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from UBC Engineering

OTP Research
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Engineering

a competitive edge

A team of UBC engineers is developing solutions to trim milliseconds from finishing times with the goal of providing a competitive edge for Canadian athletes. [Read more...]

Matt Tunnicliffe
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Engineering a place on

the Olympic team

"Right now, I think I could leave a legacy for snowboard cross as putting a brain to the brawn. As an engineer, I think I can step up the reputation of snowboard cross as a respectable sport." [Read more...]

Powered by Blood
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Fuel cells

powered by blood

The product of his research may have been deemed "the Vampire Battery" by the popular press, but Chin-Pang-Billy Siu prefers to describe it as "a yeast-powered fuel cell that feeds on the glucose in blood." [Read more...]

Graduate Student Profiles

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Listen to graduate students talk about their research at UBC Engineering.

Below is a list of international students at UBC Engineering who provided profiles about their research. It will give you an idea why students chose to come to UBC, what they like about Vancouver and what their career goals are. Profiles courtesy of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Student Degree Program Specialization
Al-kiswany, Samer PhD Electrical & Computer
Huang, Yingling PhD Mechanical
Mohammadi Zahrani, Ehsan PhD Materials
Taghavi, Seyed Mohammad PhD Chemical & Biological
Keshava Murthy, Krishna Nand MASc Electrical & Computer
Zaman, Sazid MASc Civil

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