2016 Results

The final round took place Wednesday, March 30, 3:00 pm in the SE2 Great Hall, BCIT Burnaby Campus. An engaged crowd of students, staff, family, judges and special guests watched eight excellent presentations.

Thank you to volunteer judges in both rounds from Fluor, PCL, AME Group, SCWIST, ASTTBC, ACEC-BC, APEGBC, Armtec, BCSEA/Lighthouse Sustainable Building Centre, Government of Canada, and Copperleaf.

Check out the event photos.

Winners

Judges’ Choice Awards

• First place – $1000
  Navtej Heir, Electrical Engineering
  Internet of Things: A Brave New World
• Second place – $700
  Reza Filsoof, Electrical Engineering
  Enhanced White Cane for the Visually Impaired
• Third place – $400
  Isabella Wong, Civil Engineering
  Aging Steel Truss Bridges: Emerging Monitoring Method in the US

Audience Choice Awards

• First place – $500
  Isabella Wong, Civil Engineering
  Aging Steel Truss Bridges: Emerging Monitoring Method in the US
• Second place – $400
  Kevin Hong, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  3D Printing: The Future of Construction
• Third place – $300
  Navtej Heir, Electrical Engineering
• Internet of Things: A Brave New World

Winners also received books from Wiley and padfolios from APEGBC.

2016 finalist presentations

1. Kevin Hong, Electrical and Computer Engineering: 3D Printing: The Future of Construction (1:57 in the full video)
   
2. Aaron Rendina, Mechanical Engineering: Molten Carbonate Carbon Capture Technology (9:53 in the full video)
   
3. Isabella Wong, Civil Engineering: Aging Steel Truss Bridges: Emerging Monitoring Method in the US (17:11 in the full video)
   
4. Reza Filsoof, Electrical Engineering: Enhanced White Cane for the Visually Impaired (24:30 in the full video)
   
5. Dean Tamboline, Mechanical Engineering: Liquified Natural Gas and BC (31:54 in the full video)
   
6. Arkgo Chen, Architectural Science: Hologram technology in future Architecture (38:46 in the full video)
   
7. Sanesh Iyer, Mechanical Engineering: Development & Design of a Baja SAE Gearbox (46:33 in the full video)
   
8. Navtej Heir, Electrical Engineering: Internet of Things: A Brave New World (54:04 in the full video)
   

All eight finalists received gifts valued at over $130 over two rounds of competition. All first round participants received gifts valued at $30 or more to thank them for their time and effort.

Thank you to our star sponsor FLUOR and all other sponsors!