UPEI Spotlights
UPEI is a place built on stories, from student success, to faculty and staff honours, to ground-breaking research. In UPEI Spotlights, you can read and watch videos about the important things that make UPEI unique.
Our Stories
![five engineering students working on a project](/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight_landing_round/public/2024-06/engineering_clinic_3_rnd.jpeg.webp?itok=6Cg7-bmP)
Sustainable Design Engineering student team members Lauren Daigle, Christian D'Entremont, Ben MacEachern, Josh McIsaac, and Owen Stewart worked with Parks Canada to design of a user-friendly display for the electric pedestals at campsites to inform campers of their energy consumption.
![four engineering students and their second-year project](/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight_landing_round/public/2024-06/sde_design_clinic_second_rnd.jpg.webp?itok=mC0a_BbA)
Student team members Remi Antoun, James Campbell, Chukwuma "Prince" Ezeilo, and Huy "Alvin" Nguyen worked with the Abegweit First Nation to solve the ongoing challenge of transforming wind-damaged forests into productive blueberry crops while safeguarding the suitability of the land for wild blueberry cultivation.
![Michael Adebayo Olubiyi](/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight_landing_round/public/2024-05/%20molubiyi.jpg.webp?itok=DgXF0fMc)
Michael is a proud UPEI alumnus, a Class of 2022 graduate of the Master of Arts in Island Studies program, and manager of development planning for the City of Port Moody in British Columbia.
![a female student with the ocean behind](/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight_landing_round/public/2024-05/sa_spotlight_bbreau_rnd_0.jpg.webp?itok=n4dl6ZBd)
Meet Adelle, a third-year Biology student who participated in two study abroad opportunities: one in Barbados, and another semester in North Carolina.
![Dr. Libby Osgood working with Engineering student Luke McCarvill](/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight_landing_round/public/2024-05/esc_spotlight_rnd.jpg.webp?itok=6Yoe-X2T)
Meet the student associates of the UPEI Engineering Success Centre, and find out how they're building leadership skills helping their peers and friends!