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The summer of 2026 brought another challenging wildfire season to the Okanagan, with smoke and poor air quality affecting communities across the region.  Against that backdrop, a made-at-UBC innovation is offering a creative approach to cleaner indoor air. Developed at UBC Okanagan and brought to life through student ingenuity, three handcrafted air-filtering art installations have […]

There’s nothing like the start of a new school year to bring people together. It’s a time to celebrate where we’re going, how far we’ve come, and, most importantly, the people who make it all possible. UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering is inviting alumni, industry partners, current students, faculty and staff to join us on […]

A student-designed modular dome system exploring sustainable agriculture, agritourism and year-round growing in Northern BC Capstone Project Name: FarmPod: Micro-Farm Domes for Agri-Tech + Agritourism Team Members: Cassidy Legebokow, Mechanical Engineering Enrica Guidi, Civil Engineering Vivian Schmeeckle, Mechanical Engineering Jessalyn Svendsen, Mechanical Engineering Esteban Meiffredy, Mechanical Engineering Khiem Nguyen, Mechanical Engineering Students in the Capstone Design […]

From the soccer field to the engineering lab, Ciana Dawydiuk-Clozza embraced every opportunity during her undergraduate journey at UBC Okanagan. Donor-funded awards gave the ’26 mechanical engineering graduate the freedom to pursue varsity athletics, international learning, co-op and research experiences—helping launch the next stage of her education. This fall, Dawydiuk-Clozza will begin a master’s degree […]

Dr. Niloofar Akbarian-Saravi shares her UBC Engineering experience At their core, sustainable supply chains are about resilience. For Dr. Niloofar Akbarian-Saravi, those same themes have shaped the past six years of her academic journey at UBC. What began as a PhD in Mechanical Engineering became an experience marked by interdisciplinary collaboration, industry partnerships and opportunities […]

For Brooke Franchuk, engineering is about creating technologies that can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. A 2018 graduate of the Mechanical Engineering program at UBC Okanagan School of Engineering, Franchuk now works at Garmin, where she helps develop wearable technologies designed to support health and well-being. Her journey highlights how engineering skills can […]