2012 Results

The final round of Presentation Idol 2012 took place Thursday, May 3, 2012. BCIT Engineering students competed for over $3300 in prizes in BCIT’s second annual Presentation Idol public speaking event. Eight finalists spoke about engineering, an engineering-related discipline, or sustainability in engineering fields. Judges were alumni, faculty, and representatives from industry, and BCIT President Don Wright provided special introductory remarks.

Winners

Judges’ Choice Awards

• 1st Place – $1000
  T. J. Moon, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Instrument Landing System (ILS)
• 2nd Place – $700
  Kurtis Lynes, Mechanical Engineering
  Diesel Engine Fuel Injection and Emissions Control Technology
• 3rd Place – $400
  Sean Garrity, Electrical Engineering
  BCIT’s Engineering Student Society

Judges’ Choice winners also received a $150 McGraw Hill book certificate.

Audience Choice Awards

• 1st Place – $500
  T. J. Moon, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Instrument Landing System (ILS)
• 2nd Place – $400
  Tariq Shobab, Mechanical Engineering
  Engineering Psychology
• 3rd Place – $300
  Sean Garrity, Electrical Engineering
  BCIT’s Engineering Student Society

Audience Choice winners also received a $100 Wiley book certificate and an APEGBC notepad.

2012 finalist presentations

Winning presentations

T. J. Moon: Instrument Landing System (ILS)

Kurtis Lynes: Diesel Engine Fuel Injection and Emissions Control Technology

Tariq Shobab: Engineering Psychology

Other finalist presentation topics

• Katherine Barry: Model Predictive Control Systems in Net-Zero Houses 
• Sean Garrity: BCIT’s Engineering Student Society
• Pravdeep Sekhon: Green Roofs: Back to the Future
• Anne Simonen: Highway Design
• Haho Presto: The Spark of Engineering

All finalists received a book prize from Pearson publishers and a $25 gift certificate to BCIT’s pub.

All presentations were professional and seamless and any of them could have won a less competitive event!