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Building safer mines through technology and governance
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Tell us about your job. I’ve worked with Teck since 2019, first as a tailings engineer at the Greenhills and Fordining River operations in Elkford, British Columbia, then as the Responsible Tailings Facility Engineer at the non-operating…
Building a career in the aviation industry
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Tell us about your work as a methods engineer at De Havilland. De Havilland’s facility in Victoria builds parts for several of its aircraft programs, including the Twin Otter, the Dash 8 and its flagship firefighting aircraft. We also…
A non-linear path from civil engineering to global emergency response
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What does a logistics role involve at MSF? Within MSF, logistics covers an enormous breadth of activities to support the delivery of medical care. This includes energy and power supply; fleet management; construction and renovation of…
Advancing environmental stewardship and infrastructure at YVR
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Tell us about your first job at the Vancouver Airport Authority. I joined the Vancouver Airport Authority’s Climate and Environment team in early 2022, working in a range of areas, including the water quality management program, spill…
Crossing continents to build a future in engineering
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Why did you want to study engineering? I’ve always been curious about how things around us work – from something as simple as taking an elevator to the complex systems behind it. That curiosity led to my interest in engineering. I find it…
From UBC Engineering to the Royal Canadian Air Force
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What kind of work do you do? I’m an Aerospace Engineering Officer with the Canadian Armed Forces, where I support the airworthiness, maintenance and long-term fleet management of the CP-140 Aurora aircraft. My role blends engineering,…
Using chemical engineering to launch a consulting career in environmental assessment
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What kind of work do you do and what is its impact? I’m an environmental assessment and permitting specialist at WSP. My role is to help clients understand the environmental impacts of their projects — not just on the natural environment, but…
Engineering healthier futures through wearable technology
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What kind of work do you do? I am a senior mechanical engineer at Garmin, working on the biosensor platform technology team. I help lead the mechanical design of wearable biometric sensor platforms – the parts of our devices that measure things…
From TRU to UBC: A transfer journey into computer engineering
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What got you interested in engineering? A lot of different things. Math and science always came naturally to me in elementary school, and in high school I took a coding course and a robotics course. Everything just clicked — the logic made…
Cross-Functional Engineering Leadership and Community
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Surya Krishna, a mechanical engineering graduate from the UBC Okanagan School of Engineering, is recognized as a 2026 UBC Applied Science Rising Star.