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Acoustical Tests in a Reverberant Chamber – Part 2
Continued from previous post. It was probably the most physically challenging project I had ever undertaken. Most of the equipment involved were very heavy and required moving around and transporting...
View ArticleLaneway house hunting, being mailman, and other odd duties of research
(A post written in October) I hadn’t written a while because I was mesmerized by gorgeous October and preoccupied with getting laneway house access. In the blink of an eye, nature came to its most...
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Field Trip: Novadaq Technologies Inc
Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of content for the last 2 weeks, school hit me really hard and I literally had no time to post anything new. During my time of absence, my class and I went on two field...
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Follow up post 3: Award Ceremony!
Hey guys! As previously mentioned, I was awarded the Keith Scott Memorial award, and attended the ceremony. This was my first time attending such an event (in post-secondary) so I didn’t know what to...
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A Week in the Life of an FWR Student
Salut! Well, another crazy week just flew by. Chock-full of awesome field trips, project site tours, and birthday celebrations – yep, that’s right, I’m 24 now and officially feeling a tad over the...
View ArticleDay in the Life of a CISA student, part 1: Hardware/Linux
Apologies for the lack of posts recently. Been busy with the program and life in general has been pretty hectic lately. I have a job interview, part-time IT work – really hoping I get it – and that’s...
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The One with the Awards Ceremony
Heyo! So two weeks ago, I had the privilege of going to the BCIT Fall Scholarships and Awards Ceremony! School of Business edition. (There were separate ceremonies for the different schools.) Here at...
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Vertical Garden Brought Back To Life
On Monday morning, this gorgeous living wall was resurrected to full glory after a months-long sleeping break. Three big tall guys, protective gloves and a special fork lift (and a sunny morning) were...
View ArticleA Great Day with John Straube – Part 1
On Tuesday, CPCI (Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute) hosted a high performance building enclosures seminar given by Dr. John Straube, a leading industry contributor and lecturer. He is a...
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Selected for Eye-Select
Hey guys, It has been awhile! My life has been non-existent so I haven’t had anything interesting to post about until now. For the people who have been following BCIT’s Biomedical Engineering Program,...
View ArticleA Great Day with John Straube – Part 2
(Continued from previous section, A Great Day with John Straube – Part 1.) At the CPCI High Performance Building Envelope seminar we also discussed some prevalent issues in the industry to help promote...
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Brilliant Concept Train that Picks Up Passengers Without Stopping
Imagine a high-speed inter-metropolitan light rail system where people can get on and off of it without having to stop the trains. From an engineering perspective, it could save the massive material...
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Engineering Toys for Girls – 1
Have you seen the GoldieBlox commercial, which took the web by a storm? Possibly the most successful children-oriented viral video on the internet this year, GoldieBlox & the Rube Goldberg...
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Engineering Toys for Girls – 2
(Continued from previous) Let me reiterate the problem that GoldieBlox claims to address. Founder Sterling points out that little girls in America generally do not get enough time with construction-...
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Engineering Toys for Girls – 3
Continued from previous Second, I disagree that there is a real lack of or true need for “engineering toys for girls”. A toy store’s full contents are open to both girls and boys, girls are not...
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Secret Santa with my class!
Hey guys, Soooooooo sorry for being missing in action for so long. The entire month of December was nothing but busy. The final exams occupied all of my time (and so my blogs were heavily neglected)....
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The best christmas gift ever
Hey guys, I hope you all had an awesome Christmas, and received many presents that you are happy with! My Christmas was great. My extended family got together and celebrated it so hard that I am still...
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Happy New Year! It feels good to be home!
Apologies for the gap in communication, I had some issues posting blogs after Panama. However I am now back home on the west coast and am excited to fill you in on the last leg of my journey. Sunset On...
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What to do with a frozen car door lock when you’re out of time
For those of you who enjoy survival game trivia, this post is for you. I just had a very exciting 5 minutes this morning when I had to really think on my feet… *** On a frosty, sunny Sunday morning,...
View ArticleClearly, CISA life is busy life.
So, it would seem that I have not posted since the end of November. They told me this would happen!! And I didn’t believe them! No, but seriously. Apologies for not keeping you all up to date. I...
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