GeoRox - UBC

09/02/2019

Welcome back GeoRox! We are looking forward to meeting the new members of our department tomorrow! A reminder that we will be set up in EOSM 208 with the other EOAS clubs at 12. There will be pizza! Stay tuned for details about our own GeoRox Welcome Back BBQ. See you there!

03/25/2019

Thanks to everyone for coming out to our second field trip of the school year this past weekend! We visited Teck's Highland Valley Copper Mine where we toured the pits and tailings dam. Thank you to Thomas Beingessner from Teck and Matthew King from Piteau Associates for sharing your knowledge of the site!

Special thanks to our Platinum Sponsors, BGC Engineering, Golder Associates and Thurber Engineering as well as our Gold Sponsor, Foundex Explorations for making this trip possible.

03/15/2019

We had an excellent evening last night at our 2019 Distinguished Lecture, in collaboration with the Vancouver Geotechnical Society. Over 300 students, alumni and industry members were in attendance to hear our Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Angela G. Küpper present on Tailings Dams – What Might the Future Hold?

Thank you to Dr. Angela G. Küpper for being our Distinguished Lecture. Special thanks to our sponsors BGC Engineering, Thurber and Golder for making this event possible! Thank you also to everyone, industry and students, for coming out!

02/10/2019

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the 17th Annual Geological Engineering Alumni & Industry Dinner this year! Here are some photos from the event.

A special thanks to our sponsors for making events like this possible.

Platinum: Golder, BGC Engineering, and Thurber Engineering
Gold: VanMars Drilling
Silver: Piteau Associates and ConeTec
Bronze: Klohn Crippen Berger, Knight Piésold, and RST Instruments

Photography by Montse Calva

01/24/2019

Thank you to VanMars Drilling Ltd., a GeoRox 2018-2019 Gold Sponsor (Alumni & Industry Dinner)!

VanMars Drilling is one of the most sought after Vancouver drilling companies. VanMars Drilling was formed through a partnership between two experienced drillers and a geotechnical engineer. These partners identified a need for a drilling services provider founded on a strong belief that safety and reliability will lead to a greater level of client satisfaction. A drilling company operated with the highest level of professionalism and guided by a culture of health and safety.

http://vanmarsdrilling.com/

01/23/2019

Thank you to Thurber Engineering, a GeoRox 2018-2019 Platinum Sponsor!

Thurber is a Canadian consulting company specializing in geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials engineering and testing, operating from offices in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. Thurber is owned by senior practicing professionals who have specialized knowledge of the various complex geotechnical and environmental conditions across the country.

https://www.thurber.ca/

01/22/2019

Thank you to Golder, a GeoRox 2018-2019 Platinum Sponsor!

Golder is an employee-owned, global organization providing consulting, design, and construction services in specialist areas of earth, environment, and energy through technical excellence, innovative solutions and award winning client service. Employee owned since being founded in 1960, Golder's more than 6,500 people operating from 165 offices worldwide deliver deep technical understanding, cross-disciplinary thinking and a passion to help their clients succeed.

https://www.golder.com/

01/21/2019

Thank you to BGC Engineering Inc, a GeoRox 2018-2019 Platinum Sponsor!

BGC Engineering Inc. is an international consulting firm that provides professional services in applied earth sciences. BGC is composed of over 375 professional engineers, geoscientists, technicians and support staff who provide a full range of investigation, design, and construction review services in the applied earth sciences. BGC currently operates from seven Canadian offices in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; one US office in Colorado; and one South American office in Chile.

https://www.bgcengineering.ca/

01/15/2019

For any alumni interested in purchasing tickets for the 17th Annual Geological Engineering Alumni & Industry Dinner, tickets are $65 and a link can be found below.

Event Details:
Date: January 26th, 2019
Time: Doors open at 6:00pm, Networking until dinner at 7:00pm, Closing remarks are at around 9:45pm with networking until the event ends at 11:00pm
Location: University Golf Club, 5185 University Blvd, Vancouver

Tickets are available until January 20th. Hope to see you there!

UBC Geological Engineering cordially invites you to attend our 17th annual Geological Engineering Alumni & Industry Dinner. Please join us for an evening of networking with industry colleagues and the next generation of UBC Geological Engineers.

11/04/2018

Thanks to everyone for coming out to our first field trip of the school year. We visited Cleveland Dam, Mackay Creek Catch Basin and Mosquito Creek with technical talks given by Duncan Wiley. We also headed out to a tunnelling site, soon to be underway, with Nichole Boultbee a Tunneling Association of Canada (TAC) Board of Director for Young Members. We then finished off our trip at the Cheam Slide!

Special thanks to our platinum sponsors BGC Engineering, Golder Associates & Thurber Engineering for making this trip possible.

03/29/2017

A Celebration of NEM: a Women in Engineering Spotlight Series

Olina Chang

What’s your favourite thing about UBC Engineering?

The people and the adventures that a degree in engineering from UBC can open up for you all over the world! I chose to take on the exciting challenge of becoming an engineering student here at UBC because of the incredible sense of camaraderie and personal connection that has presented itself since the day I stepped foot into the Engineering Open House nearly six years ago. I am so glad and proud to have joined this family of self-proclaimed nerds! Through our faculty and my department of Geological Engineering, I have had the incredible opportunity to work in various places across Canada through the co-op program, as well as take on the unforgettable experience of studying abroad 75km north of the Arctic Circle in Greenland! Without the support of faculty and friends here at UBC, these exciting adventures probably would have never happened!