Past Alumni

Dr. Jim McEwen

Accolades

      •  A biomedical engineer and the inventor of the microprocessor-controlled automatic tourniquet system, which is now standard for 15,000-20,000 procedures daily in operating rooms worldwide
      • Adjunct professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering, in the Department of Orthopaedics and in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia
      • Member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame
      • Officer of the Order of Canada

 

Megan N.

Accolades

      • Dr. McEwen Innovation Award
      • the top student in English and Chemistry
      • New Faces Leader award
      • Gold medal (Greater Vancouver Science Fair
      • Bronze medal at the Canada Wide Science Fair
      • UBC Entrance Scholarship

Lasya V.

Accolades

      • Schulich Leader Scholarship
      • Sauder School of Business Master of Management entrance scholarship
      • Gordon Shrum Scholarship
      • NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award

Austin W. 

Accolades

      • The best project at the Canada Wide Science Fair
      • Grand prize at the International Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge
      • Gold medal at the Taiwan International Science Fair
      • Gordon E. Moore Award for Best in Fair at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (IISEF)