Celebrating Our Environmentale Photo Contest Winners!
(In Photo, L to R: Gabrielle Pierce, and Zoë Geller-Alford) This summer, our undergraduate students in the Environmental Engineering programs truly showcased their diverse experiences and incredible talents through our “Environmentale” Photo Contest! With over 11 submissions and more than 70 votes cast by members of our program, we’re thrilled to announce our two winners. […]
Conference on Sustainability in Engineering
By Anna Vu and Laura Fredrickson The Conference on Sustainability in Engineering (CSE) was a three-day, national conference that gathered 82 of the top engineering students from across Canada to learn about sustainability and discuss its applicability to their engineering career and everyday life. It was a stage for student leaders to share their passion […]
Co-op Experience at Hemmera
By Aya Costa My first co-op experience was with an environmental consulting company called Hemmera. I worked on their Site Assessment and Remediation team for eight months assisting environmental engineers and scientists with contaminated sites related projects. In my position as an Environmental Engineering Co-op Student, I experienced a balanced mix of office and field […]
Learning Beyond the Classroom
By Kimberley Hort When my cohort got around to having the option of joining the UBC Engineering Co-op Program, oil prices had just crashed and tens-of-thousands of jobs in the oil and gas sector were lost. The first positions to go were the co-ops. A lot of people in my year couldn’t find work through […]
My Semester Studying in Denmark
By Elsa Langill From the colorful world famous houses in Nyhavn to the sprinkling of many castles throughout, Copenhagen is a beautiful city and has become one of my favorite places. Doing a semester abroad in Denmark has been a life changing eye opening experience. The different style of schooling with only 2 classes per […]
Kimberly Gulevich, B.A.Sc. ’15, Environmental Engineering
What has made your time at UBC the most memorable? There were many unique learning opportunities – both inside and outside of the classroom that made my time at UBC memorable, but the most memorable aspects of my time at UBC was the informal time spent with professors, peers and other members of the […]
ENVE Student is UNBC’s Top Female Athlete
Sydney Roy, an undergraduate student in the joint UBC-UNBC Environmental Engineering (ENVE) program, has been named University of Northern BC’s top female athlete of 2015. Roy set a new record for goals in a season when she scored her sixth goal in a season’s final match against Thompson Rivers University. More information on this story […]
ENVE Team Wins 2015 BCWWA Student Design Competition
BC Water and Waste Association 2015 Student Design Competition Project name: Biomass to Biogas: Recommendations for Anaerobic Digestion at the Kelowna Wastewater Treatment Plant The winners of the BCWWA student design competition have the opportunity to compete in the North American student design competition at WEFTEC, the Water Environment Federation’s annual conference and technical exhibition. […]