SoE Student Spotlight – Abrar Mahir, Mechanical Engineering – Convocation Speaker
Abrar Mahir is a recent Mechanical Engineering graduate from the University of British Columbia with a passion for aerospace, automotive innovation, and community impact. Originally from Bangladesh, Abrar is the recipient of the UBC Major Entrance Scholarship, Outstanding International Student Award, Dr. Spiro Engineering Memorial Award, and Provost’s Award for Teaching Assistants & Tutors. His […]
Faculty profile – Klaske van Heusden
Dr. van Heusden’s research enables high performance and high precision in robotics and mechatronics through data-driven and learning control.
Undergraduate Student Profile – Madison Smith
A fourth year mechanical engineering student, Madison Smith, talks about the vital role extra-curricular activities have played in her building a community at the School of Engineering.
New biomedical course seeks to improve the lived experience of those impacted by dementia
Students in ENGR 423 Wearable Devices connect with community partners to uncover innovative solutions
Graduate Student Receives Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation Grant
Amandine Drew is among three recipients of this year’s Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation Grant. Drew works alongside her supervisor Dr. Alexander Uhl at the Laboratory for Solar Energy and Fuels.
Undergraduate Student Profile – Kailey Beckie
Kailey Beckie is a Schulich Scholar and in her second-year of the Mechanical Engineering program at the School of Engineering on UBC’s Okanagan campus.
Undergraduate Student Profile – Nathan Van Zyderveld
Nathan Van Zyderveld is in his final year of the Mechanical Engineering program.
Undergraduate Student Profile – Megha Desai
Megha Desai is in her third-year of the Mechanical Engineering program, and serves as the 2021 Vice-President Communications at the UBC Okanagan Women in 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.
Making engines roar: The story of a lost fuel
UBC researchers have laid the ground-work to improve gas turbine engine design through debunking a 40-year old theory used as a basis of understanding how combustion is calculated.