Dr. Hosain visited the MUN Faculty of Engineering and spoke to the civil engineering students in terms 5 and 8 about "Effective Conference Presentations". This presentation was attended by approximately 60 students, faculty, and engineers.
Later that evening, Dr. Mel Hosain gave a 45 minute presentation
on the Construction of Composite Bridges in the Prairies.
Dr. Hosain also spoke about the membership benefits
of CSCE, and gave a short presentation about the Confederation bridge,
which links P.E.I. to New Brunswick. This presentation was attended
by approximately 35 students (undergraduate and graduate), faculty, and
engineers.
After the presentation, Dr. Hosain was presented with
a Lane Gallery photograph of the Matthew (commemorating the 500th anniversary
of John Cabot's landing in Newfoundland) by Gordon Jin (right), Section
Chair, and Dr. Hesham Marzouk (centre).
In addition, Dr. Hosain had the opportunity to visit
the lighthouse at Cape Spear, the most easterly point in North America.
If you would like to know more about Dr. Hosain, you can
check out his biography from the September, 1997 issue of Canadian Civil
Engineer at the top right of this page.
Thanks to CCE for permission to print this excerpt.
Last Updated: February 16, 2001 12:21:20 AM.