2025 Design Challenge - Roller Coaster
Saturday, March 29, 2025
2025 Design Challenge - Rollercoaster Results
Big congratulations to the 15 student teams who participated in the 2025 design challenge. Please find below the top 6 teams.
1st place: Pretty Princesses
2nd place: Minions
3rd place: Magnificent Coaster
4th place: Velocity Prodigies
5th place: The Innovators
6th place: Lego
Best Dressed: Eagles
Rank | Team Name | Team members | School |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pretty Princesses | Arwin Ghahremanian Dylan Jiang Akash Moorthy Patrick Ye | Glen Shields Public School |
2 | Minions | Sarah Mao Riley Huang Leonardo Li Nathan Cai | Glen Shields Public School |
3 | Magnificent Coaster | Codlin Chi Shing Wong Tagen Connor Chan Moses Kang Lucas Li | Victoria Square Public School |
4 | Velocity Prodigies | Lily Xia Ali Bharwani Hannah Lee Ariana Jafari | Beverley Acres Public School |
5 | The Innovators | Massimo Gorniak Ashton Costa Nicolas Cremeni Julian Dhar | Glen Shields Public School |
6 | Lego | Mason Nguyen Justin Mottley Quin Mayhew Arian Kantoori | Windham Ridge Public School |
Best dressed | Eagles | Natalie Tyshchenko Patrick Li Miya Li Rita Bodryakova | Glen Shields Public School |
The Professional Engineers Ontario - York Chapter Education Committee is organizing an Engineering Design Challenge for grades 7 and 8 students of schools located in York Region.
This year's challenge: Design and build a roller coaster
The Professional Engineers Ontario - York Chapter Education Committee is organizing an Engineering Design Challenge for grades 7 and 8 students of schools located in York Region.
This year's challenge: Design and build a roller coaster
Location: Bayview Secondary School (10077 Bayview Avenue Richmond Hill, ON L4C 2L4)
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025
Time: 9:30 a.m - 4:00 p.m (Pizza lunch is provided to student teams)
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/peo-york-chapter-nem-design-challenge-2025-tickets-1236243330079?aff=oddtdtcreator
The focus of this year’s Design Challenge is for students to design and build a roller coaster using provided materials: paper, cardboard, straws, wires, LEDs, etc. In teams of 4, students will aim to construct tallest roller coaster with the largest loop, the most loops, and the highest number of turns. A 14mm ball, acting as the roller coaster car, must roll along the track without falling off and should close electrical switches/contacts to activate the LEDs
The judging criterias, design requirements, limitations, and materials will be provided at the start of the challenge.
Students will plan, build, and test their designs on March 29, 2025 using materials provided by York Chapter Professional Engineers Ontario.
- 4 students per team.
- 1 adult representative per team (to provide health and safety supervision, must not contribute to the design or build process).
- Registration is limited to a maximum of 16 teams from schools within York Region.
- Teams are encouraged to dress in a creative team uniform that is cohesive across the team
- Prizes for the top 5 teams and best dressed team.
- Please read the consent form before registration. By registering for the Design Challenge, you agree to the terms of the consent form.
- Registration closes on Sunday March 23rd at 8:00 p.m or when all tickets are sold out, whichever comes first.
Where is the competition?
Bayview Secondary School
10077 Bayview Avenue Richmond Hill, ON L4C 2L4