Alumni Profile – Ann Mary Babu Vithayathil (MEng ’18)
Ann Mary Babu Vithayathil is a Project Manager in the Civil Department of Acres Enterprises Ltd, a contracting company based out of Kamloops, and an MEng graduate.
School of Engineering team takes second place at ComSoc internet for all competition
graduate research team from UBC Okanagan placed second in North America in the IEEE Communication Society’s Internet for All Competition.
Student teams qualify for global hackathon finals
Two School of Engineering APSC 169 student-led teams have qualified for the finals of the World Engineering Day Hackathon.
Graduate Student Receives Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation Grant
Amandine Drew is among three recipients of this year’s Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation Grant. Drew works alongside her supervisor Dr. Alexander Uhl at the Laboratory for Solar Energy and Fuels.
Building Community
Christopher Paul knows a thing or two about community. The four-year Mechanical Engineering student grew up in numerous communities across British Columbia until his family moved to West Kelowna when he was in middle school.
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.