The School is known as the best of its kind in the country and the late George Klein, a NRC researcher and design engineer, is known as one of Canada's best inventors. The winner of this year's NRC George J. Klein Medal is Valentin Florescu, a grade 11 student at Kanata's Earl of March Secondary School. Florescu was presented with the Medal by Mrs. Florence Klein at the School's Annual Graduation Exhibition held in April. This year's design competition attracted 339 entries from 35 schools across Canada. The goal of the design competition is to promote the study and awareness of industrial design and the development of the study of design and technology in high schools across Canada.
Students can choose from five design themes and can either work individually or in teams.
They may submit more than one entry. Valentin Florescu, Earl of March Secondary School, Kanata, Ontario. Logo Design Winner for 1998 Competition Donald MacKay, Acton High School, Acton, Ontario. This year's medal winner Valentin Florescu received the first NRC George J. Klein Medal awarded for the School of Industrial Design's High School Design Competition. The medal was presented by Mrs. Florence Klein.