The past winners of student competitions such as Design Day, Entrepreneurial Idea, and Entrepreneurship Concepts can be found on this page. 

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Entrepreneurial Idea

2022

First place
Gastrotrack : Aidan MacAdam, Davis MacAdam

Second place
Seniors Junction : Namrata Bagaria

Third place
Health Check-In : Pierre Akladios

2020

First place
MDI (now known as AEMA Ltd) : Patrick D’Aoust (graduate student), Élisabeth Mercier

Second place
JAMZ Delivery Inc. : Jacob Steele, Amro Ahmed, Mohammad Abu-Shaaban, Zainab Badawi, Logan Rodie, Piers Hancock

2021

First place
Bowellness : Astha Chandra

Second place
Cloud Computer Hardware Device : Antoine Lavigne

Third place
TumAI : Nhan Huynh, Nhu Phuong Nghi Huynh

2019

First place
SourcEDU: Atinderpaul Kanwar, Bijan Samiee

Second place
PerkBoard: Daniel Wu, Ryan El-Takkale

Third place
Nine Finance: Dolapo Olaniawo, Vladimir Kozak

2018

First place
Veins App: Abdulwahaab Ahmed, Anita Popescu

Second place
NxtGenDevs: Karim Alibhai

Third place
Nyango Food: Johnson Efome


 

2017

First place
kVibe: Jennifer Vo, Kevin Gatera

Second place
Cycleview: Kanwal Bhatia, Onkar Chander

Third place
Prescripto: Sai Krishna Karthik Siddulugar


 

2016

First Place Tie - D.U. Eye: Katie Dern
Tying for first place, Katie’s idea is to make roads safer by tracking a driver’s eye movement and alerting drivers/parents/employers that the driver is driving in unsafe conditions.

First Place Tie - Virtual Reality Public Speech: Elad Tzemach
Elad’s idea, which shared the top spot, helps people to overcome stage fright during interviews and public speaking situations using virtual reality.

Third Place - AR Fashionista: Elisha Pruner
Elisha developed an application that helps small businesses market their fashion online through virtual and augmented reality.


 

2015

First Place - Helping hand: Kristina Djukic, Marina Busigin and Remi Landry Yuan
The first-place winner was Helping hand – offers an innovative and affordable solution against decrease muscle strength in the hand by providing users with prosthetic 3D hands.

Second Place - Cutz: Michael Pawly, Mark Mrotz and Andre Bouzout
Cutz is an online platform that connects customers to independent hairstylists for a convenient and inexpensive experience.

Third Place - Let’s learn app: Midia Shikh Hassan and Richard Appiah-Kubi
Let’s learn mobile application supplements autistic children with innovative learning and communications skills.

Third Place - Crystal ball VR: Ben Norris, Zhengyuan Zhao and Mohammad Asad Ahmed
A digital media company that specializes in virtual reality. Crystal ball VR uses GoPro Technology to create rich 360-degree video and photography.


 

Entrepreneurship Concepts

2020

First place
Ekidna Sensing: Nicholar Boileau

Second Place
IncoNav: Manning Whitby

Third Place
Cleanup: Omar Husain, Jason Killen, Charlie Mitchell


 

2019

First place: Noibu

Second Place: Vital Tracer

Third Place: SitterNextDoor


 

2018

First place: Thawrih

Second place: kVibe

Third place: Civli


 

2015

First place: Enplex

Second place: eCelery

Third place: Insomnia Skis


 

2014

First place: DroneSafe

Second place: iGroce

Third Place: Zenditt


 

2013

First Place: MicroMetrics


 

Design Day

2022 Fall

Accessibility  1

  • Sportify - Nicolas Becerril, Sarah Siage, Nalida Awog-Badek, Jessica Guo, Makhan Ba

Accessibility  2

  • A44 - Engy Elsayed, Mostafa Yassine, Shaylin Thadani, Teddy Michael Sannan, Vivek Bhandari, Rafel Arif

Accessibility  3

  • Aqua - Omar El Kady, David Fell, Samuel Findling, Amelia Macdonald, Ethan Mumford, Owen Palmer

Accessibility  4

  • The UO launcher - Bradley Cockburn, Chadi Hasbani, Jacques O'Gallagher Roy, Lahvik Jhoollun, Maria Jose Ortiz Nolasco

Accessibility  5

  • Birds - Anthony Daher, Alex Maalouf, Tony Chamoun, Joseph Makhol, Raphael Ghelani, Marc Wakim

Accessibility  6

  • Wheely corporation - Esdras Sumaili U., Hamza Bouzoubaa, Hiba Souihel, Ines Nassiri, Sanata Dembele, Vodi Benjamin Mfumu

Open

  • MatchUp Social - Seyed Ibrahim Hosseini, Daniel Rousskikh

Raft Cleaner 1

  • Gas Team - Gabriel Bercea, Aiden Mccooeye, Sharmarke Mohamed Said

Raft Cleaner 2

  • The Furious 5 - Dom Ng Cheng Hin, Madeleine Forcese, Noah Mccready, Sarah Parsons, Danika Gonczol

Raft Cleaner 3

  • Algae Annihlators - Chantal Ludeki, Jad Jammal, Laila Burns, Mendelson Brohart

Brewery instrumentation 1

  • Eternal Hoptimist - Jack Bridgeland, Wei Chen, Nick O'Brien, Johann Wehrstedt, Balpreet Singh

Brewery instrumentation 2

  • Nu-Brew - Etienne Borm, Berk Durmusoglu, Jason Jin, Levko Malyna, Benjamin Sam

Digital Twin for Padel Ball 1

  • PaddlePals - Faith Harmath, Layane El Merini, Zahra Alavi, Connor Mackillop, Marissa Ruth

Digital Twin for Padel Ball 2

  • PBATS - Isaac Mitchell, Brian Paltin, Vlad Romanenko, Maria Van Scherrenburg, Nwike Osiagwu

uOttawa Signage 1

  • FA44 - Cédrick Ghismarth Brutus, Mohammad Karroum, Tamsir Konde, Phuong Thao Phan

uOttawa Signage 2

  • FA41 - Rim Arhila, Naomie Azzi, Gauthier Balemba, Girish Bissessur, Tyler Lemay

Let's Explore Fauteux 

  • EnterTech - Achille Curney, Evan Buchanan, Michel Beaulne, Mohamed Ilyas Zarafa, Sara Blais

2022 Winter

Inverse kinematic solver 1

  • C12 – Sara Barbosa, Jaber Chowdhury, Joshua Larocque, Nikita Neyshtadt, Kathryne Truong

Inverse kinematic solver 2

  • C09 – Marko Medic, Mohammad Abu-Shaaban, Moustafa Elmikabaty

Heat exchange chamber

  • D23 (AvoCADoes) – Philipe Roser, Fabian Lopez-Cruz, Ben Rundle, Alp Tatar, Selim Yagmur, Sharabhoj Iyengar

Immersive experience tool (virtual reality)

  • F32 (EmpathyFlix) – Aura Yan, Jasen, Lee, Leah Webber

Eco-efficient concrete product 1

  • FB21 (3J-H) – Haldun Cavusoglun, Jakob Dubé, Jesse Allard, Juvens Tignegre

Eco-efficient concrete product 2

  • FB11 – Anaïs Cirine Hacene, Binta Kenza Syndjely Kourouma, Makhtar Diagne, Ryan Alexander, Souheib Isman

Camouflaged recycling bins

  • FC14 – Christopher Wong Piu Yee, Édith Cadoret, Ghita Hajraoui, Grace Banywesize, Hugo Levac-Swaleh, Luka Tomich, Phillip Yeung

Accessibility 1

  • C31 (The Rack) – Borel Sikadi Kuetche, Essraa Al Qassab, Midas Chin, Sheetal Harakh, Shuyuan Bai

Accessibility 2

  • C32 (Power Grabber-EH) – Alan Tan, Jingyi Jiang, Marie Daoust, Tony Kim, Zitai Peng

Accessibility 3

  • FB4 – Ahmed Mohamed El Hacene, Ashton Herkert, Jamieson Miles, Mauricio Garcia Rodriguez, Michael Mij

Open/Sustainability

  • Sustainable food storage – Can Cui, Rushi Patel, Lotty Pontones Ledon, Zhi Zheng

Open 2

  • SDG 3 – Matthew Barr, Amina El Himri, Zeerak Fayiz, Tidjany Hindy, Negin Tabaei, Nyah Wagner

2021 Fall

Loyalty Reward Program 1

  • A5 - Unified points system : Andrew Hill, Chadi Hasbani, Jonathan Charette, Kevin Wallacce Lavigne, Roman Rovishen

Loyalty Reward Program 2

  • A3 : Alejandro Arreaga-Gonzalez, Alyce Sabrina, Van Staveren, Amy Barnhill, Jiachen Hu, Yendra Yogarajan

Hot Car Emergency 1

  • B14 - Save the backseat : Defne Oguz, German Soublette Figuera, William James Hickey

Hot Car Emergency 2

  • B12 - Douze : Ez Aziz, Louis Marleau, Ramit Iqbal, Omar Tijari, Hindy Tidjany

Stadium Fan Experience 1

  • G3 - TheDash : Claire Mariann Malleau, Hanna Samiei, Laura Karlin, Ohm Rana, Sami Lowe

Stadium Fan Experience 2

  • G8 : Daniel Jean Chamoun, Jessica Paige Young Spice, Mark Vincent Joseph Uchanski, Owen Palmer, Samuel Findling

Open

  • Studio Lunasii : Glen Jianing Wang

Photo 1

  • FA6 : Robin Bernstein, Maxime Breault, Andrea Chreim, Moustapha Ndiaye, Sebastien Quesnel

Photo 2

  • FA10 : Francis Pazur, Louis-Charles Lacasse, Neil Tucker, Sebastien Racine, Xavier Perrault, Ramata Bah

Bearing identification

  • FD11 - Les 5 Généraux : Anthony Létourneau, Antoine Deslauriers, Gabriel Makinde, Kenza Kamel, Nyckolas Gagné

Accessibility 1

  • A9 - FOTL : Ana Acevedo, Ally Alvarado, Isaac Jeaurond, Pranav Namuduri, Ammar Shakir

Accessibility 2

  • A5 : Rawan Al Sayed, Yasser Al Zalak, Arash Brar, Samih Salah Karroum, Jerry Soong, Haris Ahmad Vohra

Accessibility 3

  • A18 - Grid Gate : Kyle Dulce, Patrick Athanasius Meechan, Azan Mubashar, Muiz Akinola Mustafa, Lauren Poole

Accessibility 4

  • FA13 - Memoria : Alison Emilien, Lina Raji, Persévérance Bakwa, Sergio Villasenor Cruz, Haifa Besrour

Accessibility 5

  • FA20 - JoyScroll : Ayman Ben Naceur, Marouane Bouzzit, Roberto Callarotti Gioia, Mohammed Lakhal, Lina Oubia, Mikaël Savard

2021 Summer Showcase

Accessible Design

  • Z6 - Revamped Inc. : Runqiu Li, Zeina Maan, Oren Ngullie, Serban Popovici

2021 Winter

Accessible Design 1

  • D3 - MENG: Emelda Aitafo, Nathan James Lee, Michal Ridner, Gurinderpal Singh

Accessible Design 2

  • C31 - CameraCoverCo: Amanda Beraldo Brandao De Souza, Jeremy Ray Leung, Cam McGregor, Liam Reynolds, Isabella Rudolf-Ferreira, Anh Quan Tran

Accessible Design 3

  • FB1.1 - Lime d'Or : Leah Ibrahim, Angéline Julie Lafleur, Emilia Lakoma-Lagueux, Charles-Antoine Roy, Mahamadou Hanour Sangare

Open Category

  • ENTRi Smarter Lights : Tayyab Ali, Jonathan Prance, Romesh Fernando, Aunik Dutt-Choudhury

Waste Management 1

  • C3 - RecyClic : James Gray, Patrick Athanasius Meechan, Franck Pradel Tchombe, Gabrielle Vincent, Chelsea Sikubwabo, Moyin Wright

Waste Management 2

  • C14 - APPCYCLE : Nawaf Abdalah, Bashe Ahmed, Christian Padrones, Habil Warsame, George El- Sabbagh

COVID Autonomous services 1

  • D13 - Oscar Black : Rafael Aragon, Lucas Calvin, Alessandro Furlano, Sukhshant Singh Litt, Nathaniel Sarvajan Veluppillai

COVID Autonomous services 2

  • D6 - Diamond Hands : Connor Harper, Jason Matthew Clapiz, Karsten Lowe, Leo Tan, Ximing Du

Modular Heated Sidewalks 1

  • F12 - Wolf Fifth : Sacha Kayijuka, Mohammed Saleh Al Howaid, Yasin Topcuoglu, Emily Alanna Cvejic, Myke Selivanov

Modular Heated Sidewalks 2

  • F7 - Lucky7s : Amir Tleuzhanov, Juan Diego Torres Barahona, Danny Nguyen, Annabelle Alice Plater, Robert Khan

Trajectory angle 1

  • FB10 - Eff Bé Dix : Chloé Al-Frenn, Isabelle Brisebois, Souhail Daoudi, Michael Kasongo

Trajectory angle 2

  • FB7 - SCMI : Alida Kamanzi, Don Nimenya, Mohammed Oussalah, Maxim Perreault

Suivi de clés

  • FC9 : Rodrigues Bolia, Alison Emilien, Julien Kapro, Jonathan Rafetison

Fall 2020

COVID Autonomous Services 1
Team A11: Bonnie, Daud, Don, Parmveer

COVID Autonomous Services 2
Team A15: Ally, Enoch, Jack, Jacob, Nathan

VR for Construction 1
Team B7: Aisven, Manuel, Tasfiq, Tatiana, Yasser

VR for Construction 2
Team B6: Isaac, Luke, Mathurra, Seyed, Tesnime

Stadium Automation
Team G9: Brandon, Evan, Evelyn, Joseph, Zhaoqi 

Surveillance de Jardinières 1
Team FA14: Charles-Antoine, Estelle, Jeremy, Ismael 

Surveillance de Jardinières 2
Team FA7: Alexandre, Anthony, Asish, Camille, Juan 

Détection de Personnes
Team FD9: Emilia, Joey, Luis

Accessibility 1
Team A12: Ajay, Alexis, Farina, Lynne, Mashood

Accessibility 2
Team A15: Dave, Ghaleb, Marshall, Sihan, Ziyad

Accessibility 3
Team B23: Gabriel, Gianluca, Hiruni, Thuy-Vi, Tony

Accessibility 4
Team A11: Muhammad Aiman, Nor Aiman Hakim, Sonya

Accessibility 5
Team B31: Bjorn, Daanish, Jodi, Philippe, Rikki

Accessibility 6
Team E23: Ilyas, Josie, Nyah, Sébastien, Zachary

Accessibility 7
Team FA13: Binta, Farid, Jacob, Jacob, Jean Loic

Open Category
Team Carpal Tunnel Solutions:Tharaka, Amesh, Mashiyat, Miha, Colin


 

Winter 2019

Overall Design Day winner
F3 - Fantastic foot: Camille Chartrand, Adrianna Schwarzer, Sarra Torjemane, Andréanne Trépanier-Breault

Automated Kitchen | Distribution
C3: Nicholas Anthony Anderson, Gouled Awad, Mustafa Hassan, Rachel Herperger, Maya Khalifeh, Benjamin Pestana

Automated Kitchen | Cooking
FB1: Steven Blouin, Sébastien Charron, Hamza Ourahhou, Frédérique Pinard, Raouia Yzzogh

Shelters
Bed 3: Oluwatosin Emmanuel Adekeye, Owen Cummings, Will Hayes, Justin Power, Shivam Syal, Leena Tran

Natura: Jasen Lee, Patrick Nguyen, Vincent Côté-Larouche
Ohm VR: Humaira Ahmed, Jack Clarke, Jack Melaschenko, Jenna Rowland, Nicholas Schmidt

STEAM
F10: Peter Brooks, Sam Gilmore, Diane Hubert, Mylene Iacobucci

Devices for forensic investigations
FC5: Mohamed Yassine Bouhamidi, Jad Haddad, Mathieu Lacelle, Marc-Antoine Mayer, Ahmed Oueslati

Accessible design
F3 - Fantastic foot: Camille Chartrand, Adrianna Schwarzer, Sarra Torjemane, Andréanne Trépanier-Breault

Open category
uORocketry: Manit Ginoya, Paul Buzuloiu, Liam Reynolds, Jennifer Trac, Reza Fetanat, Nikhil Peri

Awards
Best TA award: Justine Boudreau
Maker Award (undergraduate): Sebastien Girard
Maker Award (graduate): David Nku
Best Project Manager award: David Nku


 

2018 Spring

Overall
SKED handle: Riley Carter, Camille Kosi, Ozan Oner, Vincent Côté-Larouche, Zachary Guindon
Robot mobility system: Yazan Abbas, Jean Azzi, Liam Vannest, Elzat Nayup, Daniel Oluwayomi

Environmental robots
Robot mobility system: Yazan Abbas, Jean Azzi, Liam Vannest, Elzat Nayup, Daniel Oluwayomi
Water sampling device: Timothy Adamsons, Jack Rubio, Jason Wan, Paul Guèvremont

Transportable houses for indigenous communities
Automation 1: Komal Javed, Nicholas Morin, Asaad Abbas, Adam Duchesne, Godwin Jeyanesan, Ben Heyden, Andrew Bezaire

Hydroponics grow wall
C15: Daniel Christopher, Ken Lorbetskie, Pranesh Choohun, Medhanit Mamo, Kailaash Ranganathan
C5: Haya Baobaid, Mary-Kate Jory, Jacqueline Whalen, Allaura Eddie

Pedestrian blockers
B2 - Bloqueur thématique de piétons: Thomas Fortin-Delisle, Alexandre Deguire, Rokia Harti, Mahmoud Lafdaoui, Omar Tijari, Flarens Mervil

Accessibility
SKED handle: Riley Carter, Camille Kosi, Ozan Oner, Vincent Côté-Larouche, Zachary Guindon
Real time subtitles: Filip Drobnjakovic, Eric Maia, Meesam Haider, Lucas Poon

Open
uOttawa Rocketry: Nikhil Peri, Manit Ginoya, Andrew Zavatorny, Paul Buzuloui, Usama Taiq
Object avoidance car: Connor Ingram, Saffat Aziz, Joey Najjar, Shahrukh Bhat

Makerspace challenge
STEM living wall: Devansh Shah, Sarmad Nomadi
LED Movement
Brain
L’escalier musical


 

2017

Overall
Precipitation of phosphorus from municipal wastewater: Jessica Ross, Lu Gao, Divya Sutarwala, Essie Anthony
Shed 3: Angelica Gendron, Adam Kanellakis, Haotian Mai, Alexandra Marchese, Paul Miller, Meaghan O’Neil
Foot T.V Remote: Harjot Chahal, Matt Ignaczak, Samir Naik, Abdalla Osman, Prashanth Sivoththaman

Hydroponics for food services
1 - Patrick Charlebois, Gabriel Fournier, Luca Pommainville, Maxime Renaud, Jean-Miguel Roy
2 - Alexandre Bigeau, Aoua Diallo, Sadia Faty, Zakaria Moumine, Lionel Tapsoba
3 - Ali Abouelala, Yassine Benabdelali, Josée Boudreau, Mohamed Bougader, Geneviève L’Heureux

Hydroponics for refugees
Ben Cooper, Spencer Manoryk, Jonathan Prance, Graham Sanford, Caleb Schmidt

Hydroponics for schools
Daniel Aubrey, Benjamin Cue, Ayoub El, Julien Lambert, Maxime Viennot

Zero-carbon foot print sheds
Shed 3: Angelica Gendron, Adam Kanellakis, Haotian Mai, Alexandra Marchese, Paul Miller, Meaghan O’Neil

Accessibility
Foot T.V Remote: Harjot Chahal, Matt Ignaczak, Samir Naik, Abdalla Osman, Prashanth Sivoththaman

Other
Precipitation of phosphorus from municipal wastewater: Essie Edwige Anthony, Lu Gao, Jessica Ross, Divya Sutarwala

Canada 150 Makerspace Challenge – Steam punk
Omni Vacuum Jukebox: Tristan Liang, Mohamad Mulla, Jordy Alex Ntiringaniza, Marc Reyes


 

2016

VitalTracerAzadeh Dastmalchi, Ali Ghorbani, Elisha Pruner & Rachel Cohen
The Vital Tracer is a blood pressure monitor that can integrate seamlessly into the daily lives of hypertension patients; it is easy to use, silent, painless, autonomous, and accurate. 

Ejecting Print-bed for 3D-Printers: Jeff Robinson, Isaac O’Beirn, Nick Burgel, Sam Field, Jacky Wu, Zachary O’Beirn & Neali Faravash
The Ejecting Print-bed for 3D-Printers is a print surface that ejects printed parts automatically upon the completion of a print.

Design of an Intelligent Underwater Robot with Flexible Thrusters:  Ali Jebelli
The Intelligent Underwater Robot with Flexible Thrusters features an original design approach that uses a pair of mobile thrusters to save both weight and energy. Team: Ali Jebelli

Best entrepreneurial project
Thermal Therapy Pad: Carlos Moreno
The Thermal Therapy Pad is an electronically controllable thermoelectric heating and cooling device that can raise and drop the human body temperature for medical purposes. Team: Carlos Moreno.