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title: "Students medal at Skills Canada National Competition"
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author: "Stephanie Conte"
created: 2022-06-08T14:08:35Z
updated: 2022-06-08T14:08:35Z
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# Students medal at Skills Canada National Competition

###### Pictured from left: Fabio Costa, Senior Lab Technologist, School of Electronics & Mechanical Engineering Technology; Seneca students Matin Zalpour, Kian Hassan Tehrani and Mark Macario; Ankur Patel, Lab Technologist, School of Electronics & Mechanical Engineering Technology; Karen Craigs, Professor, School of Electronics & Mechanical Engineering Technology; and Seneca student Maxim Gontcharenko

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We are #SenecaProud of students from Seneca’s School of Electronics & Mechanical Engineering Technology who represented Ontario during the annual [Skills Canada National Competition](https://www.skillscompetencescanada.com/en/event/skills-canada-national-competition-2022/).

During the event, Mark Macario, student in the Mechanical Engineering Technology – Industrial Design advanced diploma program won a gold medal in the precision machining category. Silver medals were awarded to Electromechanical Engineering Technology – Automation advanced diploma program students, Matin Zalpour and Kian Hassan Tehrani, in the mechatronics category and Maxim Gontcharenko from the Electronics Engineering Technology advanced diploma in the electronics category.