Topics: International Student Experience
Producing Hepatitis B virus-like-particle vaccines using Pichia pastoris
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Our projectWe wanted to develop an innovative process to produce a vaccine for hepatitis B, a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. Our approach is to create a virus-like particle, a molecule that resembles a virus but…
Engineering Is About Developing Effective And Accessible Solutions
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Goksu's interest in CHBE and experience working on the Chem E-Car and in the Zandstra Laboratory.
Enriching Health Through Engineering: Madhini's Story
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Madhini's interest in improving lives through healthcare and how engineering helped her achieve that dream.
Ask Me Anything: Admission to UBC Engineering for International Students
Nov 22, 2024 | 8:00am - 9:00am | Event
Are you an International student and have questions about applying to UBC Engineering? Join our advisors to have all of your questions answered before you submit your application!
Never A Dull Moment With Engineering
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Joses' experience in Civil Engineering and how he proceeded to work with the City of Vancouver.
Applying Your Knowledge To Positively Impact The World
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Roger's decision to pursue electrical engineering and how that led him to working at General Motors.
Co-op Chronicles: Thriving in Computer Engineering
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Arya's experience with Computer engineering and her co-op journey.
Recycling and injection moulding of aeronautical post-consumer low density polyethylene
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The challengePassengers journey to the edge of space inside a pressurized capsule that is lofted by a helium-filled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) balloon.
Designing a completely compostable diaper
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The challengeNinety percent of a disposable diaper consists of plastic, and each year, more than 30 billion disposable diapers end up in North American landfills.
Recycling an innovative material into lightweight, abrasion-resistant shin pads
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The challengeALUULA Composites is a high-performance material manufacturing company that creates composites with high tear and stretch resistance that are used in many products across a range of markets.