Topics: Rising Stars

Expanding Human Touch Through Teleoperation

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David Black, a PhD graduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is recognized as a 2026 UBC Applied Science Rising Star.

Strange is Change: Community and the Unconventional

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Robert Ferguson, Master of Architecture and Landscape Architecture graduate, is recognized as a 2026 UBC Applied Science Rising Star.

How do we build beyond crisis? Community!

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Nathan Manhas, a Master of Community and Regional Planning Alum, is recognized as a 2026 UBC Applied Science Rising Star.

A Journey of Strength, Growth, Purpose and Success

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Storay Otmankheil, a University of British Columbia Master of Applied Science graduate in Civil Engineering is recognized as a 2026 Rising Star.

Learning Never Stops

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Maryam Massoumi, a Master of Nursing - Nurse Practitioner Alum, is recognized as a 2025 UBC Applied Science Rising Star.

Across Borders and Futures: A Journey Toward Sustainable and Community-Centred Mining

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Mahjoba Shariq, a Master of Applied Science in Mining Engineering Alum, is recognized as a 2025 UBC Applied Science Rising Star.

Let’s Build a Just and Sustainable Future

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German Ocampo Salazar, a School of Community and Regional Planning graduate, is recognized as a 2025 UBC Applied Science Rising Star.

Learning by Building: How Curiosity led me to Spacecraft Systems

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Yousif El-Wishahy, a graduating Engineering Physics student is recognized as a 2025 UBC Applied Science Rising Star.

Reframing Architecture from Creating to Collaborating

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Robyn Adams, UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture graduate, is recognized as a 2025 UBC Applied Science Rising Star.

Engineering a new Career as a Mature Student

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Simon Ghyselincks, UBC Engineering Physics graduate, is recognized as a 2025 UBC Applied Science Rising Star.

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UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Musqueam; which means 'People of the River Grass') and Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history and traditions from one generation to the next.

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