Got an industry challenge you want to tackle? We can help solve that.

Modeled after Georgia Tech's ASDL Grand Challenge, the program is designed to bridge the gap between university studies and professional experience.  At the same time, the program intended to add value to the Canadian maritime industry by addressing real challenges in the industry. 

At the beginning of each study term, teams of three to four graduate students form NAME program will be assigned a real problem from an industry sponsor to review, analyze and propose a solution. 

The challenge topics can be an open-ended grand challenge faced by the industry or a real R&D project for the project sponsor.

You focus on your business

Let's world talents solve your problems for you...

You don't need to think out of the box to find innovative solutions for your problems!!! Just throw it out of the box, and the smart people will catch it to solve for you... for an affordable fee of course!

With access to an exceptional pool of world talents at UBC, we are able to bring collaborative intelligence to solve your problems.

Our proprietary designed collaboration system allows us to bring the smartest people together to work on your challenge.

For Students

To be eligible to work on UBC NAME Grand Challenge projects you must be a UBC student.

​Fill our application form to learn more

For Sponsors

By supporting the UBC NAME Grand Challenge, not only you can support the maritime industry and education in Canada, but also you will get an opportunity to tackle one of your company's challenges or fulfill one of your R&D goals. Contact us to see how more effective and cost efficient this alternative could be