INNOVATION May-June 2012

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C B Rushton PEng Civil (Dipl Prince Edward Island ‘84, BSc New Brunswick ‘87) B R Russell PEng A Saffarpour PEng Chemical (BSc Petroleum U of Tech’85) I Safroneev PEng Civil (DiplCivil Eng Kiev Inst of Highway Engineering ‘76, PhD Kiev State Tech U of Constr & Arch ‘87) A Saini PEng Civil (BASc UBC ‘03) C A Samuels PEng Mechanical (Dipl Russian People’s Friendship ‘95, MSc Russian People’s Friendship 97) A L Sanders PEng Civil (BSc Alberta ‘06) R D Santos PEng Civil (BSCE Far Eastern U ‘85) P Saunier PEng Computer (Dipl d’Ing Nancy II ‘91) B N Schurko PEng Electrical (BSc SFU’09) K J Serenius PEng Chemical (BASc UBC ‘07, MEng UBC ‘11) R Seto PEng Mechanical (BASc Waterloo ‘07) A Sharon PEng Mechanical (BSc Technion‑Israel Inst of Tech ‘71) C S Shaw PEng Electrical (BScEng Cape Town ‘05) A Shlyakhov PEng Mechanical (DiplSpec Moscow Inst of Steel and Alloys Tech ‘93) B F Singleton‑ Polster PEng Geological (BASc UBC ‘08, BASc UBC ‘07) M Skovmose PEng Electrical (BSc Calgary ‘07) A Sokolowski PEng Environmental (BScEng Guelph ‘03) D Stankovic PEng Mining (DiplInz Belgrade ‘85) J S Staples PEng Mechanical (BESc Western Ontario ‘04) L C Steacy Mechanical (BE Saskatchewan ‘90) Y X Su PEng Mechanical (BEng Jilin ‘82, MEng Kyushu Inst of Tech ‘97) K A Sutherland PEng Civil (BEng McGill, Montreal ‘90, MEng McGill, Montreal ‘92) N Suzuki PEng Chemical (BEngSc Western Ontario ‘00) M A Svorinic PEng Civil (BASc UBC ‘07) S L Swarbrick PEng Civil (MEng Durham ‘07) Mechanical (BScEng Saskatchewan ‘04)

20 J Y Tanaka PEng Geological (BASc UBC ‘07) S D Taylor PEng Civil (BASc UBC ‘08) A Tegzes PEng Mechanical (BASc UBC ‘08) A E Thomas PEng Electrical (BSc Alberta ‘76) D Tober PEng Industrial (BS Montana State, Bozeman ‘77, Dipl Souther Alberta Inst of Tech ‘75, MBA Calgary ‘81) M M Tomkow PEng Mechanical (BScAlberta ‘07) D H Tsang PEng Civil (BASc UBC ‘02) P M Tso PEng Civil (BSc Alberta ‘78) J Turgeon PEng Civil (BEng Laval ‘04, MBA Laval ‘08) R C Twa PEng Mechanical (BSc Alberta ‘91) M S Uppal PEng Mechanical ( BASc UBC ‘04) D Vachon PEng Geological (BIng Laval ‘05) G Versloot PEng Civil (BSc New Brunswick ‘87) D C Walden PEng Electrical (BEng UVic ‘07) Z Wang PEng Electrical (MEng Tianjin ‘07, Dipl Lanzhou Jiaotong ‘96, Dipl ‘83) D J Watmough PEng Civil (BSc Alberta ‘07) R A Welfing PEng Civil (BASc UBC ‘07) T B Wevers PEng Mechanical (BEng UVic ‘07) A S Williams PEng Electrical (BSc(Eng) New Brunswick ‘76) M J Woo PEng Mechanical (BASc Waterloo ‘07) R E Wood PEng Civil (BASc UBC ‘02) F Xue PEng Mechanical (BEng Beijing ‘97, BS Calgary ‘04) K M Yamashita PEng Civil (BASc UBC ‘07) X Yang PEng Mechanical (BASc Windsor ‘07) S K Yee PEng Civil (BSc(Eng) Windsor ‘74, MSc McMaster ‘83) M B Yeheyis PEng Civil (BSc Alemaya U of Agriculture ‘99, MSc Dar Es Salaam ‘02, PhD Western Ontario ‘08) D A Young PEng Mechanical (BSc Calgary ‘00) C X Yu PEng Computer (BEng Nanjing Inst of Posts and Telecomm ‘92, MEng China Textile (also known as Dong Hua) ‘95) L Zhai PEng Electrical (BSc Alberta ‘08) 24 28 33 4 8 13 15 18 19 38

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Improving Hydrofracing of Low Permeability Reservoirs through a Better Understanding of Geology and In-situ Stresses Dr R Marc Bustin PGeo, Dr Erik Eberhardt PEng, Neda Zangeneh Dynamics of Mountain Rivers: Insights from Physical Models David S Luzi GIT, Sarah Davidson, Dr Brett Eaton PGeo

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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 Infrastructure Wood Products

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Duty of Professional Engineers to Take Reasonable Care

Geoscientists Canada – Moving Forward on PGeo Registration in Canada

Burnaby/New Westminster Branch Gaining Momentum

Removals for Non-payment of Annual Fee

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