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 […]
UBCO researchers receive funding to incorporate human comfort into product design
School of Engineering receives $1.65M grant for interdisciplinary projects engaging students and industry Imagine a world where the clothing we wear is crafted with both human comfort and environmental sustainability in mind from the outset of the design process. Or a world where our health-care settings have been equipped and furnished to support all aspects […]
UBCO’s School of Engineering seeks to inspire the next generation
UBC Okanagan engineering student Gurnoor Chawla knew she’d chosen the […]
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UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering seeks to inspire the next generation this summer
SEED program offers high school students a chance to get hands-on learning experience UBC Okanagan engineering student Gurnoor Chawla knew she’d chosen the right path after an inspiring summer learning experience at the university while she was still in high school. Fast forward a few years later, now a third-year Electrical Engineering student at UBCO, […]
Five from SoE named Outstanding Instructors for the 2023/24 Academic Year
On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, UBC Okanagan announced recipients of the Outstanding Instructor Award for the 2023-24 Academic Year. Among them were five instructors from the School of Engineering, including: Dean Richert Deanna Perrin Loïc Markley Elizabeth Trudel Graeme Webb Please join us in congratulating these instructors for this well-deserved honour. Read more about […]
Engineering students’ Capstone solutions on track to real-world impact
SOE student projects soar at 2024 Capstone Design Showcase Engineering students from UBC Okanagan landed at KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence on Friday, April 12 for the 2024 Capstone Design Showcase and Competition, where their innovative ideas were on display for UBCO faculty, staff, industry partners and the public. Following the competition, many of […]
UBCO First-Year Engineering students showcase skill and innovation at 2024 Design Competition
SOE students work together to tackle real-world problems Students in the Applied Science 171 course at UBC Okanagan (UBCO) showcased their skills and knowledge in an exciting and fast-paced design competition on April 12—and the topic was one close to home for the campus and the region. This year’s APSC 171 final design competition centered […]
UBC Okanagan Engineering students earn podium finish at national competition
SOE students collaborate and innovate on their way to second place showing at Canadian Engineering Competition A team of four second-year engineering students from UBC Okanagan (UBCO)’s School of Engineering cruised to a second-place finish at the 40th annual Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC) in Calgary. CEC brings together more than 200 engineering undergraduate students from […]
Provincial investment boosts seats in Electrical, Mechanical Engineering at UBCO
The below media release was shared on Friday, April 12, 2024 by UBC Okanagan and has been re-posted in this space as it highlights seat expansions in the School of Engineering’s Electrical and Mechanical Engineering programs. A message from Dr. Will Hughes, Director of the School of Engineering: “Today is an exciting day for the […]
UBCO to present three honorary degrees at spring graduation ceremonies
Campus visionaries along with business innovator to be recognized
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