Engineering Central

Mechanical Engineering Students Place First in Western Engineering Competition for Innovative Design

Three of BCIT's Mechanical Engineering students placed first in the Innovative Design category at the 2012 Western Engineering Competition in Calgary Jan. 18-22. Congratulations to third-year students Iaan Johnston, Jon Zimmerman and Kelvin Chan.

Additional congratulations to the faculty who devoted their time to mentoring and supporting the students in preparation for the contest: Dr. Cyrus Raoufi for supervising the project, Ms. Darlene Webb for coaching students’ communication and presentation skills,  Mr. Dave Lewis and Mr. Dan Green for helping students manufacture the prototype and  Mr. Taco Niet for supporting the team for WEC 2012.

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BCIT Engineering Students Place Second in Website Design Contest

Congratulations to the BCIT chapter of the IEEE Student Branch for their second place finish in the 2011 IEEE Best Student Branch website contest for Canada!

Check out their site at http://ieeebcit.org.

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BCIT Offers Western Canada's First Graduate Program in Building Science

BCIT offers the only graduate degree program in building science in Western Canada: a Master of Engineering and a Master of Applied Science in Building Engineering/Building Science.

The Master in Building Science program establishes a unique, interdisciplinary curriculum that provides students with an integrated science-based body of knowledge and skills necessary to meet the challenge of delivering durable, healthy, energy efficient, and sustainable buildings.

BCIT Now Offers Three Engineering Degrees

BCIT offers Bachelor of Engineering degrees in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. These four-year applied degrees enable a new generation of engineers to be industry practitioners and contributors to society, on the job, from day one.

BCIT Becomes First Non-university Body to Award Accredited Civil Engineering Degree

On June 24, 2010, thirteen Civil Engineering students from BCIT made Canadian history as they graduated from the institute’s newly accredited degree program in Civil Engineering. For the first time, the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) has granted accreditation to a non-university Civil Engineering program and BCIT’s Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering program is the recipient. 

Future Engineers Compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Competition

Nearly 200 children ages nine to 14 filled the Burnaby Campus gymnasium on Saturday, January 9 in a bid to solve the world's transportation problems—one LEGO block at a time.
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First Female Grad

As the first female graduate from the BCIT Bachelor of Technology in the Electronics Engineering degree program, Aimee Byrne utilizes her education to trail blaze her career in the security industry.
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Helping Students "Turn Their Light on"

According to Neil Cox, Program Head for the Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, "The best part about instructing is when you help a student 'turn the lights on'. You see a switch from someone who didn't get a concept to someone that now does. That is really exciting to see. It is a great feeling to see a student who has had to work particularly hard to master a concept say, 'Oh I get it!'"
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