2023 UBC Killam Doctoral Scholar Profile (Kishoare Tamanna)
Kishoare Tamanna is a PhD Student in Civil Engineering and UBC Killam Doctoral Scholar at the School of Engineering. She works in the Applied Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Structures (ALAMS) and the UBC Smart Structures Lab under the supervision of Professors Shahria Alam and Tony Yang.
2023 UBC Killam Doctoral Scholar Profile (Rubaiya Rumman)
Rubaiya Rumman is a PhD Student in Civil Engineering and UBC Killam Doctoral Scholar at the School of Engineering. She works in the Applied Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Structures (ALAMS) under the supervision of Professor Shahria Alam.
Undergraduate Student Profile – Solomon Thiessen (BASc, Electrical ’23)
Solomon Thiessen received the 2023 EGBC Certificate in Engineering presented to the graduating student with the highest standing in the School of Engineering and was awarded a Governor-General’s Silver Medal.
Two School of Engineering students receive prestigious scholarships
Each year, the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) awards scholarships to 72 outstanding SPIE Student Members based on their potential contribution to optics and photonics, or a related discipline.
School of Engineering Convocation 2023 – Celebration of Excellence
397 graduates will cross the stage on June 9 as part of the UBC Okanagan Applied Science convocation with 262 undergraduate and 135 graduate degrees being conferred.
Stober Foundation Engineering Undergraduate Studies Scholar – Ciana Dawydiuk-Clozza
Entering her third year as a Stober Foundation Engineering Undergraduate Scholar, Dawydiuk-Clozza says the support from the scholarship is a game-changer.
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.
Strong finish inspires Solar Decathlon team to take it to the next level
A second-place finish at an international competition is motivating a team made up of students from UBCO and TRU to learn from their success to date and start preparing for next year’s competition.
School of Engineering’s inclusive design project wins praise with unique adaptive device
For someone with limited mobility, tying their shoelaces can be challenging, but a new device developed by students at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering seeks to remove many of the barriers to completing the task. Inspired by ENGR 407 “Inclusive Design,” a group of classmates joined together in search of an inclusive/adaptable project. Working off […]
IDS Design Club continues to flourish
It has been almost three years since a group of dedicated engineering students decided to launch a design club focused on sustainable solutions. Since then, Innovate, Design, Sustain (IDS) has been building upon the momentum those founding members established. “We started at the beginning of pandemic with an idea that we could bring together what […]