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.
Help! The Pet Hospital is on fire! Pet-Rescue bots save the day
ENPH 253 students Tori Koelewyn and Dan Herdman test their robot, preparing for the Pet-Rescue Bots competition on August 6, 10 a.m. in Hennings 200. Everyone Welcome! All the latest here.
ENPH 459 group qualifies as MDDC Award Finalist
Alexander Toews, Darrick Lee and Elizabeth Wicks were selected as one of 6 finalist groups, chosen from 19 submissions from institutions across British Columbia in the MDDC Awards for Excellence in Biomedical Engineering Student Design and Innovation. The project was done as an 8-month long project course in ENPH 459 by the 3 fourth-year Engineering Physics students. […]
Engineers create UBC Aerial Drones Team, place 5th in Unmanned Systems Canada competition
A remote Canadian village is devastated by a train derailment and resulting explosions of containers filled with oil products. A few buildings are brought down. A toxic spill contaminates agricultural fields nearby. Authorities need assistance to evaluate the damage – how much of the agricultural fields are contaminated? Which structures within the disaster area have been […]
Engineering Physics team wins Google Games
“Houston, We Have Lift Off!” L to R Alexander Dale, Scott Lawson, Bardia Beigi, Ricky Hu, Ranesh Saha Engineering Physics team SemperFizz wins Google Games University of British Columbia 2015 on May 2. This years theme was “Out of this World.” Events involved trivia, a building challenge, puzzles, word association and coding competitions. Bardia: “We really […]
The medical “tricorder”
Prof. Andre Marziali thinks the genome revolution will change the way doctors can diagnose the bugs that ail us.
Lucas Cahill Co-op Student of the Year
Congratulations to Lucas Cahill, named Student of the Year by Science Co-op! “Throughout my time in the Science Co-op program, I have been fortunate enough to work both internationally, at Laser Zentrum in Germany, as well as nationally at the Brain Research Centre, UBC and at BC Cancer Research Centre. Co-op has allowed me to explore […]
Annual Project Fair was held on March 5
The UBC Engineering Physics Project Fair was held Thursday, March 5th, 2015, 5pm-9pm at the Irving Barber Centre, Victoria Theatre. In addition to the senior project posters, our two guest speakers talked about the technology and business opportunities in satellites and high-quality imaging from space. MDA’s RADARSAT Constellation project involves end-to-end design, fabrication, launch and operation […]
Afshin Haidari is awarded a Tim Mott EA Scholarship
5th year Engineering Physics student, Afshin Haidari, has been honoured with one of the five Electronic Arts scholarships available to interns and co-op students worldwide. Afshin was chosen for his strong potential for success in the interactive entertainment industry. “I have been in Engineering Physics from 2010, and have been searching for my niche. Since […]