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J M Martin EIT/ GIT Geological (BASc UBC’09) K Mazlomi EIT Integrated (BASc UBC’11) I J McDonald EIT Mechanical (BE U College Dublin ‘09, ME U College Dublin ‘10) D W McIntyre EIT Mechanical (BASc UVic ‘11) M Melnyk EIT Mechanical (BASc UBC’12) T Meng EIT Civil (MEng Toronto ‘11, BSc Tongji ‘10) S I Mills EIT Chemical (BASc UBC’11) C D Mitchell EIT Civil (BSc(Eng) Queen’s ‘11) A Mjos EIT Engineering Physics (MSc Norwegian U of Science and Tech ‘07) A Mokhamatam EIT Mechanical (BTech Acharya Nagarjuna ‘05, MTech Indian Inst of Tech , Kharagpur ‘07) C D Morris Blair EIT Engi- neering Physics (BScEng Queen’s ‘11) L Morstabilini EIT Civil (MSc Polytechnic Inst of Milan ‘05) S Nadeem EIT Electrical (BASc UBC’08) M P Newman EIT Mechanical (BS Texas A&M, Corpus Christi ‘03) C Y Nixon EIT Civil (BEng Lakehead ‘11) D Nyiri EIT Electrical (BSc Alberta ‘11) K L Obcena EIT Civil (BS Nevada, Las Vegas ‘11) C C Ogbonnaya‑Odor EIT Chemical (BScEng Saskatchewan ‘11) J M Ogilvie EIT Environmental (MEng Southampton ‘09) R S Oickle EIT Chemical (BScEng New Brunswick ‘11) A D Osadetz EIT Electrical (BASc Toronto ‘08) M F Parra alzate EIT Mechanical (BS Florida International (University Park) ‘02, MS Florida International (University Park) ‘05) J D Peters EIT Civil (DiplTech BCIT’08, BEng BCIT ‘11) E Petrucci EIT Civil (BSc Alberta ‘07) A D Pfitzenmaier EIT Civil (BASc UBC Okanagan’12) P Pithayachariyakul EIT Chemical (BASc UBC’11) R J Pletscher EIT Mechanical (BASc UBC Okanagan’11)

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20 28 G M Ross EIT Electrical (BASc UBC Okanagan’11) D M Ruane EIT Civil (MSc Strathclyde ‘11, BEng National U of Ireland, Galway ‘10) G N Sadoway EIT Chemi- cal (BSc Calgary ‘11) T R R Salo EIT Civil (BASc UBC Okanagan’11) S S Sandhu EIT Electrical (BASc SFU’11) N T Sertic EIT Engineering Physics (BASc UBC’11) G Singh EIT Mechanical (BTech Panjab ‘07, MBA Vancouver Island ‘10) A G Smith EIT Electrical (BASc UBC’11) A S Syed EIT Mechanical ( BASc SFU’11) K Tabarraee EIT Electrical (BSc Amir Kabir U of Tech ‘08, BSc Amir Kabir U of Tech ‘09, MASc UBC’11) S Teng EIT Electrical (BASc SFU’12) Z C Ting EIT Electrical (BASc UBC’11) H Valizadehasl EIT Mechanical (BASc UBC’08, MEng UBC ‘11) D Vavlekas EIT Chemical (BSc National Tech U of Athens ‘98, MS Tulane ‘08) J F Wang EIT Mining (BASc UBC’11) B Ward EIT Civil (BASc UBC’11) D B Watson EIT Chemi- cal (BSc(Eng) Queen’s ‘11) K A Wild EIT Mechanical (MASc UVic ‘12, BASc Toronto ‘09) C E Williams EIT Chemi- cal (BSc Alberta ‘08) S B Wilson EIT Mechani- cal (BEng UVic ‘10) Y E Wittwer EIT Geologi- cal (BASc UBC’11) B T Worrall EIT Civil (BASc UBC’11) J Wu EIT Mining (MEng UBC’11, BEng Beijing U of Science and Tech ‘09) Y Yuen EIT Integrated (BASc UBC’12) K G Yulo EIT Chemical (BASc UBC’11) GEOSCIENCE T Ambrose GIT Geology (BSc UVic ‘11) 33 4 8 13 15 18 19 38 State ‘10, BEng Bengal Engineering College ‘01, MTech Indian Inst of Tech , Bombay ‘04) A H Rabiei alaei EIT Electrical (DiplTech BCIT ‘97, BTech BCIT ‘09) S J Root EIT Mechanical (BEng UVic ‘11) D A Ross EIT Electrical (BSc Alberta ‘09) 24

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President’s Viewpoint – A Regulatory Leader

Association Notes – Forest Engineering Award of Excellence; APEGBC Challenges Air Photo Library Closure; 2012 Release for New BC Building Code; Project Highlights: Call for Submissions; DEGIRS Bursary; Seeking Expressions of Interest for New Energy Division; Staff Appointments TEX T

Council Report – February 11, 2011

ON THE COVER: The Bugaboo range in southeastern BC’s Purcell Mountains. In this issue of Innovation , we look at current research and topics in earth science. Photo: ©iStockphoto. com/ZargonDesigns. OLD TEX T

Duty of Professional Engineers to Take Reasonable Care

Geoscientists Canada – Moving Forward on PGeo Registration in Canada

Burnaby/New Westminster Branch Gaining Momentum

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