MDDC Innovation Awards to 5th year FIZZers
Congratulations Abenezer Teklemariam, Carly Jones, Alejandro Baltazar, and Jae il (Chris) Lee, recipients of the MDDC Innovation Awards, which recognizes “Excellence in Biomedical Engineering Student Design and Innovation.” Their entry KneeSense began as a project in ENPH 479. KneeSense helps patients who have undergone knee replacement surgeries. It will be developed for clinical trials. Chris Lee: […]
Open House for 1st year Science and Engineering on November 24 in CHEM D200
An information session will be held for 1st year students in Science and APSC on Thursday, November 24 at 12:30 in CHEM D200. Students in the program and the program director, Andre Marziali, will be answering your questions and providing information about the Engineering Physics Program. Tours of the facilities will follow.
1st place finish at Western Engineering Competition
Congratulations to UBC engineering students Jenny Yang and Andrew Dworschak, Engineering Physics, and Connor McFadyen and Allan Ng, Mechanical Engineering, for a first place finish in the Junior Design component of the UBC Engineering Competition, held October 2015! The challenge for Junior Design was to build a launcher that could launch medical supplies to the […]
First Place Finish in Coding Challenge at UBC Google Games
Congratulations to Team ⑨ balls for their excellent performance at the UBC 2016 Google Games! L to R: Shahriar Noroozi Zadeh, William Choi, Kyle Ju, Gregory Zhang, Kevin Zhang. Kyle is studying Computer Science and Shahriar, William, Gregory and Kevin are Engineering Physics students. The Google Games is held annually in top universities around the world. The […]
Jett Pace wins ENPH 253 Robot Competition
Congratulations Ryan, Daniel, Brendan and Jonah for a first place finish in the 2016 Engineering Physics Robot Competition for winning entry Jett Pace! Students in ENPH 253 competed in teams, creating this year’s entries in UBER Bots: self-driving cars that picked up passengers in a table top city, then dropped them off at their destination, without […]
Andre Marziali receives 2016 Margaret Fulton Award
Engineering Physics Program Director Andre Marziali receives 2016 Margaret Fulton award in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the UBC student experience.
Engineering Physics Admission Interviews
The interviews for entry to Engineering Physics in September 2016 have now concluded. Interviews are mandatory for admission to this program. Students interested in applying can sign up for an interview slot in the spring.
Ripples in the fabric of spacetime confirm Einstein’s 1915 prediction
Congratulations to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory for confirmation of Albert Einstein’s prediction of the existence of gravitational waves. Dr. Bill Unruh, UBC Professor of Physics and Astronomy, elaborates: Just to follow up, this morning the LIGO collaboration announced that they have seen a gravity wave signal at both the detectors at Hanford Wash, and at […]
2016 Info Session for high school students was held January 24th
Over 200 senior high school students and parents came to UBC to hear about Engineering Physics from the program director, Andre Marziali, director of the project lab, Jon Nakane, Bernhard Zender, and students in the program. Attendance at this popular event increases every year. Check back in early 2017 for details and sign up.