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UBC Applied Science Strategic Priority Area
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Our graduates are well-rounded innovators who are solving complex, wide-ranging challenges; driving economic development locally and nationally; positively impacting society, and yielding tremendous global impact. And through our teaching practices, research and community engagement, we are breaking new ground in how knowledge is accessed and delivered.
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A team of 28 UBC Okanagan engineering students won this year's Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race in Newfoundland. Each team designed and built a toboggan with concrete sliding surfaces, a safety roll cage and a mechanical steering and braking system.
UBC engineering students came second place in a competition where they had to respond to emergencies resulting from a simulated earthquake.
Five teams of collaborating PhD students and faculty members at UBC have received funding from the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) new PhD CoLab pilot program. Awards range from $30,000 to $100,000 and total nearly $340,000 during this pilot year.
Mehak Parihar, a first-year engineering student at UBC Okanagan, is one of seven youths across Canada who have been awarded the honour for her exceptional leadership, dedication to service and remarkable achievements within her community.
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