Topics: Student Experience
Building a rig to make smart swim goggles smarter
| Spotlight
The challengeIn 2019, Vancouver-based company FORM developed the world’s first smart swim goggles that collect real-time metrics on a swimmer’s stroke rate, distance per stroke, pace, heart rate and more. For the next generation of their swim…
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 that…
Student ingenuity abuzz on Design and Innovation Day 2024
| Announcement
From addressing environmental challenges to enhancing human well-being, the 201 capstone projects on display at the 2024 Design and Innovation Day showcase were a testament to the ingenuity and commitment of UBC’s aspiring engineers.
Arman Hariri Thrives In The Holistic, Integrated Nature Of Manufacturing Engineering
| Spotlight
Arman's journey in engineering and how his leadership and co-op experiences have shaped him.
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 braking…
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 braking…
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.