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Sustainable civil engineering from a global perspective

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I am an Engineering researcher that is always interested in construction technologies, and that is why I have my major in construction management from Bachelor to PhD degrees. I am always excited to see the construction progress,…

Combining logic, teamwork, and empathy in computer engineering

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My name is Shaylin, and I’ve lived in Vancouver for seventeen years. I grew up loving math, logic puzzles, and mystery novels — anything that challenged my problem-solving skills!

An IGEN degree, under the microscope

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In 2017 I moved to Vancouver from Thunder Bay, Ontario to begin my B.A.Sc. in Engineering at UBC. After completing first year, I knew that I wanted to pursue a multidisciplinary degree with a considerable design project component. As such, I decided…

From oil and gasoline to thinking clean

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My name is Carlie Owen. I am from the United States, where I completed my undergraduate degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida. I began my career in downstream oil and gas, first as a Sales…

The triple bottom line: water & environmental sustainability

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Before coming to UBC, I travelled across North America commissioning and starting-up equipment at various water and wastewater treatment facilities. Wanting to learn more about municipal wastewater treatment and the associated pieces of managing…

Choose differently and act creatively

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Hi guys, this is Cynric, born and raised in the ‘Hot-Pot’ city, Chongqing, China. I just graduated from UBC with a Bachelor’s Degree of Applied Science in Integrated Engineering. I had that desire to study abroad after winning the first prize in the…

Communications is a science not an art

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Hi, I am Hibatallah Alwazani and I recently graduated MASc. in Electrical Engineering at UBC in 2021, and am currently pursuing my Ph.D in Electrical Engineering at UBC. I stepped foot into the snowy banks of the beautiful city Kelowna on January of…

A decade-long journey at UBC Engineering

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Growing up, I would watch my father express his passion over his work in electrical engineering. When I was 13 years old, I had the opportunity to visit the world's largest manufacturing facility for medium-voltage vacuum interrupters and…

Just trying to be the anti-Kipling

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I graduated early from high school, moved to Kimberley, BC on my own and worked as a full-time ski instructor for a season. The following fall, I started university with no real idea of what I wanted to major in. I started taking courses on…

Launching my career into orbit

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Entering the engineering program with no programming and electronics experience, I did not have a clear idea of what I wanted to pursue. All I knew was that I liked working with computers and I thought space was neat. In my first few weeks at UBC, I…

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