Celebrating the 2024/25 Outstanding Instructors
This week, five School of Engineering faculty members were named recipients of the UBC Okanagan 2024/25 Outstanding Instructor Award. This recognizes exemplary instructors for their teaching over the past three years, with emphasis on the most recent academic year, based on an assessment of their teaching conducted by the Faculty/School in which they are appointed. […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Fawad Ahmed Najam
Meet Dr. Fawad Najam Dr. Fawad Najam joined UBC Okanagan (UBCO)’s School of Engineering as a lecturer in January 2024. His work focuses on the performance-based evaluation of built facilities under extreme loads, e.g., severe earthquakes and winds. He studies seismic resilience of innovative structural systems, site-specific seismic hazard analysis, earthquake vulnerability assessment of existing […]
Dr. Jannik Haruo Eikenaar appointed Academic Director for the Centre for Teaching and Learning
Congratulations to Dr. Jannik Haruo Eikenaar who has been appointed Academic Director for the Centre for Teaching and Learning at UBC Okanagan, effective September 1, 2024, for a three-year term. In this role, Dr. Eikenaar will provide academic leadership and insight into the Centre for Teaching and Learning programming and operations, as well as support […]
School of Engineering faculty and TAs among Provost teaching award recipients
At the 2022 Teaching Excellence Celebration, four members of the School of Engineering were recognized for their achievements.
UBC Okanagan recognizes Jannik Eikenaar with a Teaching Excellence and Innovation Award
The UBC Okanagan Teaching Excellence and Innovation Award acknowledges teaching excellence and innovation at Okanagan campus.
Connecting with students
It takes a special type of instructor to connect with their students, and Mehran Shirazi is such as instructor. Shirazi teaches APSC 173 Engineering Analysis II, APSC 177 Engineering Computation and Instrumentation (C++), and is just wrapping up APSC 179 Linear Algebra for Engineers.
Yang Cao recognized for teaching excellence and innovation
Cao, a Senior Instructor and Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering, was recognized for his student-centered teaching approach.
UBC Okanagan celebrates teaching excellence
The School of Engineering well-represented at the 2018 Provost’s Teaching Awards Reception in all categories.