Topics: Engineering
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.
Governor General’s Gold Medal awarded to ECE PhD Student Mohammad Jafari
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UBC Engineering PhD student Mohammad Jafari was awarded the 2022 Governor General’s Gold Medal. This prestigious award goes to the graduating doctoral student who has achieved the most outstanding academic record in their year.
UBC Engineering grad plans to channel passion for AI to innovate health-care
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UBC Engineering Physics graduating student Tyler Lum believes he can use robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to solve problems in the infrastructure of public health-care, including using AI to improve medical imaging to detect disease quickly.
Skin in the game: Engineering technology for a better future
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I am a Biomedical Engineering graduate student, with my research focusing on soft sensors for artificial skin applications. I recently started my Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, after graduating from UBC with a M.A.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering…
What to do when you don’t know what to do
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Hello, my name is Tony. I’m graduating in the summer of 2022 from Electrical Engineering in the Biomedical specialization with a minor in Physics. My five years at UBC has been characterized by an abundance of uncertainty about my future path, but…