The “International Student Games 2017” is an annual collaborative international competition between students from schools across Canada, the United States, South America, South East Asia, and is planned primarily by graduating students in the Instrumentation Engineering Technology (IIET) Program at SAIT. Over the Games weekend, mixed teams will compete in a series of instrumentation/automation tasks, which may include: DCS programming scenarios, online flow measurement, valve/positioner assembly/calibration, process load response, and instrumentation calibration and measurement. Visiting students are separated and placed on teams where all team members are not of their own college/university, to thoroughly promote soft skills within these newly minted, technically trained teams, emulating the true work force environment. A second year, SAIT IIET student is added to each team of visitors, to take away “home ice advantage”. This also promotes the larger networking aspect and opportunities that an institute versus institute modeled games unintentionally discriminates against. 

The list of participating schools is as follows;                                                        

•       BCIT, Vancouver, British Columbia

•       U of C, Calgary, Alberta

•       U of A, Edmonton, Alberta

•       NAIT, Edmonton, Alberta

•       Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Moosejaw, Saskatchewan

•       McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

•       Lambton College, Sarnia, Ontario

•       Red River College, Winnipeg, Manitoba

•       Francis Tuttle Technology Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

•       Bellingham Technical College, Bellingham, Washington

•       Campinas ISA Section, Sao Paulo Brazil

•       Bangalore ISA Section, Bangalore, India

•       Houston ISA Section, Houston, Texas

 

The funds raised will be used towards the accommodations & transportation costs of the International Student Games.