joeygaffney

what is engineering physics?

Hi. If you didn’t already know, I am currently in my fifth year studying engineering physics at UBC. Now the most common question that I get asked when people hear this is: “what is engineering physics?” This is fair. I didn’t know about the program until halfway through my first year at UBC. The nameContinue reading “what is engineering physics?”

co-op 2 – the university of wurzburg: cool circuits

For my second co-op position in 2019, I took up a research position at the University of Wurzburg – one of the oldest universities in Germany. This was to be a series of firsts: my first time going to Europe, my first time living alone, and my first time in a research position. Eight monthsContinue reading “co-op 2 – the university of wurzburg: cool circuits”

co-op 1 – science world: a programming workshop

For my first co-op position back in 2018, I worked at Science World in Vancouver as a Science Facilitator. As someone interested in education and science communication, this was an incredibly exciting opportunity for me. Overall, the experience lived up to the expectation. Some of the cool things that I was able to do includes:Continue reading “co-op 1 – science world: a programming workshop”

cat tree

What a novel idea, a tree of cats. However, they can be quite expensive and needlessly large. I don’t doubt that your cat deserves it, but if they don’t use it, you just end up with some large piece of odd decor. Often, these cat trees are wide, with a space to hide, a ballContinue reading “cat tree”

twitchy the robot

Every summer the newest Engineering Physics students partake in the much anticipated “Robot Summer”. This year’s theme: STAR WARS! Each team must build a robot that can infiltrate the Empire’s secret base with alarmed gates and flooded by stormtroopers. Along the way there are trapped ewoks that you must rescue and if you make itContinue reading “twitchy the robot”