ENGINEERING CO-OP PROGRAM
2010/2011 Year end report - Engineering Co-op Office - University ...
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Geological Engineering<br />
www.geoeng.ubc.ca<br />
Option Specializations<br />
• Applied Geophysics Engineering<br />
• Environmental Engineering<br />
• Geotechnical Engineering<br />
• Minerals and Fuels Exploration Engineering<br />
As the year progressed for the summer 2010, fall<br />
2010, and winter 2011 terms, the percentage of<br />
students securing work increased from 79 to 100 per<br />
cent to 100 per cent respectively. In 2010/2011,<br />
30 Geological Engineering Co-op students were<br />
engaged in projects including analyzing soil in labs<br />
to monitoring tailings dam in the Alberta oil sands.<br />
The majority of students worked in geotechnical<br />
and environmental consulting, they also worked<br />
for mining companies and were also involved in<br />
materials testing for the construction industry.<br />
50<br />
45<br />
historical work terms<br />
NUMBER OF WORK TERMS<br />
40<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
00/01<br />
01/02<br />
02/03<br />
03/04<br />
04/05<br />
05/06<br />
06/07<br />
07/08<br />
08/09<br />
09/10<br />
10/11<br />
ACADEMIC YEAR<br />
industry distribution<br />
3% Oil & Gas<br />
20% Construction<br />
27% Mining/Metals Refining<br />
17% Consulting - Various<br />
33% Materials Testing<br />
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