Vancouver, Canada—February 2, 2010—The University of British Columbia received the 25th Anniversary Excellence Award and UBC Engineering student teams placed within the top-three of five categories at the 25th annual Western Engineering Competition (WEC). The annual event was held January 20-24th at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and connects approximately 250 engineering students from Western Canada to develop problem solving, teamwork and communication skills through peer competition.
Congratulations to successful Mechanical Engineering students Eric Pospisil (Senior Design 1st place), Kevin Baillie, Howard Hu, Alim Jiwa, Lok Tin Lam (Senior Design 2nd place), and Amanda Li (Impromptu Debate 3rd place)!
Overall Team Competition Results:
Senior Design:
1st place – Andrew Carne (MTRL), Bob Orlando (ENPH), Eric Pospisil (MECH), Justin Stevens (MINE)
2nd place – Kevin Baillie (MECH), Howard Hu (MECH), Alim Jiwa (MECH), Lok Tin Lam (MECH)
Impromptu Debate:
1st place – Sean Heisler (IGEN), Fraser Macdonald (IGEN)
3rd place – Amanda Li (MECH), Jose Luis Lopez (ENPH)
Consulting Engineering:
3rd place – Kevin Bergen (IGEN), Chris Chan (IGEN, Kimberly Dioszeghy (IGEN), Brittany Ewert (IGEN)
Innovative Design:
3rd place – Tagg Jefferson (IGEN), Lin Watt (CHBE)
Engineering Communications:
3rd place – Shahrzad Pedram (CIVL)
Spirit:
Madeleine Schaefer (ELEC) & Morgan Tien (ENVE)
Twelve students qualified for the Canadian Engineering Competition to be held March 18-21st in Toronto. For more information on the Western Engineering Competition visit: http://www.wec2010.ca/