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The rocky road to mining engineering
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In high school I did everything. I was on several sports teams (including the curling team), I did band, leadership camp, theatre, arts classes, and writing. Any opportunity that seemed cool, I would absolutely sign up for — and things haven’t…
Combining engineering with social innovation
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Hi, my name is Bhushan! I grew up in Mauritius until the age of 12 and lived in Kenya, South Africa and the Philippines before moving to Vancouver in 2016. Residing in each of these countries played a significant role in developing my passions for…
Nursing school: blood, sweat, and tears (ours not our patients')
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I first graduated UBC in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and started the Bachelor of Science in Nursing immediately after. I have always been drawn to chasing experiences that would broaden my perspective while being able to give back to…
Engineering our food for the future
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I have always had a passion for food. Many of my earliest memories revolve around the dinner table and trying foods from both of my cultures. I was (and still am) very curious about the world around me, wanting to know why the world worked the way…
Planner passionate about transit and active modes of transportation
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Jimin is a second-year master’s student at the School of Community and Regional Planning with a passion for transportation planning and civic engagement. Through her program, she focused on researching barriers to e-bike adoption, evaluating the…
From admiring a hydroelectric dam at the age of 10, to becoming an electrical engineer
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I am an M.Eng student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program at UBC’s Vancouver campus. I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from India and joined UBC in September 2019, to add another feather to my cap.
Living the unexpected!
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My name is Sarah, I am from Yemen, and I have lived in four different countries including Canada for parts of my life. However, I did not find a warm-welcoming community as I did in Kelowna and UBCO. I received my B.Sc. degree in Electrical and…
Diversity is key: a tale of dentistry and machine learning
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In short, I’m a machine learning scientist, software engineer, entrepreneur/co-founder, and CTO, who used to be a Dentist! I’m all and none of the above, but a mere traveller from a kingdom far away, who seeks meaning in the butterfly effects of his…
Bridging materials and medicine: grasping the importance of interdisciplinarity
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My name is Betty and I am a graduating student in the UBC Materials Engineering program. My path to university began in 2015 when I entered the University Transition Program, an accelerated program at UBC that condenses five years of high school…
Let's be friends with fire
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Hi there! I am Sajjad, a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering working on Combustion. I was born and raised in Shabestar, an incredibly scenic and peaceful city in Iran. I moved to Tehran to study B.Sc. and M.Sc. at the Amirkabir University of…