INNOVATION-May-June-2020

INNOVAT ION M A Y / J U N E 2 0 2 0 | volume 24 number 3

ENGINEERS RESPOND TO COVID-19 When COVID-19 shuttered engineering labs at SFU and UVic, the engineers running them could have waited it out at home. Instead, they asked themselves how they—and the local community—could help. COVER STORY PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS 2019 | 2020 From the design of the new pier in White Rock and a new bridge across the Saint Lawrence River, to cable ferries near Nakusp, a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle, and a footbridge in eastern Uganda— registrants give us insight into their work here and around the world.

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9 DONATION AND PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES 12 INGE CLAUS: THE DIVERSITY PATHFINDER 20 ENGINEERS RESPOND TO COVID-19 43 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 44 ORGANIZATIONAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT 46 CLASSIFIEDS 46 DISPLAY ADVERTISERS INDEX ON THE COVER This flower-shaped timber-steel retail structure on Great Northern Way in Vancouver is one of dozens of projects featured in our annual Project Highlights edition. P hoto : E ma P eter P hotography .

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DIGGING DEEP FOR CARBON CAPTURE SOLUTION Certain types of ultramafic rocks— relatively common in BC—turn out to have the capacity to capture threatening CO 2 emissions and safely stabilize them as long-term carbonate minerals. The process is about to undergo field trials, and geoscientists are preparing a Carbon Mineralization Potential Index—the combination of which could alter the carbon footprint of mining projects.

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