Program:
Integrated Water Management
Highly qualified water management experts specializing in new and advanced water treatments and management, sophisticated monitoring tools, natural systems, and novel biotechnologies.
Apply your technical and leadership skills in developing sustainable water management solutions.
Alumni Spotlight: Alice Kruchten
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Alice Kruchten was at a point in her career where she was ready for new challenges. The environmental engineer had been working for a BC consulting engineering company since graduating from UBC in 2011.“My application for my professional engineer…
Alumni Spotlight: Christina Cholkan
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Within five years of joining a civil engineering consulting firm, Christina Cholkan had earned her professional engineering designation and was working as a project manager, chairing her firm’s Young Professionals Group and helping develop the…
Alumni Spotlight: Rafael Tozzi
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After completing an undergraduate degree in civil engineering, Rafael Tozzi went straight into a master’s of engineering with a focus on water resources engineering. He then worked for 15 years for Cobrape, a consulting…
Alumni Spotlight: Celeste Hu
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After completing both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in engineering, Celeste Hu worked for more than five years with an urban planning company in Guangdong, China. She contributed to and led a wide range of projects in municipal…
Success Story: Jason Koepke
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Hiring managers in the water management sector are challenged to find employees who have both the technical domain expertise and the project management, communication and leadership skills to successfully guide teams and oversee complex projects.
Alumni Spotlight: Dominique de Groot
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As a Senior Environmental Specialist with Hatfield Consultants, Dominique de Groot oversees a portfolio of projects within the consulting company’s environmental infrastructure management group. These range from environmental assessments in the…
Alumni Spotlight: Justin Byrne
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After completing a diploma in water engineering technology, Justin Byrne went on to do a bachelor of science and then started his own environmental consulting company, working for eight years in Alberta and Saskatchewan’s oil and gas industry.“I did…
Alumni Spotlight: Sean Mercer
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After graduating in 2015 from McMaster University with a degree in chemical engineering and bio engineering, Sean Mercer worked as a commissioning representative for GE Water & Process Technologies and its successor company, Suez. His role…
Alumni Spotlight: John Chang
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John Chang has an impressive resume that includes working for close to two decades on water and wastewater treatment projects in Hong Kong. He began his career as an engineer and then moved into a project manager position for Xylem, a water…
Student Experience – Sean Mercer
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Sean Mercer, MEL in Integrated Water Management student, shares insights on balancing technical and business skills to drive change in water management.