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. Competitors in the Ride Engineering Competition engage in real engineering practices from the Amusement Industry including:Project ManagementRisk AssessmentASTM F24 Safety Standard ComplianceEngineering ReportingBudget EngineeringPrototyping and ManufacturingPublic SpeakingFactory and Site Acceptance TestingCurious about what it's like to be on a competition team? Click here for an informative video that goes through what the REC experience is like on a team-level.

REC is spearheaded by our Board of Directors and operates via the support of a team of young professionals.

Each year, we typically release our rulebook/prompt and open registration in early Fall. Our season culminates with our in-person competition in early April.

All questions and comments are best directed to our email address. We can be reach at both info@rideengineeringcompetition.org and rideengcomp@gmail.com. You can also fill out the contact form at the bottom of our web page.