Graduate Profile – Abdirahman Hajj Salad (BASc, Electrical ‘24)
Where are you from? I am from Nairobi, Kenya What brought you to UBC? I was drawn to UBC by its renowned engineering program, commitment to innovation, and the beautiful Okanagan campus. Additionally, the chance to study in a close-knit, diverse community and learn from distinguished faculty played a significant role in my decision. Why […]
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 […]
UBC Engineering students’ bench design lauded at national competition
SoE Team’s wellness bench aims to foster a healthier, more sustainable built environment on campus and beyond Innovate, Design, Sustain (IDS), a student design team from UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering recently earned second place at the national 2023-24 Wellness Bench Student Design Competition administered by the Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI). This year’s […]
UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering seeks to inspire the next generation this summer
SEED program offers high school students a chance to get hands-on learning experience UBC Okanagan engineering student Gurnoor Chawla knew she’d chosen the right path after an inspiring summer learning experience at the university while she was still in high school. Fast forward a few years later, now a third-year Electrical Engineering student at UBCO, […]
Victory by design: UBC Okanagan Engineering students take national toboggan title
A team of engineering students from UBC Okanagan notched an impressive victory at the Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR) in February.
Developing the leaders of tomorrow
Two fourth-year leadership courses at UBC Okanagan, one in engineering and the other in nursing, have developed a joint module to provide students with an opportunity to collaborate outside their respective disciplines.
IDS Design Club continues to flourish
It has been almost three years since a group of dedicated engineering students decided to launch a design club focused on sustainable solutions. Since then, Innovate, Design, Sustain (IDS) has been building upon the momentum those founding members established. “We started at the beginning of pandemic with an idea that we could bring together what […]
School of Engineering Unveils 2019 Student Ambassadors
This group of enthusiastic current students from each program discipline help provide prospective and current students a personal and informative connection to UBC Okanagan Engineering.
International Collaboration
Dwayne Tannant, professor of civil and geotechnical engineering, has collaborated with researchers from nearly every continent. As a professor, he has supervised graduate students from around the World.
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 […]