ENGINEERING CO-OP PROGRAM

DEAN’S
MESSAGE
Dear Engineering Co-op partners,
Thank you for supporting UBC Engineering Co-op throughout the
2010/2011 academic year. Your active partnership—as employer,
student or faculty member—is essential to the program’s success.
Thank you to our industry partners for your incredible ongoing
support through the good times and the bad times! Because of
your support, we have been able to provide our students with
invaluable industry work experience. We continue to explore new
opportunities to enhance the services we provide. For example,
in the near future we hope to approach you with the opportunity
to define specific challenges that would require an “Engineering
Co-op team” rather than one Co-op student. With the right team in
place and under your guidance, we know our students can take on
greater challenges as a team and deliver a complete solution for
you. We are very proud of the trust you have placed in us and the
support you have provided throughout the economic downturn. We
continue to count on your support as the economy recovers.
Thank you to our students. You have been exceptional representatives
of UBC. We are proud of the contribution you are making to
our society, even before you graduate. We know that this Co-op
experience will be one that you will build on as you advance in
your education and your profession. We continue to explore new
opportunities for you. During the past year, we implemented a new
stream through which you can now use a Co-op term to work for your
own business, developing new product ideas under the mentorship
of local entrepreneurs with established success records.
Thank you to our faculty members. Your connection to the program
ensures we continue to achieve our educational goals as we deliver
on our commitment to industry.
Considering this symbiotic relationship, a relationship dedicated
to enhancing the quality of the educational experience of future
engineers and to serving the needs of industry, it is no surprise
that UBC Engineering Co-op has been on a trajectory of expansion
over the past several years. It serves both UBC’s Vancouver
and Okanagan campuses and industries not only in the Lower
Mainland and Okanagan regions of British Columbia, but stretches
across Canada and indeed reaches out to the whole world.
Whether you are an industry partner providing that practical
experience, a student gaining practical experience or a faculty
member overseeing the two, you are helping us collectively make
a world of difference by helping prepare our future engineers for
their roles and responsibilities in serving society upon graduation.
Thank you for your continued trust in the UBC Engineering Co-op
Program.
Sincerely,
Dr. Tyseer Aboulnasr, O.ONT., FCAE, FEIC, P.Eng.
Dean, Faculty of Applied Science
Professor, Electrical Engineering
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