Built to win: UBC Okanagan engineering students claim King of the Hill title
UBC Okanagan’s Great Northern Concrete Toboggan team on the course with their winning sled. A team of 23 engineering students from UBC Okanagan has earned national recognition at the 2026 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race. Facing competition from approximately 20 universities across Canada, the student-led team earned first-place finishes in Technical Report, Braking, Steering and […]
Women in STEM: Turning Ideas into Impact Through Entrepreneurship
What does it look like to build a career at the intersection of STEM and entrepreneurship? On February 26, UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering, WeBC, and ETSI-BC will host a Women in STEM Entrepreneurship panel featuring women founders who are turning technical expertise into real-world impact. Event Details Date: Thursday, February 26, 2026 Time: Networking […]
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 […]