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.
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.