Most successful Engineering Graduate Symposium to date
Over 80 attendees packed the EME on Saturday February 9, 2019 to attend the fifth annual Engineering Graduate Symposium presented by the UBC Okanagan Engineering Graduate Student Society. The symposium brings together graduate students, faculty and industry partners to share research topics, stimulate new ideas, and create potential collaborations. A broad range of topics related […]
Professional Activities Fund enhancing student’s perspectives
Opportunities arising from the School of Engineering’s Professional Activities Fund (PAF) are truly limitless.
Three School of Engineering students awarded Engineering & Geoscientist BC Scholarships
Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s Okanagan Branch 4th Year Engineering and Geoscience scholarship recognizes leadership, excellence in professionalism, community service and academics
Exploring the world of engineering (through Stewards in Engineering Education Program)
A fascination with building things led Alex Salmon to participate in the SEED (Stewards in Engineering Education) Experience at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering.
Alumni Profile – Nilufar Islam, PhD ’15 (Civil), PEng
Nilufar Islam (MASc, Civil ’10 & PhD, Civil’15) is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering.
Safeguarding Canadian dams
UBC researchers are collaborating with Trail, BC-based Austin Engineering Limited to investigate cutting-edge innovations in dam safety.
New research innovating real-time automated surveillance
UBC researchers are investigating new technologies that are making high-tech surveillance faster and more effective.
School of Engineering students gain new insight at global preservation conference
The 2018 Association for Preservation Technology focused on preserving historic structures and their settings while engaging student teams in a timber bridge design competition.
Securing the future of distributed energy
Researchers at the School of Engineering are aiding utility companies to re-image how power can and should be distributed using renewable sources
Innovating augmented and virtual reality
UBC Okanagan researchers are developing micro-lens arrays that are changing the scale of augmented and virtual reality equipment.




