Is engineering grad smarter than a 5th Grader?

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Szilard_Mark.jpg” caption=”McMaster engineering alumnus Mark Szilard will appear on Global Television’s Are You Smarter Than a Canadian Fifth Grader? on Thursday, November 22 at 9 p.m. Photo courtesy of Global Television. “]A graduate of McMaster's chemical engineering program is scheduled to appear as a contestant on Global Television's Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5th Grader? on Thursday, Nov. 22 at 9 p.m.

Mark Szilard, who graduated with his Bachelor of Engineering in 2000, now works at Line Link Canada, a communications and energy firm based in Concord, Ont. He is currently working with companies undertaking energy conservation retrofits.

“My strategy is to have as much fun as possible,” he said, adding that he studied the Grade 5 Ontario curriculum in preparation for the show. “They taught me something in engineering: how to do research.”

Szilard said he considers himself a generalist when it comes to trivia.

“I try to know as much as I can about everything.”

Were there any engineering questions on the show? Tune in tomorrow night at 9 to find out.

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Szilard_Mark.jpg" caption="McMaster engineering alumnus Mark Szilard will appear on Global Television's <i>Are You Smarter Than a Canadian Fifth Grader?</i> on Thursday, November 22 at 9 p.m. Photo courtesy of Global Television. "]A graduate of McMaster&#039;s chemical engineering program is scheduled to appear as a contestant on Global Television&#039;s <i>Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5th Grader?</i> on Thursday, Nov. 22 at 9 p.m.<br />
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<p>Mark Szilard, who graduated with his Bachelor of Engineering in 2000, now works at Line Link Canada, a communications and energy firm based in Concord, Ont. He is currently working with companies undertaking energy conservation retrofits. <br />
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<p>"My strategy is to have as much fun as possible," he said, adding that he studied the Grade 5 Ontario curriculum in preparation for the show. "They taught me something in engineering: how to do research."<br />
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<p>Szilard said he considers himself a generalist when it comes to trivia.<br />
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<p>"I try to know as much as I can about everything."<br />
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<p>Were there any engineering questions on the show? Tune in tomorrow night at 9 to find out.

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