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.
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.
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.