Alumna Profile – Sayra Gorgani (BASc ’23, Electrical)
Where are you from? What brought you to UBC Okanagan? I am originally from Turkey. I came to UBC Okanagan to become a part of a world-renowned university while still enjoying the benefits of a more close-knit campus setting. After arriving, I participated in the Jump Start orientation program, which quickly integrated me into campus […]
UBC Okanagan Engineering students earn podium finish at national competition
SOE students collaborate and innovate on their way to second place showing at Canadian Engineering Competition A team of four second-year engineering students from UBC Okanagan (UBCO)’s School of Engineering cruised to a second-place finish at the 40th annual Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC) in Calgary. CEC brings together more than 200 engineering undergraduate students from […]
Provincial investment boosts seats in Electrical, Mechanical Engineering at UBCO
The below media release was shared on Friday, April 12, 2024 by UBC Okanagan and has been re-posted in this space as it highlights seat expansions in the School of Engineering’s Electrical and Mechanical Engineering programs. A message from Dr. Will Hughes, Director of the School of Engineering: “Today is an exciting day for the […]
Alumni Profile – Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Postdoctoral Fellow (Electrical)
Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and an assistant professor at the Abu Dhabi campus of NYU.
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.
Alumni Profile – Fang (Fiona) Fang, PhD ’18 (Electrical)
Fang (Fiona) Fang is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and an assistant professor at the Western University .
School of Engineering team takes second place at ComSoc internet for all competition
graduate research team from UBC Okanagan placed second in North America in the IEEE Communication Society’s Internet for All Competition.
Building Community
Christopher Paul knows a thing or two about community. The four-year Mechanical Engineering student grew up in numerous communities across British Columbia until his family moved to West Kelowna when he was in middle school.
A circuitous journey to find inspiration
Building a cleaner and more sustainable planet is motivating third-year Electrical Engineering student Erika Pineo. She spent the last 16-months on co-op with 2 different organizations after completing her first two-years of undergraduate studies.