Enginuity Spring 2003 - The Schulich School of Engineering ...
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Student Projects<strong>The</strong> largest residentialproject currently underway inEurope, has been a buzz <strong>of</strong>excitement and learning forstudents working on finalyear projects in the Civil<strong>Engineering</strong> Department.Two students teams from allcivil engineeringspecializations havedesigned, researched andapplied project managementprinciples to present urbanrenewal proposals for the city<strong>of</strong> Lisbon, Portugal. <strong>The</strong>irproposal will be submitted tothe development firm in asimilar manor to commercialengineering consultants’processes.<strong>The</strong> Lisbon urban renewalproject welcomed anCivil Students Takake on Lisbonuncluttered perspective <strong>of</strong> how to build anew community for about 50,000 peoplein a 300-hectare landscape outsideLisbon’s airport. Dr. Fernandaz, <strong>of</strong> thedevelopment firm SGAL (SociedadeGestoria da Alta de Liboa) spoke totwelve <strong>of</strong> the students who were invitedto Lisbon in September. “ If even onenew idea comes out <strong>of</strong> this alliance, itwill be well worth all the effort.”<strong>The</strong> 60 students eagerly approached allcommunication challenges that werepresented in terms <strong>of</strong> foreign languagedocumentation, varying assessmentfocuses and plans for their final yearproject. <strong>The</strong>y will leave the universitywith a real life experience, that issignificant for both its magnitude interms <strong>of</strong> project size, but also the multidisciplinaryteamwork that was involvedwith their fellow students, industrypartners, university faculty support andLisbon contacts.Rarely does a Canadian institution <strong>of</strong>fer afinal year project that is international andcan emphasize technical, human resourcesand business aspects as well as involve allCivil <strong>Engineering</strong> design aspectsincluding environmental, geotechnical,hydraulics, materials, structural andtransport.Civil <strong>Engineering</strong> Students in Lisbon.Student WinnersDavid Ata, Patrick Boyle,Charles Gunn, Michael Jamesand Collin Tsui, are members <strong>of</strong>the internationally recognizedUniversity <strong>of</strong> Calgary ModelUnited Nations Team(UCMUNT). <strong>The</strong> teamparticipates in simulations heldacross North America, whichallow students to compete in alife-like portrayal <strong>of</strong> theentrenched diplomaticinstitution.Although these engineeringstudents are typically up againstpolitical science and socialscience majors, they have proventhemselves time and again, andthis year’s performance placesthem among the cream <strong>of</strong> theModel UN crop.Model UN Students Shine at t ConfererenceenceThis year, the team attended two majorconferences, representing Spain at theMcGill Model UN Assembly(McMUN) and the daunting Iraq andAfghanistan at the National CollegiateSecurity Conference (NCSC), held byGeorgetown. <strong>The</strong> team brought homethe top prize at NCSC, which is addedto three team victories in the past fouryears at McMUN.“This kind <strong>of</strong> event is quite enrichingfor engineering students,” said TeamPresident Patrick Boyle. “Usually, ifyou walk into a room full <strong>of</strong>international relations students fromIvy League schools and tell them thatyou are an engineering student, theyexpect you to be a pushover. On thecontrary, it turns out that having amind for details is a huge asset at theseconferences.”Faculty <strong>of</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> is a key sponsor <strong>of</strong>UCMUNT, and supports the diversity andpersonal growth these events bring to itsstudents.Story by Charles Gunn and Patrick Boyle(as seen above with Collin Tsui.)16enginuity