Project Lab celebrates 40th Anniversary
On the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Eng Phys Project Lab, and the reunion of the Eng Phys class of ’78, we are proud to announce the creation of the Boye Ahlborn Endowment for the Engineering Physics Project Laboratory, seeded and created by a generous initial donation from Scott Phillips (ENPH’89), Founder and […]
Admiral Trackbar wins 2018 Engineering Physics Robot Competition
Congratulations to all the competitors for an amazing event. Well done! Team Admiral Trackbar: “We got a taste of how much work it takes to do a seemingly straightforward task. We realized the importance of defining the scope of the problem you want to solve, and setting realistic goals. If you keep these in mind […]
Info Session for high school students – Sunday, January 20, 2019
UBC Engineering Physics invites talented and motivated high school students and their parents to an annual free orientation event to visit our research and teaching facilities, meet students and faculty, and discover the unique breadth and opportunities provided by our program. Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. to be held in the Forestry Sciences […]
2nd Place at Western Engineering Competition and the Canadian Engineering Competition
Congratulations Engineering Physics students Jenny Yang (2nd from Left) and Andrew Dworschak (R), and Mechanical Engineering students and Connor McFadyen and Allan Ng on their 2nd place finish at the Western Engineering Competition in Banff and second place in the Canadian Engineering Competition 2017! In the Western competition, teams of 4 had 8 hours to […]
2018 Western Engineering Competition
Left to Right: Anthony Ydenberg (WEC2018 Chair), Navjashan Singh, Jenny Yang, Spencer Pollock (Director of Programming) Congratulations Jenny Yang and Navjashan Singh! “The Western Engineering Competition (WEC) is Canada’s largest undergraduate engineering competition and is an annual, three-day event which involves 12 – 14 universities from across western Canada. It was founded in 1985 with […]
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: […]
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 […]
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.
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.