Design Day

About Design Day

uOttawa Design Day is a formal end-of-term event where student teams showcase their course projects. During Design Day, each team will present their project to audiences that may include instructors, TAs, peers, and invited guests.

Teams are expected to clearly explain their project objectives, approach, and outcomes, and may be asked questions about their work. Design Day provides an opportunity to demonstrate what your team has accomplished and to practice professional communication and presentation skills.

Prepare for Design Day

All students from this course are required to participate in the Design Day. On Design Day, student teams will present their projects to a panel of judges. The judges may come from diverse academic and industry backgrounds, so teams should prepare a clear and accessible 3-minute pitch to effectively communicate their project idea, approach, and outcomes.

At the end of the event, top-performing teams may be selected as winners and awarded prizes.

Introduction Video

Past Winners

W2026 Design Day Winner
SkyKernel :
Power Line Inspection Using Drones in Nvidia Isaac Sim

W2026 Design Day Winner
AMI:
Cognitive Style Adaptive AI Tutor

S2025 Design Day Winner
GridGuard:
Power Line Inspection Based on Computer Vision Models

Design Day Gallery

Winter 2026

Group Projects:

Cemetery Mapping Developer
SkyKernel: Using NVIDIA Isaac Sim for Simulating Drone-Based Object Inspection
Spaces to Play
National Indigenous Climate Compass (NICC) Prototype Optimization & Deployment Automation
Cognitive-style adaptive AI Tutor
Data Development Strategist : CityStudio Ottawa
Intelligent Agentic AI Care Navigator (Patient Flow)
National Indigenous Climate Compass (NICC) Community Page Project
ML for Inconsistent Page Layouts
National Indigenous Climate Compass (NICC) Climate and Dara Infrastructure Development
Athlete Wellbeing Application Developer