Say goodbye to power outages, says UBC Okanagan engineer
With the goal of eliminating brownouts and blackouts, new research from UBC’s Okanagan School of Engineering is redesigning how electricity is distributed within power grids.
UBC Okanagan awarded Industrial Research Chair in advanced resource recovery from wastewater
UBC Okanagan announced today that Engineering Professor Cigdem Eskicioglu has been named the Senior Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in advanced resource recovery from wastewater.
Study points to better medical diagnosis through levitating human blood
New research from the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus, Harvard Medical School and Michigan State University suggests that levitating human plasma may lead to faster, more reliable, portable and simpler disease detection.
Alumna Profile – Tanya Fraser BASc ’18 (Civil) & MASc ’20 (Civil)
When I got a job doing research during my undergrad, I got exposed to some awesome projects involved with civil engineering.
Alumni Profile – Regan Harris BASc ’12 (Mechanical)
Starting my career with an education from UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering challenged me and helped me grow through the development of a desire for knowledge and continual learning which has helped me succeed and allowed me to adapt well to new positions and opportunities throughout my career.
Undergraduate Student Profile – Evangeline Saclamacis (Mechanical)
My time at UBC Okanagan would be, simply put, absolutely amazing. When I first went into engineering I didn’t actually know where I wanted to end up. I just knew that engineering was for me.
UBCO research team sniffs out competing cannabis breathalyzers
It’s only a matter of time before breath detection devices, targeting drivers who are too high to drive, will be in the hands of enforcement agencies.
Alumni Profile – Ken Kaminski-Raab MASc ’12 (Mechanical)
Engineering provides you with a problem-solving skillset that really enables you to breakdown and take on almost any challenge. While it might be focused on math and science, it can easily be applied to anything.
Extreme weather conditions can tax urban drainage systems to the max
During a typical Canadian winter, snow accumulation and melt—combined with sudden rainfalls—can lead to bottlenecks in storm drains that can cause flooding. Researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus have been examining urban stormwater drainage systems, and they too have concerns about the resilience of many urban drainage systems.
Alumni Profile – Justin Tanner BASc ’12 (Electrical)
Justin Tanner is a Controls Engineer at USNR