Competitions
& Awards
RIT TPE participates in various competitions around the country each year, designing, modeling, and sometimes building themed attractions.
Toronto Metropolitan Thrill Design Competition
Originally known as the"Ryerson Thrill Design Competition", the Toronto Metropolitan Thrill Design Competition takes place each fall at the Universal Orlando Resort. Teams from universities in North America partake in a 4-day competition, where challenges are revealed on day one and the teams will present their attraction design anywhere from 18 to 72 hours later in a PowerPoint format. In 2022, an open qualifying portion was added to the competition in which teams would create a design for a prompt over the summer and submit the design to be considered for the fall invitational.
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2024
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Over the summer, the team participated in the open-qualifying portion of the competition, and were then invited to the invitational in November. The team participated in two challenges, and received commendations for operational feasibility, technological communication, and technical innovation.
2023
After participating in the summer open-qualifying, the team competed at the invitational earning commendations for their creative skills and technological innovation.
2022
Participating in the first ever summer open-qualifying for this competition, the team competed at the invitational in four challenges, earning commendations in innovation and technical communication.
2019
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In 2019, the competition announced RIT TPE as the overall competition winners, with the team also receiving the Dr. Paula Stenzler Award as well as being named Mechanical Design team winners.
2018
This team competed in November and earned themselves the Dr. Paula Stenzler Award for Safety Design.
2017
RIT TPE returned to compete again in 2017, participating in multiple challenges.
2016
2016 was RIT TPE's first time participating in this competition, and they were named the overall competition winners. Additionally, as a prize, each RIT team member received an internship offer from Universal!
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Ride Engineering COmpetition
The Ride Engineering Competition takes place each spring and has been hosted at Iowa State University, and soon will be hosted at Ohio State University. Teams are given a prompt and have only a few months to design and build a functional model theme park attraction that fits the criteria. At this time, RIT TPE has won the competition each time we have competed!
2024
After a year off from the competition, the club participated again and took home first place for the third time.
2022
Participating for the second time, RIT TPE once again was named the overall competition winners.
2021
In 2021, REC was held for the first time. RIT TPE participated in this new competition and took home first place!
other competitions
Cornell Theme Park Design Competition:
2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 Participants
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TPEG Alumni Community Theme Park Design Competition:
2023 Participants