Topics:
International Student Experience
UBC Engineering Open House - Online
Oct 17, 2024 | 8:00am - 6:30pm | Event
October 17-18, 2024. Attend the online UBC Engineering Open House to discover your future at one of Canada’s top engineering schools.
Micromanipulator for Mandibular Reconstruction Surgery
| Spotlight
Our project Mandibular reconstruction surgery involves removing cancerous portions of the jawbone, which leaves the patient with a gap in their jaw. To allow patients to regain jaw functionality for eating, speaking and aesthetic purposes, the…
Hardware and Software Biofeedback for Physiotherapy
| Spotlight
Our project PhysViz is an exercise-based telerehabilitation system. The package includes a Bluetooth-enabled load sensor and mobile application for providing biofeedback to patients. It also includes a clinician-facing web portal for monitoring…
IoT Sensor to Improve Learning and Focus in Classrooms
| Spotlight
Our project Studies have shown that environmental conditions such as CO2, temperature and humidity exceeding certain thresholds can have a negative impact on the effective learning of students in classrooms. Our project lets the teacher know when…
Polymer-Based Sensor for Cortisol Detection in Sweat
| Spotlight
Our project Cortisol is known as the stress hormone as it is elevated during periods of psychological stress. Monitoring and controlling cortisol levels has implications for managing stress-related diseases and has shown to be advantageous for…
Automated GSIS Assay
| Spotlight
Our project We focused on the automation of a highly time-consuming assay procedure for the quality assurance pipeline of 3D printed pancreatic tissue. We aimed to provide a consistent and customizable proof of concept that could be used in a…
Unmanned Water Testing Vehicle
| Spotlight
Our project Our delivered product was a prototype that is capable of autonomously navigating to multiple locations on a body of water and taking a variety of water quality readings at different depths. This technology improves safety by removing the…
The Automation of a Thermal Compound Press
| Spotlight
Our project As part of an initiative to improve the allocation of labour, Corvus Energy required a subsystem designed to automate the compression of thermal compound on energy cells in producing energy storage systems (ESS). Initially, the…
Robotic Zippin’ Airhockey
| Spotlight
Our project We were tasked by the UBC Engineering Physics Project Lab to develop a platform for a next-generation AI and Automation course. Over the last two years, we designed and built an automated air hockey table that allows students to pit…
Monitor Nature with AI Automatic Change Detection
| Spotlight
Our project Billions of trees are lost due to deforestation every year, increasing the severity of the impacts of climate change and loss of biodiversity. Immediate action is required to prevent more trees from being cut. We developed an easy-to-use…