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Concrete toboggan earns UBC Okanagan engineering students top honours in race

Global News | | Media coverage

A team of 28 UBC Okanagan engineering students won this year's Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race in Newfoundland. Each team designed and built a toboggan with concrete sliding surfaces, a safety roll cage and a mechanical steering and…

Victory by design: UBC Okanagan Engineering students take national toboggan title

UBC Okanagan School of Engineering News | | Media coverage

A team of 28 UBC Okanagan engineering students won this year's Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race in Newfoundland. Each team designed and built a toboggan with concrete sliding surfaces, a safety roll cage and a mechanical steering and…

Students learn critical mine safety skills in unique Sea to Sky simulation event

Squamish Chief | | Media coverage

UBC engineering students came second place in a competition where they had to respond to emergencies resulting from a simulated earthquake. 

Discover student-centred learning at UBC Okanagan

| Spotlight

Imagine being a first-year engineering student and coming up with a solution to a real-world problem that’s actually implemented, wins a national or international award for innovation, or receives funding so the idea can be put to good use in…

Applying Your Knowledge and Building Things

| Spotlight

Briden's experience in mechanical engineering and how his co-op shaped his professional journey.

Interdisciplinary UBC course trains future generation of humanitarian engineers

| Announcement

A unique new course at UBC puts engineering and arts students into design teams to tackle real-life problems from NGOs around the world.

A Semester In Hong Kong Was A Highlight Of Tina Nguyen’s Engineering Education

| Spotlight

Tina's decision of studying electrical engineering and how going on exchange was an amazing experience for her.

Keep An Open Mind And Trust Things Will Work Out

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Declan's experience in computer engineering and studying for a semester abroad.

Engineering Is A Way Of Thinking And A Way Of Life

| Spotlight

Raven's experience in integrated engineering and his co-op journey.

UBC’s Engineering Transfer Program Was A Pathway To Success

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Mikah's experience in engineering, co-op and the engineering transfer program.

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