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Home / 2012 / August / 29 / Back to school update: School of Engineering

Back to school update: School of Engineering

By Patty Wellborn on August 29, 2012

Research highlights

The School of Engineering has a new microelectromechanical systems (MEMs) facility to build “lab on a chip” technology and new Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) facility. The Charles Fipke Foundation gave $500,000 to cover the cost of the SEM, and Western Economic Diversification (WED) Canada contributed $1.35 million to support its operational requirements, as well as build the MEMs fabrication facilities. The school is signing up industry partners for joint commercialization projects.

New faculty members

Mohammed S. Agamy, joins the School of Engineering from General Electric Corporate Research and Development in Niskayuna, N.Y. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University.

Technical staff

The School of Engineering welcomes machinist, Durwin Bossy, and numerous technicians: Michelle Tofteland, Harold Hiscock, Dean MacLellan, Ryan Mandau, Kenneth Mueller, and Tim Giesbrecht.

Support staff

The School of Engineering welcomes our new receptionist, Angela Perry, and assistant to the director, Couleen Maryschuk.

Promotions

The School of Engineering also congratulates the faculty members that received promotions this past year:

  • Yang Cao, senior instructor
  • Richard Klukas, associate professor
  • Gordon Lovegrove, associate professor
  • Abbas Milani, associate professor
  • Laura Patterson, senior instructor
  • Vladan Prodanovic, senior instructor
  • Rudolf Seethaler, associate professor
  • Ray Taheri, senior instructor.

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Patty Wellborn
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The University of British Columbia
Okanagan campus
Tel: 250 317 0293
E-mail: patty.wellborn@ubc.ca

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