Our final round was on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 in the SE2 Great Hall, Burnaby Campus. Check out the photos and post-event blog post!
Winners
Judges’ Choice Awards
- First place – $1000
Kevin Hong, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cyborgs Among Us: The Age of Human Augmentation - Second place – $700
Navtej Heir, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Automation: Will Robots Take Our Jobs - Third place – $400
Matt Dick, Mining and Mineral Resource Engineering
Battery Powered Underground Mining Equipment – A Breath of Fresh Air
Judges’ Innovation Award – $400
(Discretionary, may not be awarded every year)
- Megan Savinkoff, Forest and Natural Areas Management
From Waste, to Fuel, to Food
Audience Choice Awards
- First place – $350
Kevin Hong, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cyborgs Among Us: The Age of Human Augmentation - Second place – $250
Megan Savinkoff, Forest and Natural Areas Management
From Waste, to Fuel, to Food - Third place – $150
Moshtagh Mohammadi, Civil Engineering
Self-Driving Vehicles
Judging panel
- Harold Stewart, AME Group
- Rick Fernandes, PCL Constructors Westcoast
- Sunny Ghataurah, AES Engineering
- David Walker, Aplin Martin
- Lara Johnson, BCIT
2018 finalist presentations
- Matt Dick, Mining and Mineral Resource Engineering, Battery Powered Underground Mining Equipment – A Breath of Fresh Air
- Moshtagh Mohammadi, Civil Engineering, Self-Driving Vehicles
- Navtej Heir, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Automation: Will Robots Take Our Jobs
- Kevin Hong, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cyborgs Among Us: The Age of Human Augmentation
- Nikita Nayak, Geographic Information Systems, Location Intelligence
- Shaun Tyers, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hydrogen Fuel Cells
- Alfredo Roberts Bustinza, Biotechnology, Artificial Organs: An End to Disease
- Megan Savinkoff, Forest and Natural Areas Management, From Waste, to Fuel, to Food
All first round participants receive gifts valued at $35. Finalists receive additional gifts valued at over $100.
Thank you for your support
Presenting schools & sponsors
This event wouldn’t be possible without our presenting schools and sponsors.
Presentation Idol is presented by the School of Computing & Academic Studies, School of Energy, School of Construction & the Environment, and School of Health Sciences.
AME Group
PCL Construction
AES
Aplin Martin
Fluor
Transoft Solutions
BCIT Technical Writing Certificate Program
ASTTBC
Association of Consulting Engineering Companies of British Columbia
KD Engineering
Wiley
Thanks to our founders!
Presentation Idol was founded by BCIT Communication Instructors Katherine Golder, Deanna Levis, and Darlene Webb, with inspiration from Jean Scribner, in 2011.