UBC Engineering teams sweep podium at Simon Cox Student Design Competition
Students from UBC Okanagan and UBC Vancouver recognized for assistive technologies designed to improve lives and advance accessibility Student innovation, empathy and engineering ingenuity were on full display as teams from UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science claimed top honours at the 11th Annual Simon Cox Student Design Competition. Held on April 25 at the Blusson ICORD Centre in Vancouver, the competition challenged post-secondary students from across British […]
School of Engineering’s inclusive design project wins praise with unique adaptive device
For someone with limited mobility, tying their shoelaces can be challenging, but a new device developed by students at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering seeks to remove many of the barriers to completing the task. Inspired by ENGR 407 “Inclusive Design,” a group of classmates joined together in search of an inclusive/adaptable project. Working off […]
School of Engineering design team wins Simon Cox Student Design Competition
A proprietary-free catheter drainage device, designed by a group of fourth year engineering students at UBC Okanagan has won the Simon Cox Student Design Competition.