Jacob Himmens

First-year engineering student planning to pursue Chemical and Biological Engineering.

• Selected for UBC Engineering's Pre-Med Alternative Path (PMAP).
• Following a pathway that combines general engineering courses with medical school prerequisites.

• Designed payload frames and mechanisms using Onshape and SolidWorks.
• Designed a mechanism to measure tubulin polymerization under reduced gravity using photospectrometers.
• Simulated mechanical loads and fluid movement in SolidWorks.
• Fabricated prototypes with FDM 3D printing and laser cutting.

• Trained in workplace and pre-hospital care.
• Completed training with St. John Ambulance (BC).
• Licensed in BC (#158761, valid through October 2030).

• Participated in a competitive STEM-focused university-level program.
• Worked in a design team on a community housing challenge and presented a mixed-use solution.

• Modeled wind farm operations as a quantum unconstrained binary optimization problem.
• Created a commercialization plan for wind farm management in a six-person team.

• Head of Junior Business Case Competitions.
• Created and executed a new competition with 110+ students and 20 judges.