The 2020 Simon Cox Student Design Competition
Technology for Living is proud to announce that the 6th annual Simon Cox Student Design Competition will be held May 3, 2020. The competition encourages students to become involved in the assistive technology and home automation fields, benefiting people living with disabilities. Within the time-frame of the competition, students can expect to make substantial contributions in these fields.
As participants of the 2020 Simon Cox Student Design Competition, teams will have access to a number of benefits; including access to Technology for Living PEERS, Biomedical Engineering Technologists and Innovation Strategist, to help validate their project. Along with the support of Technology for Living, teams will have the opportunity to win cash prizes totaling $5,500! Read on to learn more.
Participant Criteria
The Simon Cox Design Competition is open to any student enrolled in a BC technical college or any undergraduate student enrolled in a BC University.
Judging Criteria
Submitted projects must be related to Assistive Technology and Home Automation, benefiting people with disabilities, and will be judged on the following criteria:
- Innovation (originality of design concept)
- Shows useful benefit for persons with disabilities
- Craftsmanship of the working model
- Quality of presentation
If the project is a continuation of a project previously entered in a Simon Cox Design Competition, the previous version of the project will be taken into consideration during judging. Should a previous version of the project have won a Simon Cox Design Competition award, the current version will be ineligible to win a prize.
Awards
- Simon Cox Principal Award (1st): $2,500
- Jeanette Anderson Achievement Award (2nd): $1,500
- Terry Leblanc Innovation Award (3rd): $1,000
- People’s Choice Award (as voted on by event attendees): $500
Final Presentation Location
SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
580 W Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 5K3
Competition Stages
Round One:
E-Poster/Video Presentation (April 14, 2020)
All participating teams must provide (email) an e-poster and/or video presentation as well as any other information they feel is relevant to provide judges to get a thorough understanding of their project.
From these submissions, the judging panel will select 5 teams to present their project during the final round. Students will be notified by April 22, 2020 if they will be presenting (oral presentation/demo) on May 3, 2020.
Round Two:
Final Presentation (May 3, 2020)
Finalist teams will present their project to the judging panel and other interested PEERS. Each team will be given 10 minutes to present/demo their project and 5-10 minutes to answer questions from the judging panel.
From these presentations, the judging panel will select the award winners for the 2020 Simon Cox Student Design Competition. Award presentations will take place shortly after the presentations have completed May 3, 2020.
Important Dates (2020)
January 15
Application Deadline (teams must submit the following to til@technologyforliving.org)
Simon Cox Student Design Competition Application
Thank you for participating in the Simon Cox Student Design Competition!
Terms and Conditions
Along with this application form, each team member is required to submit a Simon Cox Student Design Competition Consent & Release form to til@technologyforliving.org by January 15, 2020.
Feb/March
Technology for Living PEERs and team members will reach out to all teams to offer the support of Technology for Living
April 14
Round One: Submit project e-poster/video presentation (submit package to til@technologyforliving.org)
April 22
Teams will be notified if they will be participating in Round Two
May 3
Round Two: Final Presentation to Judging Panel
Judging Panel
Joanne Bengert, Electrical Engineer, Disability Advocate with the CARMA program of Disability Alliance BC
Ean Price, Innovation Strategist, Technology for Living
Wayne Pogue, Team Lead, Biomedical Engineering, Technology for Living
+ Other invited judges.
