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Student Achievements
Celebrating student innovation and success in Geological Engineering design projects and competitions.
EOSC 445: Engineering Design Project
EOSC 445 “Engineering Design Project” is a capstone course taken by all upper-year geological engineering students who work in small teams to solve complex, open-ended design challenges supplied by volunteer Project Sponsors from industry. Click the following dropdown for a summary of recent projects.
| Team | Year | Student Names | Project Sponsor | Project |
| A | 2023 | Chris Chan, Dylan Chua, Jozi Sebanc, Christian Kyle | BGC Engineering | Jura Creek Risk Assessment and Mitigation Design |
| B | 2023 | Mark Grandberg, Kyle Gounder, Kaleb Mailey, Salman Syed | Klohn Crippen Berger | Tailings Dam Remediation Report |
| C | 2023 | Farah ElAmir, David Sadelski, Nakul Sharma, Sacha Vinciguerra | Hatch | Metro Vancouver Coquitlam Main No.4 Tunnel Section – Preliminary Design Report |
| D | 2023 | Liam Kramer, Rajan Brar, Jacob Stevenson, Satkaran Kang | Knight Piesold | Purple Canyon Mine Project – Geotechnical Engineering Report |
| E | 2023 | Jarod Finnie, Griffin Brown, Angus Wong | Tetra Tech Canada | Pre-Feasibility Pit Slope Stability Assessment |
| F | 2023 | Charles Barrett, Michael Uzunov, Alex Barth | WSP | Gold Mining Corporation Gucci Gold Project – Prefeasibility Open Pit Geotechnical Design |
| G | 2023 | Ahmin Ahmed, Windson Hau, David Matson, Juan Pablo Torres | Piteau Associates | Cobre Dorado Open Pit Slope Desig |
| H | 2023 | Maiya Callister, Taylor Chisholm, Clarisse Owen, Kamila Sadyrgazhy | WSP | Conceptual Closure Design of White Sullivan Pond Tailings Storage Facility |
| I | 2023 | Katrijn Bjornson, Julia Costa, Luke Komisarski, Matthew Liew | Klohn Crippen Berger | Landslide Mitigation for CN Rail |
| Team | Year | Student Names | Project |
| A | 2022 | Adrian Tam, Evelyn Dina, Kyla Boersma, Tristan Campbell | 2022 Scoping Study for an Open Pit Coal Mine |
| B | 2022 | Anda Cen, Alexander Cunha, Mitchell Karppa, Stephen Siska | Eureka Mine Tailings Storage Facility Design |
| C | 2022 | Andrew Tongol, Cynthia Lee, Emmanuela Ambah, Sacha Vinciguerra | Steep Creek Hazard Mitigation Design |
| D | 2022 | Caleigh MacDonald, Owen Perfect, Gurjap Grewal, Abeer Lamba | Conceptual Closure Design for the White Sullivan Prospecting Mine Tailings Storage Facility |
| E | 2022 | Eason Xu, Jade Graham, Justin Hunter, Kristin Gage | The West Coast Way Pedestrian Tunnel |
| F | 2022 | Mark Gharghouri, Yulia Hung, Will Raleigh-Smith, Kaden Sadownyk | Tailings Management Facility Site Selection and Conceptual Design |
| G | 2022 | Erfy Adeshi, Aurgha Das, Paul Papadoulis, Albert Setiapoetra | Gucci Gold Mining Project |
| Team | Year | Student Names | Project |
| A | 2021 | Lucy Myrol, Justin Fuhr, Joshua Kemper, Gareth Jones | Jura Creek Risk Assesment & Mitigation Design Report |
| B | 2021 | Émile Fretier-Gauvin, Jordan Fu, Yohann Rurange, Natalie Yim | St. Cyr Landslide Final Report |
| C | 2021 | Sammy Baumgartner, Ashley Chang, Ethan Enns, David Johnson | Capstone Creek Crossing |
| D | 2021 | Alice Xu, Josh Cheng, Hussein ElBanhawi | Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) Siting Study and Conceptual Design |
| E | 2021 | Daniel Alphonso, Aaron Arcadi, Nicolas Mejia, Aniko von Wahl | Yoho National Park Trans Canada Twinning Project |
| F | 2021 | Matthew Weiss, Christian Valerio, Paul Brezanoczy Edwards | Gucci Gold Pre-Feasibility Open Pit Slope Design |
| G | 2021 | Zaara Hussain, Chris Sarrazin, Tavjot Dhanoa, Sanjay Shankar | Pit Slope Design for Phase 3 Expansion at Barro Gold Mine |
| Team | Year | Student Names | Project |
| A | 2020 | Andrew Funk, Arnaud Dione, Gemma Ferland, Karina Stapleton, Nandini Bulusu | Jura Creek Risk Assessment and Conceptual Mitigation Design |
| B | 2020 | Abbas Haider, Alexandra Nagy, Mark-Antoine Berthiaume, Zai Chern Cheng | |
| C | 2020 | Justin Kelly, Kendra Mercer, Logan Haubrich, Rian Watanabe, Stephanie Tarnai | Mine Water Management Upgrade Project |
| D | 2020 | Andrew Cleghorn, Charles Xia, Ciaran Robinson, Jeremy Young, Raphael Bayaban | Deep Excavation for Residential Tower - Shoring and Water Management Solutions |
| E | 2020 | Heya Gupta, Kshitijendra Thakur, Omar Farahat, Piradeepan Uthayakumar, Rachel Choboter | Capstone Creek Highway Widening Design Project |
| F | 2020 | Jacob Ong, Jordan Fu, Matthew Ng, Nodir Musaev, Vincent Wong | Burebista Open Pit Slope Design |
| G | 2020 | Arlena Kamuzima Musinga, Danielle Bridle, Morgan Weller, Teri Herbert | Gucci Gold Project Pre-feasibility Open Pit Slope Design |
| H | 2020 | Gavin Anderson, Matt Doricic, Nouran ElAmir, Youhan Ding | Buchanan Lake Groundwater Supply Feasibility Study |
Faculty of Applied Science Design & Innovation Day
Through interactive exhibits and hands-on demonstrations, Design and Innovation Day showcases challenging design projects completed by upper-year UBC students in all disciplines of engineering.
2024 (23W) Design and Innovation Day Winner:
TEAM I: Landslide Mitigation for CN Rail (read about their project here)
Project Sponsor: Klohn Crippen Berger
Project members: Katrijn Bjornson, Julia Costa, Luke Komisarski, Matthew Liew
The Canadian Geotechnical Society’s Student Competition
Funded by the Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique, the nationwide annual Canadian Geotechnical Society Student Competitions recognize excellence among undergraduate and graduate engineering students at Canadian universities. In recent years, UBC geological engineering teams have placed first or second in the CGS competition. We celebrate all participants for their hard work and tremendous achievements! Most recently:
2023 (22W) CGS Undergraduate Report Award (Group) – 2nd Prize:
Project title: Conceptual Closure Design For The White Sullivan Prospecting Mine Tailings Storage Facility
Project members: Gurjap Grewal, Abeer Lamba, Caleigh MacDonald, Owen Perfect
Click the accordion below for a summary of recent UBC entries.
| Competition Year | CGS Competition Results | Project Sponsor | Student Names | Report Titles |
| 2022 | First | Golder Associates | Christian Valerio | Gucci Gold Pre-Feasibility Open Pit Slope Design |
| Matthew Weiss | ||||
| Paul Brezanoczy Edwards | ||||
| 2020 | Second | Golder Associates | Ethan Alban | Gucci Gold Project: Pre‐Feasibility Gucci Open Pit Design |
| Lucas Fabbri | ||||
| Erica Forkheim | ||||
| Maddy Hughes | ||||
| 2019 | First | BGC Engineering | Mat Stephenson | Tailings Storage Facility Prefeasibility Study |
| Stephen Marks | ||||
| Shawn Matthies | ||||
| Jesse Zonneveld | ||||
| 2018 | First | Piteau Associates | Margie Banda | Abundante Open Pit Design |
| Dazy Gosal | ||||
| Adam Mickey | ||||
| Casey Watamaniuk | ||||
| 2017 | First | Piteau Associates | Erik Cernik | Feasibility Geotechnical Evaluation: Slope Design Criteria for the Phase II Bafour Open Pit Project |
| Lea Johnston | ||||
| Takako Miyochi | ||||
| Eric (Suqi) Zhou | ||||
| 2016 | First | Tetra Tech | Roxanne Hasior | Long Lake Tunnel & Surface Cut: Pre‐Feasibility Design & Comparison |
| Michael Kraitman | ||||
| Jacob Nicklen | ||||
| Jacob Nikl | ||||
| 2015 | Second | Tetra Tech | Gavin Black | Long Lake Project: Tunnel Versus Rock Cut Design Option Analysis |
| Savanna Herman | ||||
| Shammai Ugalino | ||||
| Aron Zahradka | ||||
| 2014 | First | Piteau Associates | Matthew Gray | Unobtainium & Eludium Mining Ltd Inperfecto Project Pre‐Feasibility Level Slope Design |
| Carlin Horkoff | ||||
| Jaimie Loughlin | ||||
| Robert Kaplen | ||||
| 2013 | Second | UBC | Jenna Bowling | Foundation and West Approach Embankment Design of the New Fraser River Crossing |
| Ryun Humenjuk | ||||
| Crystal Lei | ||||
| Adam Woods | ||||
| Xiao Qin Yang |