Competition Day 1 (Tue, Feb 22nd)

Description

Contestant Presentations Day 1 (Tuesday, February 22)

• Ornagh Higgins
  Design of High-Rise Mass Timber Structures for Robustness and Progressive Collapse – Industry Project
• Jeffrey Salmon
  Full-Scale Experiments of the Gapped-Inclined Bracing System: A Seismic Retrofit for Soft-Storey – Academic Research
• Bryn Endacott
  Structural Design of Large Steel Bins and Silo – A Gap in Engineering Design in North America – Engineering Reflection

Contestant Presentations Day 2 (Thursday, February 24)

• Jaime Connolly
  Malahat Skywalk: A Mass Timber Viewing Tower and Boardwalk on Southern Vancouver Island – Industry Project
• Sam Shulman
  A High-Capacity Shear Connector for Tall Hybrid Timber Buildings – Academic Research
• Navpreet Bharaj
  Coping with the Coping Slab – Industry Project

About the Competition

Each presenter will have 10-15 minutes to present to our audience and judging panel, which is comprised of three judges, including industry professionals and experienced researchers.

The 10-15 minute presentations will be judged on:

• Presentation skills
• Ability to answer questions
• Topics and content

A Grand Prize of $1000 will be awarded by the judges, plus two additional $250 People’s Choice Awards (1 per day) will be voted on by the audience. 

Everyone in the audience will be entered in a random draw for some door prizes each day.