Artificial intelligence helps to make composite materials stronger, more reliable
Smart technology helps UBCO researchers measure integrity and strength of microstructures
Alumni Profile – Omer Faruk (MEng ’16)
Omer Faruk graduating with a Masters of Engineering in 2016, and is currently working on the Site C hydro-electric dam in Fort St. John, BC.
Alumni Profile – Praveen Rajan (MEng ’20)
Praveen Rajan is the School of Engineering’s Research Lead (Technical Support), and an MEng graduate.
Taking the university experience to another level
Tiny pathogens are isolated and float within a small cylinder under a ventilation hood within the Pakpour Lab at UBC Okanagan. Using an innovative method to isolate pathogens, researchers are now turning their attention to diagnostic applications. While the research sounds complicated, an important role was played by an undergraduate research assistant, James Fowler. Fowler, a NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Assistant Award recipient, took a lead role in the inter-disciplinary project.
A circuitous journey to find inspiration
Building a cleaner and more sustainable planet is motivating third-year Electrical Engineering student Erika Pineo. She spent the last 16-months on co-op with 2 different organizations after completing her first two-years of undergraduate studies.
Taking it one step at a time
Rodriguez was interested in exploring research, and applied for an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) with Assistant Professor Vicki Komisar. “As I investigated possible research I could explore, it opened my eyes to a research that I didn’t even consider to be in the realm of engineering.”
Catch your breath and reflect
Not very often does a student get recommended for a research role by an industry collaborator, but that is exactly how fourth-year Electrical Engineering student Joel Johnson began his NSERC’s Undergraduate Student Research Award program research with Electrical Engineering Professor Kenneth Chau and VO2 Master.
Turning waste into fuel
Third-year Mechanical Engineering student Abigail Stokes never thought she’d find herself working with waste treatment sludge as she had aspired to work in the automotive or biomedical industry. Instead, as she starts her second-semester of third year, Stokes is well-ensconced in waste treatment sludge as an undergraduate researcher at UBC Okanagan’s Bioreactor Technology Group (BTG).
Next-generation battery research offers electric cars a boost
UBCO’s collaboration with Fenix Advanced Materials kicks into high-gear
2022 UBCO Concrete Toboggan Team Preparing for competition
After a year that featured a virtual competition, as a result of the pandemic, the UBC Okanagan Concrete Toboggan team is ready to put their best sled forward at the 2022 event.