Topics: Women in Engineering

May 16, 2019 | Spotlight

Throughout her degree, Veronica Knott has held multiple leadership roles including Chair of the National Conference on Women in Engineering in 2013, President of the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) in 2014-2015 and student member of the UBC…

May 09, 2019 | Spotlight

Ashna has always been someone with a little bit of “artistic chaos.” In the last five years, she has been an entrepreneur, an educator and a leader. In her second year, she co-founded Grounders Magazine which features new artists in a variety of…

May 03, 2019 | Spotlight

I am graduating from Engineering Physics with a Minor in Honours Mathematics. During my degree, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to explore a variety of different engineering fields. At UBC I worked on multiple student teams — ranging…

May 02, 2019 | Spotlight

I grew up in Kelowna BC, which made attending UBC Okanagan an easy choice for me. My studies began similar to most other students, but I was able to separate my experience from many others when I got involved with research on campus. I worked in the…

May 24, 2018 | Spotlight

Prior to my Master of Landscape Architecture I received a Bachelor of Architecture in Mumbai. Due to my affinity towards the field of landscape, I worked in a landscape design firm for a couple of years, contributing to a variety of…

May 11, 2018 | Spotlight

I chose the Okanagan campus because of its tight-knit community and small class sizes. In my first year I joined Alpha Omega Epsilon (AOE), an engineering and technical sciences sorority. I went on to hold multiple positions in the sorority…