Engineering perseverance fuels success in sustainable BC transit
Meet Parash Subedi, UBC Okanagan Master of Engineering (M.Eng) Mechanical alumnus (2024). He shares his epic ride from chasing the bus after evening study sessions on campus to helping B.C. achieve a more sustainable transit future. Tell us a bit about yourself From sprinting to catch the last late-night BC Transit bus from the UBC […]
Community Partner: Cyan Bold Design
The Masters of Design (MDes) program got a new look this spring. MDes Director, Megan Smith, and Communications Strategist, Shauna Oddleifson, worked with local designer Chris Bingham from Cyan Bold Design to create a new visual identity for the program. Chris Bingham, CDPTM, is the graphic designer responsible for Cyan Bold Design in Kelowna, BC. […]
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 Okanagan’s new Master of Design builds leadership potential
The newly formed Master of Design degree at UBC Okanagan is a first for professional master’s degrees in Canada, and it’s now accepting applications. UBCO’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, School of Engineering and Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences created the interdisciplinary program to help answer vital questions affecting the […]
Stober Foundation Engineering Graduate Studies Scholar – Alexis Guidi
Like a lot of students entering engineering, Alexis Guidi had an affinity for math and physics. “I loved math and physics, but I thought engineering was just building stuff with a dash of math,” says Guidi. What she came to realize was that engineering took her passion for math and physics to another level by applying those principles to solve real-world problems.
Alumni Profile – Atousa Soltani, PhD (Civil ’15)
Atousa Soltani is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and a Product Developer at Lululemon. Describe your academic journey I graduated from University of Tehran with a Bachelors in Economics. My undergraduate studies specialized in theoretical economics which involved substantial mathematics and statistics courses, which later helped me […]
Alumni Profile – Fang (Fiona) Fang, PhD ’18 (Electrical)
Fang (Fiona) Fang is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and an assistant professor at the Western University .
UBC Okanagan hosts virtual Nobel Night event
Planets, poverty, peace and powerful batteries. The science and activism behind all of these are tied together this year by the lasting legacy of Alfred Nobel’s annual recognition for game-changes.
UBCO professors explain the brilliance behind this year’s Nobel Prize winners
Planets, poverty, peace and powerful batteries. The science and activism behind all of these are tied together this year by the lasting legacy of Alfred Nobel’s annual recognition for game-changes.
UBCO students put cosmic ray research aloft
A group of UBC Okanagan students have won the opportunity to launch a science experiment into the stratosphere with help from the Canadian Space Agency.