Miss Stella Chiu wins the APEGBC 2007 Young Professional Award

Miss Stella Chiu is the recipient of the inaugural 2007 Young Professional Award.  This is a very prestigious award given by the Association of Professional Engineers in British Columbia (APEGBC) in Canada on an annual basis.  It is part of the APEGBC President’s Awards (six categories) which are BC’s top awards for professional engineers and professional geoscientists to recognize outstanding professional, technical and community contributions by its members. The awards program was started in 1965 and there have been about 230 recipients over the last 42 years. The Young Professional Award is a new category in 2007. This award recognizes exceptional achievements by the recipient in three key areas: work-related achievements, service to the profession and service to the community. The recipient also must be no older than 35 years of age on the date of the award presentation. Nominations are submitted without the knowledge of the candidates.