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2023 will be UTEK's 22nd kompetition!

The University of Toronto Engineering Kompetition (UTEK) is an annual competition targeted towards undergraduate students. The two day competition gives students the opportunity to use their classroom education to discuss and solve real engineering problems. These range from design problems, case competitions and even debates surrounding the challenges within engineering and society. UTEK encourages deep collaboration, teamwork, creativity, and ingenuity among students in all of its competitions.

UTEK is known as THE largest engineering competition at the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto! It attracts up to 500 future engineers, consultants and more. The top teams from UTEK then go on to successfully represent the university in both the Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC), and the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC).

The eight competitions are: consulting, programming, senior design, junior design, re-engineering, communications, debate and innovative design.

Please contact utek@skule.ca regarding any questions about how to get involved!

UTEK Mission

The purpose of UTEK is to:

1. Provide engineering students with practical experience solving current issues by collaborating with judges from academia and industry in designing the competitions

2. Benefit students from as many disciplines as possible by marketing UTEK to all faculties/disciplines.

3. Design the competitions and provide training sessions to best prepare students for OEC (Ontario Engineering Competition) and CEC (Canadian Engineering Competition)

4. Carefully select topics to incorporate elements from diversified fields of engineering

5. Carefully select judges from different disciplines and from the industry to provide unbiased feedback/comments and fair judging decisions

6. Create networks between students and industries to enhance students' career and professional development, e.g. inviting companies to sponsor and attend our events

7. Promote engineering innovation among undergraduate engineering students by emphasizing innovation in our judging criteria

8. Incorporate the broader UofT community and faculty

 

2023 UTEK Planning Team

Meet the dedicated team that has spent months planning to bring you an amazing experience! Reach out to their email for questions relating to their competition or position!

Competition Directors

Beliz Zorbozan

Director

Beliz Zorbozan - IndE 2T5+PEY

utek@skule.ca

Jason Zhao

Senior Design

Jason Zhao - EngSci 2T4 + PEY (Robotics)

seniordesign@utek.skule.ca

Arthur Zhuang

Senior Design

Arthur Zhuang - EngSci 2T4 + PEY (Robotics)

seniordesign@utek.skule.ca

Tanya Rustogi

Junior Design

Tanya Rustogi - ECE 2T5

juniordesign@utek.skule.ca

Lianne Choong

Junior Design

Lianne Choong - Mech 2T5

juniordesign@utek.skule.ca

Scott Hirano

Consulting

Scott Hirano - IndE 2T5

consulting@utek.skule.ca

Joshua Lee

Programming

Joshua Lee - IndE 2T5 + PEY

programming@utek.skule.ca

Uzma Ferdous

Programming

Uzma Ferdous - ECE 2T5

programming@utek.skule.ca

Kalli Alikakos

Re-Engineering

Kalli Alikakos - Chem 2T5

reengineering@utek.skule.ca

Mehak Afzal

Innovative Design

Mehak Afzal - Mech 2T5

innovativedesign@utek.skule.ca

Alvina Yang

Parliamentary Debate

Alvina Yang - CS 2T5

debate@utek.skule.ca

Admin

Joesph Gordian-Nweke

Log-Ops

Joseph Gordian-Nweke - IndE 2T5 + PEY

logops@utek.skule.ca

Siddhi Bansal

Log-Ops

Siddhi Bansal - IndE 2T5 + PEY

logops@utek.skule.ca

Charlotte Fritz

Finance

Charlotte Fritz - ECE 2T5 + PEY

finance@utek.skule.ca

Grace Li

Sponsorship

Liza Abraham - ECE 2T5 + PEY

sponsorships@utek.skule.ca

Grace Li

Marketing

Riya Bansal - ECE 2T6

marketing@utek.skule.ca

Grace Li

Webmaster

Gurmann Singh Jaggi - ECE 2T6

webmaster@utek.skule.ca

Grace Li

Graphics Design

Najma Sultani - EngSci 2T6

graphics@utek.skule.ca