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Engineering: A Career Path That Powers Possibilities
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Job: Associate, McKinsey & CompanyTell us about your job.I’m in a very non-traditional job for engineers at the moment, working as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company.
From Formula UBC to Koenigsegg: A Materials Engineer’s Journey to the Megacar World
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Harry's journey in Materials engineering and his work experience after graduation.
Texting trouble: Study finds distracted walkers at higher risk of road injury
Global News | | Media coverage
New research by civil engineering researchers led by Dr. Tarek Sayed found that distracted pedestrians face higher safety risks than undistracted pedestrians when crossing busy roads.
Texting while walking puts pedestrians in danger: UBC engineering study
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New UBC engineering research analyzed actual pedestrian interactions with vehicles on busy streets and concluded that distracted pedestrians face higher safety risks compared with undistracted road users.
Three Applied Science doctoral students join UBC's Public Scholars Initiative
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Applied Science members Esther Roorda, Michelle Gagnon and Meghna Mohandas have joined UBC's Public Scholars Initiative.
Mentorship: e@UBC's Chang Han puts his heart into in BC startups like CanDry
BC Business | | Media coverage
ECE alumna Maddie Aliasl and CHBE alumnus Hamid Rezaei were recognized for their statup company, CanDry Technologies.
Players get ‘sleepy’ brainwaves after soccer headers, UBC study finds
Global News | | Media coverage
Dr. Lyndia Wu's research revealed that impacts from heading a ball slows brain activity and produce brain waves associated with sleep and drowsiness.
Soccer headers briefly slow brain activity, UBC engineering study shows
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Even mild heading has some measurable effects on the brain, finds lead researcher Dr. Lyndia Wu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
Adding equity to environmental models, with Amanda Giang
Resources Magazine | | Media coverage
MECH's Dr. Amanda Giang discusses considering equity in computational models of systems that are at the interface of people and the environment.
Made-in-BC breakthrough a game changer for heart valve tech, say researchers
Business in Vancouver | | Media coverage
Dr. Hadi Mohammadi and a team of UBC Okanagan researchers have developed a mechanical heart valve that lasts a lifetime without the need for blood thinners.