Mechanical engineering alumna awarded Commonwealth Scholarship

Parisa Bastani (BASc’09, MECH) has been awarded the Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship from the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP), an international program in which member governments offer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other Commonwealth countries.

Bastani is currently studying engineering and public policy jointly at Cambridge University and MIT.  She is one of two recipients of the scholarship this year.  Candidates are selected from seventeen Commonwealth countries.

For more information, visit http://mech.ubc.ca/2011/08/03/ubc-mechanical-engineering-alumna-parisa-bastani-receives-commonwealth-doctoral-scholarship/.