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Engineering
UBC student team aims to build a net-zero student space on campus
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UBC’s award-winning Third Quadrant Design– a team of more than 60 students in engineering, architecture, business, and arts – is about to start construction of a new student space on campus that redefines sustainable design.
Manufacturing engineering student makes difference in aerospace engineering
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Chat with Harran I am very thankful to be a team member of UBC Rocket where I learned many hands-on skills such as playing with fire, water and electricity as well as playing with machines such as the lathe, the mill and the water jet cutter. I…
UBC Manufacturing Engineering receives accreditation from Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board
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On June 28, 2022, the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board confirmed that the UBC Manufacturing Engineering program at the Vancouver campus, including the inaugural graduating class of 2022, has been accredited.
Turning skyscrapers into trees
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After years of research, a wood scientist, a mechanical engineer, and a chemical engineer have invented a new way to protect cities from climate change: turning buildings into giant trees.
Will Hughes appointed Director, School of Engineering
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The Faculty of Applied Science is pleased to announce that Professor Will Hughes has been appointed Director for the School of Engineering at UBC Okanagan for a five-year term commencing July 1, 2022.
Pursuing my passion in building a sustainable future
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I was born and raised in Hong Kong, studied high school and university in the UK, and had previously worked in the UK and Hong Kong.
It's the not the destination, it's the journey
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IGEN students choose electives, forming a major and a minor in two engineering disciplines; I chose Mechanical and Computer Engineering, respectively. Through my degree, I was fortunate to have broad work, design team, and volunteer experiences!
Embracing opportunity from the transistor to the world
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I am graduating from computer engineering this year having found an interest in computer architecture and machine learning. I grew up in Vancouver and attended high school on campus at the University Transition Program.
Beyond Mechanical Engineering and into the unknown
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As I was starting my degree at the School of Engineering, I really had no idea what career I wanted once I finished. But what I did have was an overwhelming number of ideas of what my career could be, like working with renewable energy technologies…
UBC Civil Engineering researchers say the e-bikes are alright
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In one of the first large-scale studies to measure the real-world usage of electric bikes, UBC Civil Engineering researchers found most other road users are comfortable sharing cycling lanes and off-street paths with these new modes of transport.