Funded by MTE Consultants Inc.
Eligibility
- Fall 2015: Student teams enrolled in Waterloo Engineering’s fourth year Environmental and Geological Engineering Capstone Design course.
- Spring 2016: Student teams enrolled in Waterloo Engineering’s fourth year Civil Engineering Capstone Design course.
Objectives
The
main
objectives
of
this
event
are
to:
- Enable industry feedback to our student design teams and encourage more industry participation in the Civil/Environmental/Geological Engineering Capstone Design courses
- Motivate students to think about how to sell and showcase their ideas
- Provide an event, well before graduation, where MTE can see our top student design teams in action.
Value of award
Fall 2015 Environment Engineering and Geological Engineering contest:
$3,200 -- first place team
$900 – second place team $400 – third place team
Spring 2016 Civil Engineering contest:
$3,200 -- first place team
$900 – second place team $400 – third place team
Application deadline
No
application
necessary.
Application and selection process
The
following
process
applies
to
both
the
fall
2015 and
spring
2016 pitch
contests:
- The top six design teams will be identified on the basis of their final presentations in the design course and they will be selected, in part, by peer evaluations. These six teams will be invited to participate in the contest.
- The precise ranking process will be determined by the course instructors and Capstone Coordinator but at least half the invited teams will be based solely on peer evaluations.
- Selection of award winners out of the six finalists will be based on a judging panel of three MTE judges and two Civil and Environmental Engineering department professors, all of whom are independent of all the participating teams design projects.
- Judges will evaluate the quality of a 10 minute student presentations that pitch their design team as the best choice for Phase II of their project. Student teams will pretend they are competing to be awarded the Phase II design contract for their project against other bidders.
- The award funds will be distributed equally among the winning team members.
- Students receiving OSAP must claim this award as a resource.
MTE Consultants Inc.
MTE
Consultants
Inc.
has
served
Southwestern
Ontario
for
over
27
years
with
offices
in
Kitchener,
Burlington
and
Stratford.
MTE
enhances
the
value
of
our
clients'
projects
by
providing
innovative
solutions
and
management
expertise
in
a
personal,
cost
effective
and
timely
manner.
MTE
would
like
to
support
the
Pitch
awards
to
inspire
the
students
to
showcase
their
innovative
design
ideas.