Engineering graduate Sean McBeath, along with competitive kayakers Dion Maxwell and Liam Fisher, successfully paddled from Victoria to Vancouver (135km) on July 20 and raised more than $17,000 for clean energy research in honour of his friend and mentor, Tyler Lewis.
McBeath and Lewis were enrolled in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering where McBeath recently completed his undergraduate degree. Lewis was pursuing his PhD when he passed away after a tragic ski accident last December.
The Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation, established in honour of Lewis, funds alternative energy and applied sustainability research initiatives, a cause that was dear to Lewis. For more information, click here.
