Competitor Delegate Information

UPDATE – November 26, 2009

Some of the competitions rules have been updated to correct errors and add clarification. These rules are subject to change slightly before the competition, but will remain compliant with the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC) rules.

Specific questions regarding the WEC competition rules should be directed to the Director of Competitions – Connor Wright.

UPDATE – November 11, 2009

WEC 2009 is in Regina this year from January 21 – 25 at the Regina Inn & Conference Center and planning is well underway to make this years WEC a great success. We would like to give everyone a quick update on the team restrictions and deadlines.

The maximum number of teams per University are as follows:
[2] – Junior Team Design (1-2 Year Only) – 4 delegates per team
[1] – Senior Team Design (3+ Year Only) – 4 delegates per team
[1] – Consulting Engineering – 4 delegates per team
[2] – Innovative Design – 1-4 delegates per team
[2] – Engineering Communications – 1-2 delegates per team
[2] – Impromptu Debate – 2 delegates per team

Information on the six competitions are detailed on the Competitions page found here.

ADDITIONAL TEAMS – ‘U of Y’

If your engineering society would like to send additional teams or you are a student willing to pay your own way, you can apply to represent the ‘University of Yukon’. University of Yukon is a fictional engineering University added to the WEC for the past two years to allow students additional options to attend. The requirement for U of Y entrants is that no more than 50% of the delegates on a team may be from the same University. U of Y teams, should they win, will be fully recognized at the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC). Team entries for U of Y will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

IMPORTANT DATES

November 30 – Registration deadline
December 1-15 – Late registration – $50 late fee per delegate
December 16 – Registration closed
December 19 – Engineering Communication topic abstract due. [Send to Drew.Baldock@wec2009.ca]
January 8 – Consulting Engineering topic disclosed
January 15 – Senior Team Design theme disclosed
January 16 – Registration payment due

SPECIAL COMPETITION INFORMATION

This years Senior Team Design competition will make use of VEX Robotics and Robot Easy C as the programming language. As such, a general understanding of any variation of C will be a great benefit. Practice VEX kits will be sent to schools that request them and should be received before December 1, 2008, on the condition that they be returned at the start of the competition.

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