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 […]
2023 UBC Killam Doctoral Scholar Profile (Alexander MacGillivray)
Alexander MacGillivray is a PhD Student in Electrical Engineering and UBC Killam Doctoral Scholar at the School of Engineering. He works in the The Integrated Optics Laboratory (IOL) under the supervision of Professor Jonathan Holzman.
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 .
Graduate Students awarded CERC Fellowships
Kishoare Tamanna and Amir Ahmadian have been awarded John Tiedje Fellowships in Clean Energy and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation from UBC’s Clean Energy Research Centre.
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.
Alumni Profile – Anas Issa, PhD ’18 (Civil)
Anas Issa is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and an assistant professor at the Lakehead University .
Graduate Student Profile – Kasper Juel Petersen
Kasper Juel Petersen is a PhD Student (Electrical Engineering), under the supervision of Dr. Joshua Brinkerhoff, investigating mathematical and numerical modelling of fluid flows—computational fluid dynamics. He is working towards completing his degree in 2023.
Alumni Profile – Mohammad Paknahad PhD ’18 (Mechanical)
In February 2020, Paknahad was named Vice-President of Technology Development at Cannabix Technologies Inc.
Alumni Profile – Nurmunira Muhammad, PhD ’19
Having a PhD is the beginning of my new academic journey. It taught me how to be organized, and how to structure scientific research in order to ensure that it leads to significant contributions to the body of knowledge. It’s never-ending work.
Alumni Profile – Husnain Haider, PhD ’15 (Civil)
Husnain Haider is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering at Qassim University in Saudi Arabia.