Engineering students

News and Activities

2024

  • VIU Engineering and Earth Science build open-source AR Sandbox to visualize key geological and civil engineering concepts to the classroom.
  • Engineering instructor Xueling Luo and technician Devin Ayotte build an open-source robot arm to combine theory and practice in robotics education.

2022

  • First-Year Engineering Transfer student, Shereen Lee, receives an NSERC Student Ambassador grant to promote sustainable engineering solutions to local high school students
  • VIU Engineering students compete in a soapbox derby on the Nanaimo campus
  • The Department welcomes Dr. Mehdi Mirzaee as a new Faculty member.  Mehdi comes to VIU from the Islamic Asad University (Tehran) where he was an assistant professor in the Civil engineering department .  He has designed hydraulic structures and studied water resources and hydrology as a consulting engineer. 

2021