Capstone Design Projects
A capstone design project is a major component of our engineering curriculum.
UBC Researchers Design Ultrasound Scanner Network for COVID19
UBC researchers are collaborating with local partners to establish a network of portable, handheld ultrasound scanners that can soon accelerate COVID-19 diagnosis in B.C. and potentially beyond.
Bo Fang Wins Award in Dependable Computing!
Bo Fang, an ECE Ph.D. student has been awarded the William C. Carter PhD Dissertation Award in Dependability for his Ph.D. thesis, titled Approaches for Building Error Resilient Applications.
MASc Student Selected to Attend 2020 Heidelberg Laureate Forum!
ECE MASc student, Aarti Kashyap has been has been recently invited to participate in the 2020 Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) in Germany.
ECE Researchers Join the Fight Against COVID-19!
Researchers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC have joined the fight against COVID-19.
Hossam Shoman Wins 1st Place in ECE Heat’s 3MT Competition!
In February, Hossam Shoman won first place in ECE Heat’s 3MT Competition and has also secured a spot in the UBC 3MT Semi-Finals for his presentation, “A Stable Laser, without an Isolator”.
Ahmed E. Mostafa Wins 2nd Place in ECE Heat’s 3MT Competition!
Ahmed Elhamy Mostafa joined the ECE department in September 2015 and officially started his research about “Medium Access Control and Resource Allocation for Massive IoT” in January 2016.
Hey Google, are my housemates using my smart speaker?
Surveys show that consumers are worried that smart speakers are eavesdropping on their conversations and day-to-day lives. Now University of British Columbia researchers have found that people are also concerned about something else.
Research Feature: VocalTube
The VocalTube project, led by graduate student Debasish Ray Mohapatra, talks about how speech is an essential mechanism for communication and expressing emotions.
Robotics and Control Lab wins student paper awards at SPIE Medical Imaging 2019
Congratulations to the Robotics and Control Laboratory, whose team has received both the first place and the second place student paper awards in image guided procedures, robotics Interventions and modeling at SPIE Medical Imaging 2019.