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UBC students build autonomous sailboat to cross the Pacific Ocean

CBC | | Media coverage

UBC engineering students have built an autonomous, solar-powered sailboat which is set to sail for Hawaii this month.

UBC SALA students bring resilience and relief through bespoke water fountains and misters

| Announcement

Fuki no Mizu is an initiative that provides this year's Powell Street Festival attendees drinking water and mist for cooling through pavilion structures. This was designed by a team of UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture…

Future of Work

| Landing page

The nature of work is changing as new models such as gig and informal economies emerge, and there is a shift to a more data driven, digitally collaborative, global society.

Being Patient with my Future 

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Top prospects: Leading innovators from the Class of 2022

The Financial Post | | Media coverage

BC invests $25M into new School of Biomedical Engineering facility

| Announcement

UBC is building a new purpose-built facility for the school, aided by this $25 million grant from the Government of British Columbia. The province’s investment will result in better health care for all British Columbians.

Pursuing my passion in building a sustainable future

| Spotlight

I was born and raised in Hong Kong, studied high school and university in the UK, and had previously worked in the UK and Hong Kong.

Beyond Mechanical Engineering and into the unknown

| Spotlight

As I was starting my degree at the School of Engineering, I really had no idea what career I wanted once I finished. But what I did have was an overwhelming number of ideas of what my career could be, like working with renewable energy technologies…

Skin in the game: Engineering technology for a better future

| Spotlight

I am a Biomedical Engineering graduate student, with my research focusing on soft sensors for artificial skin applications. I recently started my Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, after graduating from UBC with a M.A.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering…

Two new UBC startups fight plastic pollution

The Province | | Media coverage

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