Most successful Engineering Graduate Symposium to date
Over 80 attendees packed the EME on Saturday February 9, 2019 to attend the fifth annual Engineering Graduate Symposium presented by the UBC Okanagan Engineering Graduate Student Society. The symposium brings together graduate students, faculty and industry partners to share research topics, stimulate new ideas, and create potential collaborations. A broad range of topics related […]
Alumni Profile – Nilufar Islam, PhD ’15 (Civil), PEng
Nilufar Islam (MASc, Civil ’10 & PhD, Civil’15) is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering.
Safeguarding Canadian dams
UBC researchers are collaborating with Trail, BC-based Austin Engineering Limited to investigate cutting-edge innovations in dam safety.
School of Engineering students gain new insight at global preservation conference
The 2018 Association for Preservation Technology focused on preserving historic structures and their settings while engaging student teams in a timber bridge design competition.
Securing the future of distributed energy
Researchers at the School of Engineering are aiding utility companies to re-image how power can and should be distributed using renewable sources
Innovating augmented and virtual reality
UBC Okanagan researchers are developing micro-lens arrays that are changing the scale of augmented and virtual reality equipment.
Alumni Profile – Muntasir Billah, PhD
Muntasir Billah is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and an assistant professor at Lakehead University.
School of Engineering graduate student wins Young Scientist Award at Global Conference
PhD student Matiyas Bezabeh was awarded the Young Scientist Award at the 2018 World Conference on Timber Engineering held in Seoul Korea last month.
Alumni Profile – Rajeev Ruparathna, PhD ’19 (Civil)
Rajeev Ruparathna is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and an assistant professor at the University of Windsor.
Graduate Student Profile – Ashraf Ahsan (MASc ’19)
Ashraf Ahsan uses Raman spectroscopy to study the influence on the crystallinity and scattering of carbon thin films that have been synthesized using different deposition techniques by varying the Raman laser’s wavelengths or frequencies.