Go Eng Girl Event Inspires Students to Fashion a More Sustainable Future
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering’s Geering Up team recently hosted 100 Grade 9-10 students from School District 23 to learn about sustainability in the fashion industry. After learning about the fast fashion industry and its impact on the environment, each group then had one hour to apply their newfound knowledge to design, assemble and present […]
Local high schoolers rev their engines
UBC Okanagan’s Motorsports Design Team played host recently to students from Kelowna Secondary School
2019 School of Engineering Open House A Success
Hundreds of community members and prospective students toured the UBC Okanagan campus and the School of Engineering on Saturday.
Exploring the world of engineering (through Stewards in Engineering Education Program)
A fascination with building things led Alex Salmon to participate in the SEED (Stewards in Engineering Education) Experience at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering.
Local Youth Embrace Engineering
Recently, the School of Engineering at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia welcomed students from Vernon Community School to participate in a STEM Fair with select participants given the opportunity to have their projects incubated in a UBC Okanagan research lab. According to School of Engineering Director, Mina Hoorfar, “this initiative was focused […]