The final round of Presentation Idol 2012 took place Thursday, May 3, 2012. BCIT Engineering students competed for over $3300 in prizes in BCIT’s second annual Presentation Idol public speaking event. Eight finalists spoke about engineering, an engineering-related discipline, or sustainability in engineering fields. Judges were alumni, faculty, and representatives from industry, and BCIT President Don Wright provided special introductory remarks.
Winners
Judges’ Choice Awards
- 1st Place – $1000
T. J. Moon, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Instrument Landing System (ILS) - 2nd Place – $700
Kurtis Lynes, Mechanical Engineering
Diesel Engine Fuel Injection and Emissions Control Technology - 3rd Place – $400
Sean Garrity, Electrical Engineering
BCIT’s Engineering Student Society
Judges’ Choice winners also received a $150 McGraw Hill book certificate.
Audience Choice Awards
- 1st Place – $500
T. J. Moon, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Instrument Landing System (ILS) - 2nd Place – $400
Tariq Shobab, Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Psychology - 3rd Place – $300
Sean Garrity, Electrical Engineering
BCIT’s Engineering Student Society
Audience Choice winners also received a $100 Wiley book certificate and an APEGBC notepad.
2012 finalist presentations
Winning presentations
T. J. Moon: Instrument Landing System (ILS)
Kurtis Lynes: Diesel Engine Fuel Injection and Emissions Control Technology
Tariq Shobab: Engineering Psychology
Other finalist presentation topics
- Katherine Barry: Model Predictive Control Systems in Net-Zero HousesÂ
- Sean Garrity: BCIT’s Engineering Student Society
- Pravdeep Sekhon: Green Roofs: Back to the Future
- Anne Simonen: Highway Design
- Haho Presto: The Spark of Engineering
All finalists received a book prize from Pearson publishers and a $25 gift certificate to BCIT’s pub.
All presentations were professional and seamless and any of them could have won a less competitive event!
Presenting schools & sponsors
This event wouldn’t be possible without our presenting schools and sponsors.
Presentation Idol is presented by BCIT’s Communication Department in the School of Computing & Academic Studies, School of Energy, and School Construction & the Environment.