York Engineering Competition

2025 TICKETS ARE available!

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WHAT IS YEC ?

First established in 2008, the York Engineering Competition (YEC) is one of the largest and most important events led by the Lassonde Engineering Society. Offered annually to all our 4.7k students, we strive to challenge our participants to push the boundaries of Engineering by showcasing their creativity and critical thinking in one of our nine competitions. Winners of the YEC qualify for the Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) to represent York Engineering at a provincial level. Students who win OEC can then qualify for the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC). This competition challenges students to practice and develop practical engineering skills, while gaining valuable feedback and learning from industry professionals and professors.

YEC 2025-26 SCHEDULE

WEEK 1

SEPTEMBER 27TH - SEPTEMBER 28TH

Bioengineering

Teams will be provided with a narrative with one or numerous complications that must be resolved utilizing core engineering principles to develop a solution to this bio-engineering problem.

Debate

Akin to real-world scenarios, students develop and present nuanced arguments in favour of or against an impromptu resolution. Teams go head to head in a battle of logic and rhetoric in multiple rounds of debate.

Junior Design

Students in their first and second years are tasked with designing creative solutions to real-world engineering problems. Competitors must design a practical solution and present it to judges making the best use of limited time and resources.

WEEK 2

OCTOBER 4TH - OCTOBER 5TH

Re-Engineering

Teams utilize their diverse skill sets to redesign an existing solution to a problem with the aim of improving its overall performance.

Consulting

Competitors will develop and present an in-depth analytical solution to a given multi-dimensional engineering challenge. Teams must demonstrate a thorough understanding of the diverse social, environmental, technological and economic impacts of their solutions.

Senior Design

Students combine multidisciplinary knowledge to design a technical solution to an advanced engineering problem. Participants must design and present a functional solution under resource constraints and adhering to competition requirements.

WEEK 3

OCTOBER 11TH - OCTOBER 12TH

Programming

Teams are tasked with coding the best possible software solution to a complex computational challenge. Competitors will aim to minimize execution time, maximize correctness or achieve the best overall performance.

Communication

Participants develop a novel product or service to address an unmet need or to improve upon currently available solutions. Competitors will present their nuanced designs to a panel of experts.

Innovative Design

Participants develop a novel product or service to address an unmet need or to improve upon currently available solutions. Competitors will present their nuanced designs to a panel of experts.