UBCO celebrates the class of 2021
Virtual ceremony recognizes more than 1,800 graduating students UBC Okanagan is marking its second virtual convocation next week. More than 1,850 graduates — including 1,600 undergraduates as well as more than 100 masters’ and doctoral students — will tune in to celebrate the success of their educational journey. “This has been a remarkable year for […]
UBCO team creates live technology to track shipping containers
Class project may change the entire shipping industry A UBCO student project developed a method to make shipping containers immediately identifiable by using artificial intelligence. With hundreds of thousands of packages and shipments crossing the globe, especially during the holiday season, the industry has turned to UBC Okanagan researchers to develop better ways to track […]
UBC Okanagan celebrates the class of 2020
UBC Okanagan’s Convocation of 2020 will go down in history as a unique event. Instead of students, parents and faculty joining together on campus, the celebrations will be held virtually.
Alumni Profile – Erfan Taatizadeh MASc ’19 (Mechanical)
Erfan Taatizadeh completed his MASc ’19 (Mechanical) in December 2019, and is now pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at UBC Vancouver.
Alumni Profile – Mohammad Kamali, PhD ’19 (Civil)
Mohammad Kamali, PhD ’19 (Civil) is a professor in the Faculty of Science, Technology, & Health at Okanagan College.
Alumni Profile – Ermia Aghaie MASc ’19 (Mechanical)
Ermia Aghaie MASc ’19 (Mechanical) is a Materials Engineer at Pacific Particulate Materials Ltd. in Vancouver, BC.
Alumni Profile – Hossein Montazerian MASc ’18 (Mechanical)
Hossein Montazerian (MASc ’18, Mechanical) is a PhD Graduate Student Researcher, Center for Minimally Invasive Therapeutics, Bioengineering Department, University of California-Los Angeles
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and UBC’s response
Countries around the world, including Canada, are working to contain the current outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Alumni Profile – Mohammad Paknahad PhD ’18 (Mechanical)
In February 2020, Paknahad was named Vice-President of Technology Development at Cannabix Technologies Inc.
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.