Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Qian Chen, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
School of Engineering (SoE) Faculty Spotlight Dr. Qian Chen, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering UBCO School of Engineering Website: School Profile Why did you decide to study engineering? I feel engineering is a direct platform to make a meaningful impact on society. My grandfather, who worked as a cargo train driver for over 30 […]
UBCO Engineering graduand to receive Governor General’s Medal at Convocation
Liam Krebbers will be awarded the Governor General’s Silver Medal and UBCO Medal in Engineering On Friday, June 7, UBC Okanagan will confer more than 2,000 credentials to undergraduate and graduate students over the course of six convocation ceremonies. Among them will be Liam Krebbers, who in addition to his parchment will take home one […]
Two UBC Okanagan Engineering students honoured with SPIE Scholarships
Scholarships from the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) will help two UBC Okanagan (UBCO) Engineering students keep their studies sharply in focus. Alexis Guidi and Matthias Jenne were recently awarded the prestigious Optics and Photonics Scholarship by SPIE. This year, the Society is awarding $303,000 in scholarships to 72 outstanding SPIE student members, based […]
UBC Engineering student reflects on learning, community and impact as graduation approaches
UBC Okanagan (UBCO) School of Engineering student Megha Desai has had the date Friday, June 7, 2024 circled on her calendar for a while. For Desai, this date – her graduation day – marks more than the achievement of an educational dream years in the making: it also heralds the start of her exciting next […]
SoE Feature: Learn more about the HEAT Robotics Team and their award-winning EMBR project
SoE Students’ ember mitigation bot won audience choice award at the MassRobotics Form & Function Robotics Challenge. The following story expands upon a media release issued by UBCO Media Relations on May 29, 2024. A team of engineering and science students from UBC Okanagan (UBCO) earned a top accolade at the MassRobotics Form & Function […]
UBCO engineering team triumphs at international robotics competition
Student-built “zombie” fire mitigation bot wins audience choice award
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Building better infrastructure for climate resilience
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UBCO Engineering Professor Dr. Mahmudur Fatmi appointed to B.C. Climate Solutions Council
The B.C. Government announced today new members of the province’s Climate Solutions Council who will support the work to transition B.C. to a clean economy with thriving and sustainable industry. Council members hail from across the province and a wide range of sectors and areas of expertise. This includes First Nations, environmental organizations, industry, business, […]
Engineering students building toward earthquake summit
UBCO team fundraising for the chance to present their research to the world
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UBC Engineering students’ bench design lauded at national competition
SoE Team’s wellness bench aims to foster a healthier, more sustainable built environment on campus and beyond Innovate, Design, Sustain (IDS), a student design team from UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering recently earned second place at the national 2023-24 Wellness Bench Student Design Competition administered by the Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI). This year’s […]