School of Engineering students gain new insight at global preservation conference
The 2018 Association for Preservation Technology focused on preserving historic structures and their settings while engaging student teams in a timber bridge design competition.
Securing the future of distributed energy
Researchers at the School of Engineering are aiding utility companies to re-image how power can and should be distributed using renewable sources
Innovating augmented and virtual reality
UBC Okanagan researchers are developing micro-lens arrays that are changing the scale of augmented and virtual reality equipment.
Alumni Profile – Muntasir Billah, PhD
Muntasir Billah is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and an assistant professor at Lakehead University.
School of Engineering graduate student wins Young Scientist Award at Global Conference
PhD student Matiyas Bezabeh was awarded the Young Scientist Award at the 2018 World Conference on Timber Engineering held in Seoul Korea last month.
Multi-faceted research initiative addresses emerging challenges in the natural gas sector
A diverse group of researchers from UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering is tackling some of the most pressing challenges in British Columbia’s natural gas sector.
Building for tomorrow
The School of Engineering on the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia is pleased to unveil its strategic plan.
Making a difference in West Africa
While many students spent the spring and summer terms working to gain experience and some money, third-year mechanical engineering student Shola Fashanu was in Ghana working for a small start-up supported by Engineers Without Borders Canada.
Alumni Profile – Rajeev Ruparathna, PhD ’19 (Civil)
Rajeev Ruparathna is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and an assistant professor at the University of Windsor.
Graduate Student Profile – Ashraf Ahsan (MASc ’19)
Ashraf Ahsan uses Raman spectroscopy to study the influence on the crystallinity and scattering of carbon thin films that have been synthesized using different deposition techniques by varying the Raman laser’s wavelengths or frequencies.