Alumni Profile – Kasper Juel Petersen, PhD (Mechanical), ’24
Meet Kasper Juel Petersen who completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in August 2024, under the supervision of Dr. Joshua Brinkeroff at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering. Kasper was awarded the prestigious Carlsberg Foundation Visiting Fellowship to fund a two-year postdoctoral fellowship to University of Oxford. Valued at $200,000 CAD over two years, this major […]
Turning Waste into Possibilities: The UBCO Cleantech Hub
Note: This story was originally published on the Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan) website and is being shared for awareness within UBC Okanagan (UBCO) School of Engineering and UBCO Campus community. The University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus (UBCO) is paving the way to a greener future with an innovation hub dedicated to repurposing waste […]
Info Session, Oct. 29: Students invited to Go Global with UBC Engineering summer course in China
UBC Engineering students, take note: Are you interested in learning more about the Go Global program and enrolling in a new UBC Engineering course to be held in China summer 2025? Join an info session on Tuesday, October 29 at 5pm, for more information on this exciting course taught by UBC Okanagan School of Engineering […]
Discover Your Future at UBC Okanagan Engineering Open House on Nov. 2
High school and mature students welcomed to explore engineering pathways at UBCO How can we build more resilient communities in the face of climate change? What will the next leaps in solar or battery technology look like? What are the career paths for computer engineers in the age of AI? What are the job prospects […]
Alumni Profile – Parash Subedi, M.Eng ’24, Mechanical
Meet Parash Subedi, UBC Okanagan Master of Engineering (M.Eng) Mechanical alumnus (2024). He shares his epic ride from chasing the bus after evening study sessions on campus to helping B.C. achieve a more sustainable transit future. Tell us a bit about yourself From sprinting to catch the last late-night BC Transit bus from the UBC […]
Alumni Profile – Venedict Tamondong, BASc ’21, Mechanical Engineering
Meet Venedict Tamondong, UBC Okanagan Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Mechanical Engineering alumnus (2021). Tell us a bit about yourself My name is Venedict Tamondong (he/him), and I am a Project Engineer (EIT) with Capital Power out of Edmonton, AB. I graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from UBC’s School of […]
UBCO Engineering Researchers Awarded 2024 NSERC DISCOVERY Grants
2024 NSERC DISCOVERY Grant Awardees announced Today the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced more than $554 million is being invested in research over five years through the Discovery Research Program. Over $480 million of this funding provides new awards to researchers through the 2024 Discovery Research Program. An additional $72.4 […]
Graduate Profile – Madison Smith (BASc, Mechanical ’24)
Where are you from? Salt Spring Island BC What brought you to UBC? I chose UBC because it had a great reputation from those I talked to in my hometown. UBC offered engineering events for high school students to learn about their programs like Open House where I got to meet other students and see […]
UBCO Engineering graduand to receive Governor General’s Medal at Convocation
Liam Krebbers will be awarded the Governor General’s Silver Medal and UBCO Medal in Engineering On Friday, June 7, UBC Okanagan will confer more than 2,000 credentials to undergraduate and graduate students over the course of six convocation ceremonies. Among them will be Liam Krebbers, who in addition to his parchment will take home one […]
UBC Engineering student reflects on learning, community and impact as graduation approaches
UBC Okanagan (UBCO) School of Engineering student Megha Desai has had the date Friday, June 7, 2024 circled on her calendar for a while. For Desai, this date – her graduation day – marks more than the achievement of an educational dream years in the making: it also heralds the start of her exciting next […]