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Jun 10, 2019 | Spotlight

Vasilii was a PhD candidate in the UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) program who graduated in May 2020. After a failed attempt to commercialize his research on smart polymers, he quickly pivoted and co-founded Innovation OnBoard (IOB…

Jun 10, 2019 | Spotlight

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.

Jun 07, 2019 | Spotlight

“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!).”

Jun 05, 2019 | Spotlight

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…

Jun 05, 2019 | Spotlight

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…

Jun 05, 2019 | Spotlight

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…

Jun 05, 2019 | Spotlight

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…

May 28, 2019 | Spotlight

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…

May 28, 2019 | Spotlight

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…

May 27, 2019 | Spotlight

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…