Our Team

Who are we?

UBC Concrete Toboggan is an engineering design team from the University of British Columbia Civil Engineering Department! We pride ourselves on being a multidisciplinary team, boasting a wide variety of engineering and non-engineering students!

Being one of UBC’s oldest design teams, we have a very long history! We annually compete at the Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race - Canada’s oldest engineering competition!

What do we do?

Our team designs, innovates, and constructs a new toboggan design each year. The annual project is composed of a metal roll cage, manual steering and braking systems with front and rear suspension, and four concrete skis acting as the toboggan’s running surfaces.

Throughout the design and construction process, the team uses a variety of online design software and physical construction machinery. These include SolidWorks and AutoCAD modeling software, waterjet cutting, metalworking and milling, and woodworking crate design.

We provide students with opportunities to practice technical and non-technical skills in a supportive atmosphere. Technical experience includes concrete design, steel design, construction safety, and laboratory techniques. Non-technical experience includes teamwork, organization, communication, and scheduling. These non-technical skills are especially important for team members that choose to take on a lead role.

The multi-disciplinary team is made up of a variety of sub-teams, who work together to design and construct the final toboggan. For additional information about what we do, click the button below to learn more about our sub-teams!

Sub-teams

Meet the 2026/27 UBC Concrete Toboggan Executive Team

A Diverse Team of Hard-Working & Fun-Loving Toboggan Enthusiasts

UBC Concrete Toboggan is home to a wide variety of engineering and non-engineering disciplines, from Civil to Electrical Engineering, and everything in between. Our executive team is no exception!

CAPTAINS

Michelle Wong

CO-CAPTAIN
Hi! My name is Michelle and I am a 4th year Chemical Engineering Student. This is my fourth year on the team and second as captain. I am a concrete enthusiast and was a previous mix design lead. My favourite parts about this team are the new skills I learn each year and the community we’ve built. I’m excited to bring this team and our new ideas to Edmonton in my final year.
Grace Xu

CO-CAPTAIN

DIRECTORS

Abby Bisson

PROJECT COORDINATOR
Hi hi, my name is Abby, and I’m the project coordinator this year! This is my fourth year at UBC and my fourth year on the team. I started on steering, and have moved my way from admin to now looking over the aesthetics and operational teams! I’m super excited to support the non-technical side of TBOG this year, and get everyone hype about what makes this team and GNCTR so unique!
Andrew Schamber

MECHANICAL DIRECTOR
Hi! I’m Andrew, a third-year mechanical engineering student. I’m thrilled to be overseeing our Steering, Braking, and Superstructure subteams as Mechanical Director this year. This will be my fourth year on UBC Concrete toboggan, where I have served as the Steering subteam lead for the past two years. I’m looking forward to getting involved with all of our exciting mechanical projects this year and working with our talented executive team to create the best design we can for GNCTR 2027!
Catherine Phuong

CIVIL DIRECTOR
Hi, I’m Catherine, a fourth-year civil engineering student and a BIG Tbog fan. I am proud to oversee the exciting works of the Mix Design and Ski Design subteams as this year’s Civil Director. As the former mix design lead, I am excited to share my love of concrete while facilitating the integration of these two innovative subteam objectives. Highly stoked for GNCTR 27!

CIVIL LEADS

Ann Zhou

SKI DESIGN LEAD
Hi, my name is Ann. I am in my last year of materials engineering. I am the Ski design lead under tbog’s civil team. This will be my 5th year on the team and 3rd year as ski design lead. We are mainly focusing on ski geometry and mechanical connection system designs, mold construction, reinforcement work. I am looking forward to giving our toboggan a brand new mechanical system and bringing TBOG onto the podium in GNCTR 2027 (fingers crossed).
Jasmine Padgham

MIX DESIGN LEAD

MECHANICAL LEADS

Carson Lai

STEERING CO-LEAD
Hello, my name is Carson. I am currently in my 3rd year of Mechanical Engineering undergraduate degree. I have been a member of the steering subteam since 2023 and have gladly taken up the role of Steering co-lead. I am looking forward to bringing creative and new ideas to our steering/suspension systems in anticipation for GNCTR 2027!
Daniel Soo

STEERING CO-LEAD
Hello! I’m Daniel, and will be entering my third year of Mechanical Engineering. I joined concrete Toboggan in my first year and this will be my third year on the steering team. I’m looking forward to bringing new and creative ideas to our steering designs and putting it all together for GNCTR 2027!
Clara Hiddema

BRAKING LEAD
Hi! I’m Clara and the brakes lead! I initially joined TBOG because I wanted to gain any sort of engineering experience. This is now my fourth year on the team and I’m so happy to be part of this lovely community and excited to see this year's design come to life.
Henry Wong

CHASSIS LEAD
Hey all, my name is Henry and I’m entering my fourth year of Integrated Engineering at UBC. This is my third year on the team and my first year as lead. I look forward to leveraging my engineering skills in the design process and my trades skills in the manufacturing process.

THEME LEADS

Chelsea Padgham

TECHNICAL EXHIBITION LEAD
Hi! I’m Chelsea and I’m entering my second year of Kinesiology. I joined TBOG last year to become more involved in the UBC community, and I’m so glad I did! This year, I’m super excited to be tech-ex lead and to create a fun and engaging display for tech-ex!!
Lia Vander Kant

SPIRIT LEAD
Grace Dengya Chen

ELECTRICAL LEAD
Hi! I’m Grace, the Electronics subteam lead. I am entering 3rd year Electrical, with an interest in automation/controls, robotics, hardware and firmware. I joined Electronics because I’m excited to create innovative electromechanical systems and develop new ideas for fun games at Technical Exhibition!

BUSINESS LEADS

Fiona Liu

FINANCE LEAD
Hi! My name is Fiona, and I’m a 4th-year Sauder student specializing in Oplog. This is my first year on the team, and I’m excited to be joining as the finance lead. I joined TBOG
Fadhl Naufal

EXTERNAL LEAD
Hello everyone! I am Fadhl and I am a 4th-year Materials Engineering student. This is going to be my 3rd year on the team and I am excited to contribute to it as the External Lead. As a concrete lover, I was also previously a member of the mix design team. I love Tbog as it brings many people together as we work hard towards a common goal, I cannot wait for GNCTR 2027!