A team of UBC engineering physics students is putting their projects to the test in a classroom obstacle race involving robots and stuffed animals in need of a rescue.

UBC Snowstar, a team of UBC engineering physics students, unveiled their latest prototype of their solar-powered space elevator robot, set to compete in the 2007 NASA Beam Power Challenge.

Engineering physics students build rescue robots for the August 7 competition. Credit: UBC Engineering Physics Date/Time: Thursday, August 7, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Location: Room 100, Hebb ...

For UBC physics engineer, the sky's the limit in his souped-up BMW "One reason I love racing so much is I can practice my engineering talent in a way that pays back immediately in my sport, as ...

Simon Bambey, a fifth-year engineering physics student who founded UBC Rocket in 2016, called the challenge “very ambitious” but one that pushes students to new frontiers.

Once again, UBC engineering physics students are building robots for an in-person robot showdown to be held on Thursday, August 11.

Canadian Donna Strickland became the third woman ever to win the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday. A UBC professor explains how she's working toward inspiring more underrepresented young students ...

Elisabeth Maurer, a UBC clinical assistant professor of pathology and Canadian Blood Services scientist, designed the instrument, and Keddie Brown, a fourth-year UBC engineering physics student ...

University of British Columbia's engineering physics students raced against time in a heated competition last week. They had to create robots that could identify plush toys through an obstacle course ...

Education UBC physics and astronomy department encourages members to join scientists in one-day strike against racism One of the most famous peer-reviewed journals in the world, Nature, has also ...