UPEI Engineering students compete successfully at 2023 Atlantic Engineering Competition
Seven UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) teams competed at the 2023 Atlantic Engineering Competition (AEC) and represented their faculty very well during the event. The competition was hosted at Dalhousie University through the Atlantic Council of Engineering Students from January 20–22, 2023.
Winning first place in the senior design category were UPEI FSDE students Jason Nieuwhof, Luke McCarvill, Soumya Deep Chowdhury, and Matthew Dreise. First place in the innovative design category went to Adiel Ngabo Rutabana, Dhruvil Kanani, Aaron McCloskey, and Ben McQuaid. Students Yvan Cheung Chin Yan and Tanguy Rugamba placed third in the re-engineering category. UPEI also had strong showings in junior design and communications.
“This is a wonderful success for our students but, honestly, it’s not surprising. It’s a strong endorsement of the quality and commitment of our students, faculty, and staff,” said interim dean Dr. Wayne Peters. “It’s also exactly what our innovative hands-on project-based delivery approach targets with its focus on sustainable design and a strong mix of technical and professional skills. These are the skills that the world needs right now from engineers.”
The two first-place teams will represent the Atlantic region at the prestigious Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC) in Waterloo, Ontario, from February 24 to 27 where they will pit their skills against winners from similar regional competitions across Canada.
The AEC is an annual student-run initiative that began in 1983 and has since grown to become one of the largest and highly anticipated engineering competitions in Canada. AEC 2023 brought together over 150 of the brightest engineering students from nine universities across Atlantic Canada.
The three-day event provides a setting for students to develop meaningful relationships with their peers while demonstrating their engineering skills in a competitive environment. Students in teams of one to four compete in a series of eight competitions designed to test their innovative, problem-solving, and leadership skills—key qualities of a successful and well-rounded engineer.
