BCIT receives funding for new engineering lab

May 2, 2008

British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) student Susan Boury shows off some of the new equipment in the Endress+Hauser Measurement Lab to E+H Canada president Richard Lewandowski, and Don Wright, president of BCIT.

Terming it an investment in engineers of the future, Burlington Ont.-based, Endress+Hauser Canada is donating $269,000 in hardware and software to fund a new measurement laboratory for students in the Automation and Instrumentation program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby.

The contribution by the Burlington, Ontario-based process measurement engineering services and solutions provider extends over three years. The initial phase will see the company donate $209,000 in instruments to provide the lab with the most current and leading-edge measurement equipment available. The firm is donating $30,000 in 2008 and 2009 to provide a range of software, such as portal and field care tools.

The new, 867 square-foot laboratory will consist of six student work stations and contain such equipment as advanced flow technologies, “Time of Flight” level measurement instrumentation, pressure and temperature measurement and liquid analysis.

“This is a great opportunity for BCIT to partner with an industry leader in the process measurement field,” stated BCIT president Don Wright. “Our students will benefit from exposure to a wider range of measurement systems than previously available and will have access to the latest technology.”

In addition to providing the hardware and software tools, Endress+Hauser plans to periodically make its engineering experts available as guest lecturers to students working in the lab. The company is also looking at the possibility of using Internet and video-streaming technologies to deliver remote training sessions from its new training centre in Burlington.
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