Ride Engineering Competition
Thrill Acceptance Testing
Flat Ride Engineering Challenge
Registration Closed
Next Season begins Spring 2025
What is the Ride Engineering Competition?
The Ride Engineering Competition offers University students a chance to demonstrate real-world engineering practices within the industry focus of ride engineering and design. Student teams will design, plan, and manufacture an attraction for small riders based on a prompt that includes a plot of land and desired rider experience.
The Ride Engineering Competition is run as a Non-profit organization by a team of volunteer students and Young Professionals.
The only Hands-on Engineering competition in the attractions industry
Competitors in the Ride Engineering Competition engage in real engineering practices from the Amusement Industry including:
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Project Management
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Risk Assessment
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ASTM F24 Safety Standard Compliance
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Engineering Reporting
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Budget Engineering
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Prototyping and Manufacturing
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Public Speaking
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Factory and Site Acceptance Testing
Highlights of this year's Challenge
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The Ride Engineering Competition is a non-profit! We are run by a team of volunteer students and young professionals with a goal to bring stability to the competition and ensure its success for many years to come!
Interested in joining our team?
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This year's challenge features flat rides and a new approach to scoring implementing Factory Acceptance Testing and Site Acceptance Testing.
Join us at our Competition Event at the Students in Themed Entertainment (SITE) conference at the Ohio State University
REC 2025 Event
Saturday, April 12th, 2025
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
2025 Statistics
Larger than ever before!
220+
OVER 220 STUDENT PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR ALONE
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21 PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITY TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Learn and demonstrate REAL Engineering of Attractions
Design. Build. Operate.