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  • Student Ingenuity Abuzz on Design and Innovation Day 2024

    Student Ingenuity Abuzz on Design and Innovation Day 2024

    Originally published in UBC Engineering News From addressing environmental challenges to enhancing human well-being, the 240 capstone projects on display at the 2024 Design and Innovation Day showcase were a testament to the ingenuity and commitment of UBC’s aspiring engineers. The diverse array of projects represented the culmination of months of dedicated effort and creative…

  • Victor Sira Wins 2024 ECE/UBC Three Minute Thesis People’s Choice Award

    Victor Sira Wins 2024 ECE/UBC Three Minute Thesis People’s Choice Award

    Congratulations to Victor Sira, MASc student in Electrical Engineering and supervised by Dr. Sudip Shekhar, who received the ECE and UBC 3MT’s People’s Choice Award for the best presentation on “Robust Clock Generation for Microchips”. Learn more about Victor’s research, participation in 3MT, and advice for future contenders! Can you explain your research topic/thesis? My…

  • 2024 Design & Innovation Day

    2024 Design & Innovation Day

    Welcome to Electrical and Computer Engineering Design and Innovation Day! We are excited to share the projects our students have worked on over the final year of their undergraduate program! The capstone design project is a major component of the ECE engineering curriculum where students work in teams of four to six to design a…

  • 2024 3MT Participants

    2024 3MT Participants

    Get ready for ECE’s Three Minute Competition Heat, happening Wednesday, March 6 at 11am in room Kaiser 2020/2030! If you are interested in attending to watch the competition, please RSVP through the following link: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bQ5suiuRs0LCK1w To get an idea of the presentations, take a look at some of the thesis topics for this year’s heat!  Mohammadreza HallajiyanSecurity…

  • ECE/ECEGSA Research Day

    ECE/ECEGSA Research Day

    The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and ECEGSA (ECE Graduate Student Association) hosted a Research Day on January 24th, 2024! The event was a graduate student-led effort organized by ECEGSA to showcase the research of ECE graduate students through poster sessions and lightning talks.  The Research Day created an opportunity for students to show…

  • Two UBC Engineering students awarded 2024 Cansbridge Fellowship

    Two UBC Engineering students awarded 2024 Cansbridge Fellowship

    Originally published in UBC Engineering News University of British Columbia engineering students Lily Watt and Matthew Chow are among this year’s recipients of the Cansbridge Fellowship. They are two of 15 fellows who will be joining a week-long conference in New York, a summer internship in Asia enabled by a $10,000 scholarship, and a lifelong professional network. Watt, a third-year engineering…