INNOVATION May-June 2016

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It’s a Wrap National Engineering and Geoscience Month 2016

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APEGBC Branch members hosted popsicle stick bridge building contests throughout the province, and put many unique bridge designs to the test before community audiences (A: West Kootenay Branch; B : Burnaby–New Westiminster Branch; D : Vancouver Island Branch; E: Fraser Valley Branch; F: East Kootenay Branch; G: Tri-Cities Branch). Okanagan Branch members toured the Survive and Thrive Applied Research (STAR) lab at Kelowna’s University of British Columbia campus (H). In the Central Interior, kids panned for gold ( I ) during an NEGM event at one of the region’s malls. Vancouver Branch held Engineering and Geoscience Fest, March 19, at the Vancouver Public Library (J). Team Omnimus Maximus from Omni Engineering (C) won the NEGM Challenge.

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