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Pranav Menon, BASc '19, Integrated Engineering
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If there’s one way to describe Pranav, it would be an intrapreneur — someone that is ridiculously passionate about using their entrepreneurial mindset to solve problems not just through startups or ventures, but also within organizations.
Balpreet Kukreja, MEL '19, Clean Energy Engineering
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Balpreet’s background was in mechanical engineering before he fuelled his passion for clean technology by pursuing a master’s degree in clean energy engineering — part of UBC’s Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) program. He worked with his peers…
Daniel Luo, BASc '19, Civil Engineering
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“I gained so much by simply being present and diligent in every class, even if I had formed preconceived notions about it (read: skippable classes are a myth! Do not skip class!).”
Felipe Eltit, PhD '19, Biomedical Engineering
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I started my PhD journey after several years of dental clinical practice and teaching at the university level. In my practice, the major clinical problems that I faced involved the interaction of the human body with biomaterials. My clinical…
Keara Graham, BSN '19, School of Nursing
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After completing a Bachelor of Human Kinetics degree, Keara worked in various capacities in communities across Northern Ontario and Northern Quebec. It was partially through these experiences that she was driven to pursue nursing, as both a means…
Ashraf Ahsan, MASc '19, School of Engineering
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I’m a graduating student from the Electrical Engineering program at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus. I grew up in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, where I lived with my family. I have always been passionate about team…
Kevin Dsouza, PhD '19, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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I joined UBC as a master’s student working on information theory and machine learning, and after successfully completing that degree, have continued towards a PhD at the intersection of machine learning and genomics. While a master’s student I…
Lyana Patrick, PhD '19, School of Community and Regional Planning
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I am Dakelh from the Stellat’en First Nation in central British Columbia, and Acadian/Scottish on my mother’s side. My research contributes to the growing academic field of Indigenous Community Planning by looking at the planning and policy…
Soojin Lee, PhD '19, Biomedical Engineering
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I received my Master of Applied Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering from UBC in 2010 and worked for Samsung Engineering for about two years thereafter. Since 2014, I’ve been working towards completing my PhD in biomedical engineering; my…
Kate Burnham, BASc '19, Geological Engineering
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I got involved early and often when I joined UBC Engineering. I’m graduating from geological engineering and am the outgoing Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) President — two designations that I would have never considered ‘me’ before UBC. By…