School of Engineering Post-Doctoral Fellow takes top prize for soil research
Dr. Chinchu Cherian receives best presentation award at the 2021 UBC Okanagan Postdoc Research Day.
Creating the human-robotic dream team
UBCO engineers design system for robots to work well with human coworkers
Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards (IUSRA) Experience
Although she was confident and hopeful applying for an IUSRA, Shriya Agrawal was thrilled when she was accepted into the program. Working in Dr. Joshua Brinkerhoff’s UBC-Okanagan Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Agrawal investigated the impact of environmentally-friendlier and cheaper fuel alternatives in the marine, transportation, and aviation industries.
Dr. Spiro Yannacopoulos Award recipient seeks to leave lasting impact
Second-year mechanical engineering student, Ashish Giri is the 2021recipient of the Dr. Spiro Yannacopoulos International Engineering Student Memorial Award
12 School of Engineering researchers rank among the top 2% in their respective fields
The annual list of the world’s most productive and cited researchers is amassed by Stanford University
UBCO researcher examines the highs and lows of e-scooter rentals
Appetite for micro-mobility services has not diminished despite bumpy start
Alumni Profile – Anas Issa, PhD ’18 (Civil)
Anas Issa is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and an assistant professor at the Lakehead University .
Graduate Student Profile – Thais Ayres Rebello
Thais Ayres Rebello is a PhD Student (Civil Engineering), under the supervision of Drs. Kasun Hewage and Rehan Sadiq, developing methods to increase sustainability with urban water systems through a Life Cycle Thinking perspective.
Graduate Student Profile – Kasper Juel Petersen
Kasper Juel Petersen is a PhD Student (Electrical Engineering), under the supervision of Dr. Joshua Brinkerhoff, investigating mathematical and numerical modelling of fluid flows—computational fluid dynamics. He is working towards completing his degree in 2023.
Aircraft can get higher and greener from doped fuels
UBCO researchers cook up cleaner jet fuel with graphene nanomaterials