Engineering Design Teams List

UBC Aerodesign builds and flies payload-lifting, radio-controlled airplanes.

UBC Agrobot creates an autonomous machine capable of navigating a corn field to identify weeds and analyze crop health.

UBC Baja designs and constructs a single-seat all-terrain vehicle.

The Biomedical Engineering Student Team (BEST) aims to use a context-appropriate approach to address medical challenges worldwide.

BIOMOD solves real world problems through the power of biomolecular nanotechnology!

UBC Bionics focuses on designing solutions to replace human physiology via the innovation of bionics.

Brewing Internet of Things (BIoT) focuses on engineering multidisciplinary student development through practical applications while creating a meaningful and relevant product.

Chem-E-Car applies principles of chemical engineering to design and build a car powered solely by chemical reactions.

UBC Concrete Canoe designs, tests, builds, and ultimately races a canoe made entirely of concrete. For those of you who are wondering, yes! It floats!

The UBC Concrete Toboggan team designs, builds, and races their sled in the Great North Concrete Toboggan Race.

Dedicated to designing and constructing a formula-style race car that is fully electric.

Designs, builds, test and races a new single-seat race car each year to be competitive against 120 top teams from around the world.

UBC Green Joule assists in finding a more economical way for algae biofuel production.

A student team focused on annually developing a web or mobile application.

UBC Mars Colony is dedicated to designing and manufacturing aspects of a habitat that can withstand the challenges of the Martian environment.

UBC Open Robotics aims to increase robotics knowledge through free raining, online resources, and public demonstrations. Their motto is “Automation, Innovation, and Mentorship”.

UBC Orbit is a satellite design team dedicated to the innovation, design and development of nano-satellites known as CubeSats.

UBC Rapid is designing rapid prototyping machines, also known as 3D printers. They aim to make 3D Printing and CAD modelling more accessible and expanding their limits to the extreme.

UBC Rocket designs, builds, tests and launches sounding rockets. Our mission is to launch our members’ careers, revolutionise amateur rocketry and expand the boundaries of Canadian aerospace.

UBC Rover researches and designs autonomous vehicles with a current focus on building a semi-autonomous Mars rover for competition in the International Canadian Rover Challenge.

UBC Sailbots design and build fully autonomous robotic sailboats. They specialize in building small and medium-sized autonomous vessels, handling everything from design and construction, to system integration and testing.

UBC Seismic constructs a structurally sound and architecturally pleasing balsa wood structure to resist seismic loading. They aim to promote the study of seismic design and earthquake engineering.

UBC Smart City develops the technologies that will under-gird the success of tomorrow’s cities through hands-on and project-based work.

UBC Solar is a a solar car racing team.

The Steel Bridge team designs and builds a strong and lightweight steel bridge structure.

UBC Subbots is dedicated to the design and construction of autonomous underwater vehicles.

UBC’s Human Powered Submarine design team.

UBC Supermileage is dedicated to the design and fabrication of ultra fuel-efficient vehicles.

Sustaingineering designs, develops and applies sustainable energy solutions for developing communities.

Third Quadrant Design aims to support the design, education and adoption of high performance buildings and green infrastructure.

Thunderbikes is an Electric Motorcycle Racing Team that builds high performance electric motorcycles and electric bikes.

Thunderbird Aerospace is an Indigenous engineering design team at the University of British Columbia's Point Grey campus that develops and tests liquid rockets.

UBC Thunderbots is a football club of soccer playing robots.

UBC Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) pushes the boundaries of current unmanned aviation technologies by developing innovative drones and ground support systems to compete at national and international competitions.

UBC Volcan specializes in material analysis and testing with a fun twist, they make knives and swords by hand in a forge!

UBC WasteNauts applies principles of sustainable engineering to come up with both systemic and materials solutions for environmental problems.