2004-2005 Competition Winners


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CATIMAC 2004-2005 Announcement

The seventh year of the Canadian Appropriate Mine Action Technologies Compeition (CATIMAC) is now completed! The first place winners designed a metal fragment removal device to address the problem of fragments from exploding munitions and shattered targets. Over 30 university students from across Canada put their knowledge, skills and talent towards creating appropriate technological solutions to assist in the field of international mine action.

Mines Action Canada (MAC), Canadian partner to the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), and Engineers Without Borders, are pleased to announce the winning teams of the 2003-2004 Appropriate Mine Technology Competition:

First Prize: Metal Fragment Removal Device
McGill University
Team Members: Florent Bojarski, Francois Brossard Jaimes, and Sebastien Verzeni
A copy of the final submission can be downloaded here.

Second Prize: Personal Protection Equipment
University of Guelph
Team Members: Christopher Despins, Katie McQuoid, Alyssa Lindsay, & Leslie Mumford
A copy of the final submission can be downloaded here.

Third Prize: Brace Prosthetic hybrid
Dalhousie University
Team Members: Rick Blundon , Andrew Brooks, Jill Hayes, Natasha Samson
A copy of the final submission can be downloaded here.

Thank you everyone for your submissions. We would like to recognize all the people that dedicated your time to this competition - students, professors and judges. We hope you will remain involved and continue to support a Mine Free world.