Becoming an Industry Student Mentor Has Been a Win-Win for Brad McPherson and UNB

Engineering Alumni Office

Posted: December 6, 2018 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Alumni Spotlight


St. Stephen native Brad McPherson (BScCHE’05) may not have traveled far up the highway to work in Fredericton, but his career has expanded in many directions on paths that he never would have guessed. With an interest in joining the wrestling team at UNB, McPherson needed to figure out what he would study. He liked chemistry in high school and was interested in problem-solving, so...

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The 8 Milestones in UNB’s Final-Year Student Capstone Design Course

Engineering Alumni Office

Posted: December 6, 2018 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Student Spotlight


Think engineering school is all about classroom teaching and exams? Think again. Students in their final year of UNB’s engineering program work year-round on a real-world design project from start to finish – projects that come from industry clients and that are supervised by industry mentors. A number of years ago, Dr. Michel Couturier, the NSERC Chair for Collaborative...

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