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An engineering degree launches a career in business consulting

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Job: Consultant at Boston Consulting GroupWould you be surprised to learn that a degree in mining engineering can launch a career in business consulting? Denny Tian says that the knowledge and problem-solving skills he acquired in mining engineering…

What’s it like to work on high-end business jets?

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Job: Electrical Software Cabin Systems Integration Engineer, BombardierCynric Li loved the project-focused nature of Integrated Engineering and being able to work on real-world, student-directed projects with his classmates in each year of the…

Work with a purpose: Consulting engineer designs energy-efficient buildings

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Job: Mechanical Engineer, CHA ConsultingDiego Sanchez started out in science but switched to engineering for something more hands-on and less theoretical. After completing the joint UNBC-UBC environmental engineering program, he launched his career…

How engineering skills transfer to the C-suite

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Job: President and CEO of Banyan Gold Corporation

Building an impressive portfolio of projects through co-op

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How did you get interested in engineering?I was actually set on being a psychiatrist and had been accepted at the University of Toronto for a psychology program. But then towards the end of my Grade 12 year I realized I wasn’t that keen on spending…

Integrated engineering alum is a multiskilled and inspiring trailblazer

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Job: Electrical Engineer, BC Hydro

Finding connections between civil engineering and tap dancing

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Why did you want to study engineering?My father is an engineer so I’ve always had the idea of studying engineering in the back of my mind as an option. When I began looking into university programs, I realized that…

Beyond AlphaFold: how AI is decoding the grammar of the genome

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UBC School of Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor Carl de Boer discusses the nuances of biochemical mechanisms on DNA in the pursuit of deciphering the role of non-coding DNA in the human genome.

UBC's new building for biomedical engineering may spark an entirely new industry

NUVO | | Media coverage

The idea behind the new Gordon B. Shrum Building, which houses the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering. 

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