New faculty set to expand opportunities at School of Engineering
On a Zoom call in late November, three new faculty members met to discuss their preparations for the upcoming year. The three incoming faculty are among ten incoming faculty that are starting at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering over the next year.
Engineering Nanotech
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Connecting with students
It takes a special type of instructor to connect with their students, and Mehran Shirazi is such as instructor. Shirazi teaches APSC 173 Engineering Analysis II, APSC 177 Engineering Computation and Instrumentation (C++), and is just wrapping up APSC 179 Linear Algebra for Engineers.
Hands-on Learning
Relegated to studying from his family’s home in rural Ontario hasn’t stopped second-year Manufacturing student Aidan Mundle from getting a hands-on learning experience.
The Reality of Sci-fi
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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).
Inside first year, first term with Schulich Scholar James Ropotar
James Ropotar is in his first-year at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering. The Schulich Scholar started his journey to become a professional engineer in September 2020 (actually he started last year as a Dual Credit student with School District 23).
Inside first year, first term with Schulich Scholar Yosamin Esanullah
Yosamin Esanullah is in her first-year at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering. The Schulich Scholar started her journey to become a professional engineer in September 2020.
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 […]
Sustainable Cities
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