Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Fawad Ahmed Najam
Meet Dr. Fawad Najam Dr. Fawad Najam joined UBC Okanagan (UBCO)’s School of Engineering as a lecturer in January 2024. His work focuses on the performance-based evaluation of built facilities under extreme loads, e.g., severe earthquakes and winds. He studies seismic resilience of innovative structural systems, site-specific seismic hazard analysis, earthquake vulnerability assessment of existing […]
Fuelling the future of transit needs exact change
UBC Okanagan’s Lifecycle Management Lab is helping transform public transit.
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GCRTC Seminar Series: Dis-Ownership in Climate Change and Making “Sense” of Resilience in Construction
The Green Construction Research & Training Center (GCRTC) Seminar Series presents: Dis-Ownership in Climate Change and Making “Sense” of Resilience in Construction by Kh Md Nahduzzaman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Citinnov SA for Integrated Territorial Planning & Smart Cities, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Morocco. Date: Wed. November 27, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Location: EME […]
Guest Lecture: Performance-Based Fire Design of Tall Timber Buildings
Rapid growth of urban populations and associated environmental concerns are challenging city planners and developers locally and around the world to consider sustainable building systems. In response, with new CLT and glulam timber technology, mid- and high-rise timber buildings are becoming attractive solution. Current objective-based design approaches in the NBCC 2020, however need additional provisions […]
Future of inter-community transportation to be explored
UBCO professor teams up with tourism and transit agencies to examine options
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UBCO, TOTA, OTA host Inter Community Transportation Forum
Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA), the Okanagan Transit Alliance (OTA), and researchers from UBC Okanagan (UBCO) are inviting the community to join a free public forum next week on the topic of inter-city transportation. The partners will be discussing results of their recently conducted Okanagan valley-wide, inter-city transportation survey at the event, which will take […]
Alumni Profile – Kasper Juel Petersen, PhD (Mechanical), ’24
Meet Kasper Juel Petersen who completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in August 2024, under the supervision of Dr. Joshua Brinkeroff at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering. Kasper was awarded the prestigious Carlsberg Foundation Visiting Fellowship to fund a two-year postdoctoral fellowship to University of Oxford. Valued at $200,000 CAD over two years, this major […]
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering brings together students and industry
Engineering students at UBC Okanagan will have an exciting opportunity to gain insights into their future at Industry Night on Nov. 21. The popular event brings together students of all levels with industry members from across the region and beyond. For students, the event is not only an opportunity to learn more about the various […]
UBC Engineering hosts virtual admissions Ask Me Anything sessions
Applying for university can feel daunting, which is why UBC Engineering is hosting a series of events in November to help students connect with an advisor, get their questions answered, and take the stress out the admissions process. UBC Engineering is hosting sessions geared for: Canadian / permanent resident students (Nov. 20) International students (Nov. […]
Turning Waste into Possibilities: The UBCO Cleantech Hub
Note: This story was originally published on the Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan) website and is being shared for awareness within UBC Okanagan (UBCO) School of Engineering and UBCO Campus community. The University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus (UBCO) is paving the way to a greener future with an innovation hub dedicated to repurposing waste […]