The Materials Olympics – Faculty of Engineering
Students working in a materials engineering lab

The Materials Olympics

Join us on February 19, 2026, at McMaster University for The Materials Olympics! This exciting event brings together teams from secondary schools across Ontario to compete in a series of challenges designed to test and amplify your mastery of materials science.

ASM Materials logo
ASM Materials logo

The Materials Olympics is a series of challenges where you will go up against other Ontario secondary school teams to determine who has the greatest mastery of materials science/engineering! Teams of students from secondary schools across Ontario are challenged to design and build solutions to problems with the goal of amplifying the performance of materials.

Every physical item or device that we use in our daily lives is made up of different materials and there was a materials engineer who made the choice as to which material to use. Every material has different properties, and the variation in these properties is what allows us to design devices that can perform different functions. Learning and harnessing this knowledge will provide students with insight into materials science & engineering, both the field and potential career opportunities.

Contact us

Have any questions? Please feel free to email us! Dr. Hatem Zurob & Dr. Bryan Lee

Logo designed by Haider Kahn from M.M. Robinson High School in Burlington