Call for Presenters

Are you an expert in your field who would like to contribute to the future of engineering or geoscience? APEGBC is actively seeking members to present on a variety of topics.  A list of topics for which we are currently seeking presenters is provided below.  APEGBC is accepting applications from members who can provide half, one or two-day seminars.  To express your interest, please submit the following information to cpd@apeg.bc.ca:

- Title and detailed description of seminar (400 word maximum)
- Biography
- Seminar length (1/2 day, full day, 2 days)
- Speaker credentials, curriculum vitae and references from past presentations
- Intended audience
- Speaking fee

For further information or suggestions of presenters/topics you would like to see in your area, please contact cpd@apeg.bc.ca.

Below, please find a list of topics requested by APEGBC members on seminar suggestion cards distributed at our professional development sessions. We welcome your suggestions for topics that are not on this list.

Water
- Hydrology – Streams, lakes and rivers
- Green roof stormwater modeling
- Erosion control of rivers/streams
- Rainwater management studies, practices, rainwater/surface water run-off
- Water retention systems for rural systems
- Waterworks design – big picture system, development application, modeling, testing
- On-site sewage disposal treatment
- Sewage treatment
- Water treatment

Electrical
- Printed circuit board design techniques
- Grounding and bonding theory and basics
- Lightning theory and protection
- Arc fault ratings and protection (and arc flash hazards)
- Power system substation
- Bulk system reliability
- Power systems distribution, practices, planning
- IPP integration
- Green power integration
- Electrical design of commercial and/or industrial facilities
- Electrical design of pump systems
- Design of communications rooms and server rooms/data centers
- Grounding and bonding
- Fuse coordination study
- Harmonic filter banks design (inrush, transient, resonance frequency consideration) and banks protection
- Remote automation and control practices
- Distribution planning and feeder protection

Environmental
- Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001)

Structural Design
- Design failures (non-seismic)
- Structural design using glass
- Structural design using aluminum
- Cable-stayed design/fabric roofs on cables
- New concepts in structural design
- Structural design of light gauge steel studs
- General approaches to foundation design
- Wind load design
- Structural road design
- Detailing of steel for seismic design
- Fatigue design of steel structures

Structural
- Building envelope
- Post disaster assessment of buildings
- Thermal issues for aluminum
- Seismic failures (case histories, lessons learned)
- Lateral loading/dynamic loading and modeling techniques
- Wind load analysis (dynamic, high rise)
- Wind tunnel modelling
- Structural design for industrial plants
- Introduction to concrete code, steel code
- Masonry design
- Structural design of wood frame buildings (low rise)

Construction
- Construction phase engineering (formwork, falsework, wall bracing)
- Residential construction – examples of contemporary housing
- Construction waste and construction sustainability
- Design reviews, constructability reviews, cost control, ISO process
- Construction contract management

Concrete
- Concrete mixture – behavior of concrete based on mix design
- Concrete corrosion, protection and rehabilitation
- Concrete restoration
- Concrete silo structural design

Transportation
- Traffic impact studies
- Urban design
- Safety assessments
- Bridge and road design
- Transportation planning
- Structural road design
- Transportation engineering - Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Traffic data collections and applications, Innovations in Transportation Engineering (new practice)

Mechanical
- Fuel cell technology
- Pump and fan selection
- Vibration measurement and control
- Pipeline systems
- Piping codes
- Hydroelectric power generation
- Geothermal power generation
- Alternative energy: current status and future possibilities
- Wind and solar power
- Hydraulic pumps / hydraulic systems (design)
- Pump system analysis
- Dams
- Industrial HVAC
- Controls for mechanical equipment
- Automation/robotics in the construction industry
- Regulatory: API 650/620 (Tanks), ASME 31.3, 31.1 (Piping)
- Design of communications rooms and server rooms/data centers
- Pumps for water, slurry, chemical - types of pumps available and the pro/con of each for given situation
- Finite Elements Analysis (FEA)
- Leading technology for mechanical engineering: techniques (processes), finite element analysis, control (robotics) and feedback control, materials (new development, new properties)
- Certification of equipment - what are the expectations for the certifying engineer? limitations and liabilities?

Mechanical – Design
- Geothermal system detail design
- Geoexchange design
- Pneumatic system design
- Circuit design
- Machine design and stress analysis

Mining
- Mining methods
- Mine scheduling techniques
- Mining engineering consulting

Geo-Related
- Neutral metal leaching
- Sediment and erosion control
- Block modelling
- Resource estimation
- Geomodelling

Fire Protection
- Changes to fire rated assemblies
- Fire investigation
- Fire stopping
- Fire alarm systems
- Fire sprinkler design

Various
- Oil & Gas
- Metallurgical and Materials
- Aerospace/Aviation
- Waste Management
- Waste-To-Energy
- Fibre-reinforced Polymers
- Chemical
- Risk assessment analysis
- How to conduct effective project meetings
- Effective presentation and communications
- Construction management
- Contract management
- Automation - Codes, standards, and practices for industrial plant automation and control
- Contracts or risk management with international projects
- Subsea design