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Vasilii Triandafilidi, PhD ’20, Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Vasilii was a PhD candidate in the UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) program who graduated in May 2020. After a failed attempt to commercialize his research on smart polymers, he quickly pivoted and co-founded Innovation OnBoard (IOB…
Pranav Menon, BASc '19, Integrated Engineering
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If there’s one way to describe Pranav, it would be an intrapreneur — someone that is ridiculously passionate about using their entrepreneurial mindset to solve problems not just through startups or ventures, but also within organizations.
Daniel Luo, BASc '19, Civil Engineering
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“I gained so much by simply being present and diligent in every class, even if I had formed preconceived notions about it (read: skippable classes are a myth! Do not skip class!).”
Felipe Eltit, PhD '19, Biomedical Engineering
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I started my PhD journey after several years of dental clinical practice and teaching at the university level. In my practice, the major clinical problems that I faced involved the interaction of the human body with biomaterials. My clinical…
Ashraf Ahsan, MASc '19, School of Engineering
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I’m a graduating student from the Electrical Engineering program at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus. I grew up in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, where I lived with my family. I have always been passionate about team…
Kevin Dsouza, PhD '19, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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I joined UBC as a master’s student working on information theory and machine learning, and after successfully completing that degree, have continued towards a PhD at the intersection of machine learning and genomics. While a master’s student I…
Soojin Lee, PhD '19, Biomedical Engineering
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I received my Master of Applied Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering from UBC in 2010 and worked for Samsung Engineering for about two years thereafter. Since 2014, I’ve been working towards completing my PhD in biomedical engineering; my…
Kate Burnham, BASc '19, Geological Engineering
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I got involved early and often when I joined UBC Engineering. I’m graduating from geological engineering and am the outgoing Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) President — two designations that I would have never considered ‘me’ before UBC. By…
Terry Zhang, BASc '19, School of Engineering
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Terry Zhang hails from Shenyang, China, and lived in Niagara Falls, Ontario before moving to Nanaimo, and then Kelowna, to attend university at UBCO. As a civil engineering graduate, Terry has held various leadership roles in extracurricular groups…
Andrew Cote, BASc '19, Engineering Physics
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I grew up in Vancouver and as a kid, had a love for all things Lego. So naturally, I studied sociology and planned to become a lawyer. After realizing that law wasn’t right for me, I worked in marketing and sales in the property development industry…