ENGINEERING CO-OP PROGRAM
2010/2011 Year end report - Engineering Co-op Office - University ...
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Electrical Engineering<br />
www.ece.ubc.ca<br />
www.ubc.ca/okanagan/engineering<br />
Option Specializations<br />
• Biomedical Engineering<br />
• Electrical Energy Systems Engineering<br />
• Nanotechnology and Microsystems Engineering<br />
Electrical Engineering Co-op students completed a total of<br />
194 work terms, a slight decrease compared to 2009/2010.<br />
However, 100 per cent of students successfully obtained<br />
employment for the fall 2010 and winter 2011 work terms.<br />
They gained hands-on industry experience in research and<br />
development, software, finance, telecommunications and<br />
consulting. Notable projects included B.C. Place electrical<br />
upgrades, iPhone application developments, high level policy<br />
research for electrical energy systems and GPS field testing.<br />
Eighty per cent of Electrical Engineering Co-op students<br />
remained in the Lower Mainland of B.C. while 15 per cent<br />
relocated within British Columbia and Canada. Five per cent<br />
gained international experience in Germany, Hong Kong,<br />
Sri Lanka and the United States of America.<br />
NUMBER OF WORK TERMS<br />
350<br />
315<br />
280<br />
245<br />
210<br />
175<br />
140<br />
105<br />
70<br />
35<br />
0<br />
historical work terms *<br />
94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11<br />
ACADEMIC YEAR<br />
*Prior to 2000/2001, the Electrical and Computer Engineering programs were combined.<br />
industry distribution<br />
8% Academic Research<br />
5% Utility Company<br />
7% Telecommunications<br />
11% Consulting - Various<br />
26% Software Development<br />
12% Other<br />
10% Aerospace/Aviation<br />
21% Manufacturing/R&D - Various<br />
Environmental<br />
www.enve.ubc.ca<br />
A total of 19 Environmental Engineering Co-op students gained<br />
Co-op experiences in 2010/2011. In summer 2010, 80 per<br />
cent of the Co-op students secured employment while the fall<br />
2010 and winter 2011 work terms were very successful with a<br />
100 per cent success rate respectively.<br />
Students worked on projects ranging from groundwater<br />
monitoring to analyzing the performance of fuel cell membranes.<br />
This was the first year that Environmental Engineering Co-op<br />
students began working in the mining industry and the results<br />
have been positive. Fifty-eight per cent of Co-op students<br />
worked outside of the Lower Mainland of B.C. while 42 per<br />
cent relocated within British Columbia, Alberta and the United<br />
States of America.<br />
NUMBER OF WORK TERMS<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
historical work terms<br />
05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11<br />
ACADEMIC YEAR<br />
industry distribution<br />
16% Utility Company<br />
5% Government<br />
11% Professional Services<br />
31% Consulting - Various<br />
32% Mining-Metals Refining<br />
5% Academic Research<br />
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