Engineering Physics students Tyler Lum and Cailin Ringstrom chosen as Wesbrook Scholars, most prestigious designation at UBC
Congratulations Tyler Lum and Cailin Ringstrom chosen as Wesbrook Scholars for 2021-2022! 2 of the 20 UBC students selected this year are in Engineering Physics. The honour recognizes outstanding academic performance, leadership, involvement in student and community activities, and may include participation in sports.
2022 Eng Phys Admission Process
To apply for Engineering Physics for fall of 2022, we will ask you to submit a 5 min video version of your personal statement sometime in March, at the same time that you sign up for an in-person interview. Interviews will take place on April 27, 28, and 29. This year we will only interview […]
Congratulations Emily Love, recipient of 3 awards from the Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference 2021
Emily Love, 4th year Engineering Physics student, is awarded Best Student Presentation in the particle or nuclear physics category, First Overall Scoring Student Presentation, and Best Oral Presentation at the Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference (CUPC) 2021. The Conference, sponsored by Ryerson University in 2021, was held virtually on November 4 – 7. Love is currently […]
Canalyst, a financial data company co-founded by Eng. Phys. Alumnus Damir Hot, secures US $70 Million venture funding
Canalyst co-founders Damir Hot (left) and James Rife (right), UBC alumni.
USRA student experiences
The Department of Physics and Astronomy chats with USRA Award Summer 2021 recipients. Read Communications Co-ordinator for the Department, Theresa Liao’s article here.
Eng. Phys. Capstone Project leads to precision water and fertilizer distribution technology Start Up
Engineering Physics 2020 Alum Arthur Chen’s Start Up company, Verdi, has developed a customizable water and fertilizer delivery system featured at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021, a Silicon Valley platform for young start ups. What began as a project in ENPH 459 with Jessica Chapman and Nishad Jamaldeen has become a sought-after technology in agriculture. Verdi’s next […]
Autonomous Sweeping Service Bot wins ENPH 253 Robot Competition
Autonomous Sweeping Service Bot wins ENPH 253 Robot Competition. Congratulations! (L – R) Kevin Barr, Mackenzie Mar, Ashli Forbes, Tristan Laughlin
Annual Robot Competition in ENPH 253 will be held virtually on August 5 @ 10 a.m.
The theme this year is “Return Samples From Mars.” Bernhard Zender of the Engineering Physics Project Lab explains the concept: “Teams have to grab cans (aka samples), stash them on their robot, and place them in a rack which presumably would be on the rocket, for traveling back to Earth. Teams are invited to include […]
Congratulations Krysten Zissos, recipient of 2021 Global Impact Scholarship
Engineering Physics student Krysten Zissos receives a 2021 Global Impact Scholarship from Palantir. Krysten is the first UBC student to receive the scholarship. Well done Krysten! More information about the scholarship is here.
First place finish for Eng. Phys. students in Citadel West Coast datathon
Engineering Physics students Ben Huckell (left) and Jason Zhou (right)