Taking it one step at a time
Rodriguez was interested in exploring research, and applied for an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) with Assistant Professor Vicki Komisar. “As I investigated possible research I could explore, it opened my eyes to a research that I didn’t even consider to be in the realm of engineering.”
Catch your breath and reflect
Not very often does a student get recommended for a research role by an industry collaborator, but that is exactly how fourth-year Electrical Engineering student Joel Johnson began his NSERC’s Undergraduate Student Research Award program research with Electrical Engineering Professor Kenneth Chau and VO2 Master.
Turning waste into fuel
Third-year Mechanical Engineering student Abigail Stokes never thought she’d find herself working with waste treatment sludge as she had aspired to work in the automotive or biomedical industry. Instead, as she starts her second-semester of third year, Stokes is well-ensconced in waste treatment sludge as an undergraduate researcher at UBC Okanagan’s Bioreactor Technology Group (BTG).
Next-generation battery research offers electric cars a boost
UBCO’s collaboration with Fenix Advanced Materials kicks into high-gear
2022 UBCO Concrete Toboggan Team Preparing for competition
After a year that featured a virtual competition, as a result of the pandemic, the UBC Okanagan Concrete Toboggan team is ready to put their best sled forward at the 2022 event.
Smart windows can significantly reduce indoor pathogens
Researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus determine daylight can disinfect surfaces
Rehan Sadiq Appointed UBC Okanagan Provost pro tem
Effective February 1, 2022, Dr. Rehan Sadiq will serve as UBC Okanagan’s Provost and Vice-President, Academic pro tem.
COVID-19 has changed the way we grocery shop
UBCO research investigates post-pandemic shopping habits
Graduates careers take flight at KF Aerospace
Both KF Aerospace and UBC Okanagan are engines for the Okanagan economy, and continue to develop opportunities for collaboration. From co-op programs to research and employment, the future for both continues on an upward trajectory.
Graduate researcher received SRK Canada Scholarship
Shayan Sheikhi Narani, who is currently pursuing a PhD in civil engineering at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering, was recently awarded an SRK Canada Graduate Scholarship for the 2021/22 academic year.