed the 403, and thus Skule™ won by default.