Judging

This message was emailed on March 21st 2024 to all registered judges :

Thank you again for volunteering your time at WRSTEF2024. Here are the final details for the event.

Judge check-in and briefing will take place in the Toldo Building starting at 9 AM.  The rest of the day will be spent at Dillon Hall and the CAW student Center and Education gym.

Even though the judging will electronic, please bring a notebook and pen for your own notes. Also bring your own waterbottle. There will be water dispensers and filling stations at the University. If you'd like some judging tips prior to the fair, some information is available on www.wrstef.ca/judging in the side bar. Please note that the video was recorded for a fair many years ago, but the essence is the same. 

Judges have access to some project information. You can click on the JudgingBoard link to preview the students' abstracts. Please note that while every effort was made to ensure these were anonymous, we cannot guarantee that they are. By accessing them, you agree to our confidentiality clause to keep this information to yourself and to delete any WRSTEF files in your temporary folder after the fair is over.

If you have any other questions, please email the chair. 

Judging at WRSTEF

Each year the WRSTEF needs more than 300 judges to mark the many projects that participate in the fair.

We have two types of judges:

• Excellence Judges who work in teams of 3-5 people to assign a mark to each project, and ;

• Sponsored Award Judges who choose the best project that fit the criteria for one of our many local awards.

The majority of our judges are faculty or graduate students from St.Clair College and the University of Windsor, and members of the scientific, technological and engineering communities. As well, some of our sponsors send judges to choose the projects for the awards that they sponsor.

You can register to judge via the Registration page.

This document includes judging tips that will come in handy during judging day.

This judging video explains the judging process (in person), for sponsored awards. Both Excellence and Sponsored Awards rely on the same marking rubric so once your past the Sponsored Award blurb, the rest of the video is pertinent. 

Proposed Itinerary

As of February 19th, 2024, here is the proposed itinerary.