Optimizing solar energy
A new residential solar energy system atop the VEDA student residences near UBC’s Okanagan campus is being analyzed, and may serve as a real-world lab for UBC researchers.
Student Profile – Enrique Calderon
For Enrique Calderon, a fourth-year Electrical Engineering (with a Computer Science minor) student, his dream to become a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force has taken him to UBC’s Okanagan campus (which happens to be situated across highway 97 from the Kelowna international Airport).
School of Engineering awarded one of two Bauder Professorships in Experiential Learning & Leadership
Jonathan Verrett and Jannik Eikenaar, assistant professors of teaching in the UBC Faculty of Applied Science, have been named the augural recipients of the Marshall Bauder Chairs in Experiential Learning and Leadership.
Going to the dentist during COVID just got safer
New findings from UBC Okanagan indicate effectiveness of AIIR system as an additional layer of airborne infection control in dental offices.
Undergraduate Student Profile – Aidan Mundle
Aidan Mundle is a Schulich Scholar, and a second-year Manufacturing student at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering. What drew you to engineering? And to UBC Okanagan? I have always loved to innovate and invent. I feel like the opportunity to learn how to turn these ideas into reality, and earn a living at the same […]
Researchers seek to harness new schemes to enable 6G networks and improve data speeds
With data traffic expected to continue to grow exponentially with increased smartphone and machine-type communication, researchers at UBC and KAUST are looking at ways to adapt current and future technology to address the impending crunch. Anas Chaaban, assistant professor at the School of Engineering on UBC’s Okanagan campus, is setting his sights on merging existing […]
Indigenizing of Engineering
Associate Professor Ian Foulds, the UBC Okanagan Principal’s Research Chair (Tier 1) in Indigenous Reconciliation in Engineering, is passionate about engaging and consulting with Indigenous communities in engineering contexts.
Undergraduate Student Profile – Shahera Islam
Shahera Islam is an international student from Dhaka, Bangladesh who is in her fifth year of the Electrical Engineering program.
Freedom 35
When Montana Reid retired in 2018, he was only 8 years removed from completing his engineering BASc at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering.
Undergraduate Student Profile – Shriya Agrawal
Shriya Agrawal is an international student from Dar Es Salaam Tanzania who entering her fourth year in the Mechanical Engineering program.