2013 Results

Presentation Idol 2013 final round took place March 27, 2013. It was an extremely tight competition, with eight finalists vying for six cash prizes. In the end, seven different students walked away with a prize! For photos of Idol 2013, please visit our flickr page.

Winners

Judges’ Choice Awards

• First Place – $1000
  Brendan Regier, Civil Engineering
  Nuclear or Renewable: The Future of Energy
• Second Place – $700
  Kyle Neufeld, Civil Engineering
  Palm Jumeirah
• Third Place – $400
  Reza Filsoof, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Talk, Cautiously.

Judges’ choice winners also received a generous book prize from Wiley Publishing.

Audience Choice Awards

• First Place – $500 (tie)
  Eric Halinen, Electrical Engineering, “The V-Pole”
  Chris Zanella, Mechatronics and Robotics, “Biologically-Inspired Soft Robotics”
• Third Place – $300 (tie)
  Cory Bernard, Mechanical Engineering, “Design of an Internal Gearbox for a Downhill Mountain Bike”
  Matthew Knott, Mechanical Engineering, “Engineering in Formula 1”

Audience choice winners also received a portfolio from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEG BC).

2013 finalist presentation topics

1. Nuclear or Renewable: The Future of Energy by Brendan Regier, Civil Engineering Degree Program
2. A Critical Analysis of Bike Lanes In Vancouver by Michael Carreira, Civil Engineering Degree
3. Palm Jumeirah by Kyle Neufeld, Civil Engineering Degree
4. The V-Pole by Eric Halinen, Electrical Engineering
5. Design of an Internal Gearbox for a Downhill Mountain Bike by Cory Bernard, Mechanical Engineering Technology
6. Biologically-Inspired Soft Robotics by Chris Zanella, Mechatronics and Robotics
7. Talk, Cautiously. By Reza Filsoof, Electrical and Computer Engineering
8. Engineering in Formula 1 by Matthew Knott, Mechanical Engineering Technology

All participants received gifts including a book from Pearson Publishing.