CSCE '98 In Review

CSCE's 26th Annual Conference was held at the beautiful World Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from June 10-13, 1998.  The delgation representing the Newfoundland and Labrador Section consisted of:
 
Gordon Jin Section Chair
Dr. Leonard Lye Faculty Liaison
Jai Roberts Website Manager
Dr. Hongde Zhou Prof, Memorial
Dr. Hesham Marzouk Award Recipient
Susan Richter Award Recipient
This page presents a few photos from the conference.  It will take some time to load, so please, be patient.

Our first picture is a view of downtown Halifax taken from Gordon Jin's room at the Hotel Halifax.  His view was far better than Jai's, which was a wonderful view of the BDC building.  Off to the left is the Sheraton Casino, where Gord looked on as Jai blew fifty bucks on blackjack in a hurry.

The second plenary session was given by Dr. David Billington, P. Eng., from Princeton University, who gave a talk that had people talking for most of the day.  Here he is shown recieving an honorarium from Dr. Aftab Mufti of DalTech University.  "Under" Dr. Billington's right arm is his pointer, estimated to be 12-15 feet in length.  We're not joking.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

After two solid days of hard work, we were treated to a good old-fashioned lobster boil at Pier 22.  After being transported by double-decker bus, we were treated to some excellent bagpipe music as we walked in.  Pictured in this photo are, L-R:
Dr. Mel Hosain (University of Saskatchewan), Mr. and Mrs. Frank Navin (University of British Columbia), Gordon Jin, and Jai Roberts.  Only Mel and Gord knew which camera to look at.
 
 
 
 
 

Then came the food.  The lobsters were significantly bigger than what you would find in your average grocery store.  They probably weighed 2 - 2 1/2 pounds each.  Gord shows us how big they actually were.  Nice bib.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

After excessive quantities of lobster had been consumed, many delegates took the time to chat, and get to know the delegates that were sitting at their table.  In this picture, Dr. Leonard Lye and Dr. Hongde Zhou of Memorial University take time away from their coffees to have their picture taken with Dr. Yee-Chung Jin of the University of Regina.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saturday night was the big Awards Banquet.  For more information of the awards presented to 3 members of the local section, click here.  Among the dignitaries was our special guest, Mr. Peter Gzowski, who gave an extremely interesting talk.  Here, he is pictured addressing the 250-350 people in attendance.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

After his talk, he was presented with honorary membership in the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering by Dr. Mel Hosain.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

He was then joined by his son, Mr. Peter Gzowski Jr. to help Dr. Mel Hosain present the Gzowski Medal to Dr. Gamil Tadros, P. Eng. for his paper on the Confederation Bridge, which connects New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Everyone at the conference had an excellent time... and the desserts were excellent!



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