Article: “Selling science to students”
The Global and Mail editorial post titled “Selling science to students”, published 20 August 2012, discusses the reasons and ramifications of students graduating from high school not choosing careers...
View ArticleVideo: The Omnimotion XY
The Omnimotion XY is a mechatronic device from Dr. Lu’s research group at the Precision Mechatronics Laboratory. From the video description, the “Omnimotion-XY shown here is a magnetically-levitated...
View ArticleArticle: Thunderbots – Latest Scoop
The UBC Thunderbots — the autonomous soccer-playing robot design team — hosted Canada’s first RoboCup competition at UBC this past summer. Rivalling teams from China and Germany arrive to compete their...
View ArticleNew Appointments in the Mechanical Engineering Department
Dr. Patrick Kirchen, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. Dr. Patrick Kirchen has recently joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering as an Assistant Professor working on minimizing the environmental impact of...
View Article‘Re’-Telling the Story: A Conference on International Development
You are invited to the ‘Re’-Telling the Story: A Conference on International Development event. This public engagement conference will aim to focus on and explore the complexities surrounding...
View ArticleNOV 15: MECH Lab Tours
The Mechanical Engineering Department (MECH) hosts annually a couple of guided lab tours for high school students, first year students, or anyone interested in mechanical engineering, to show them what...
View ArticleArticle: “2012 Student Achievements”
2012 Top 24 Under 24: Andrea Palmer As technical lead and team captain of the autonomous soccer-playing robot team the University of B.C. Thunderbots, third-year mechanical engineering student Andrea...
View ArticleNew Student Team: UBC BEST
Want to get involved in a UBC Engineering student team? Have you been wanting to work on a device with a medical application? UBC BEST, a biomedical engineering student design team, has just been...
View ArticleCaltech Space Challenge
Attention MECH undergraduate and graduate students! Ever want to design a human mission to a Martian moon? Now’s your chance. The Engineering and Applied Science Division at the California Institute of...
View ArticleSimons Fellowship in Design Engineering
The Marcus Autism Center, in conjunction with the Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, is offering the Simons Fellowship in Design Engineering. They are interested...
View ArticleDEC 1: Fall Preview Day
Thinking of changing the world? Start here – UBC Fall Preview Day, Saturday, December 1st.. From the everyday to the extraordinary, see how Engineers are improving our world. Check out UBC...
View ArticleArticle: “Two in MECH receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal”
Congratulations to Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, UBC Mechanical Engineering professor emeritus, and Shalaleh Rismani, fourth-year UBC Mechanical Engineering student, for receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond...
View ArticleUBC and Fraunhofer Society Enter $4.9 Million Clean Energy Partnership
The University of British Columbia and Germany’s Fraunhofer Society have entered in a $4.9 million clean energy partnership. The principal investigator on the project is one of our department’s...
View ArticleArticle: “Putting our heads together safely”
Dr. Cription’s research on concussions and spinal injury was recently featured in an article on the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s website. The article describes the prototype sports helmet, the...
View ArticleCelebration of Achievements 2013
The Department of Mechanical Engineering recently held their annual Celebration of Achievement ceremony. Please take a look at the photos below! The event was held at the First Nations House of...
View ArticleUBC teams sweep podium at 2013 Enterprize Canada Business Plan Competition
Three UBC student teams swept the podium at 2013 Enterprize Canada Business Plan Competition, a part of Enterprise Canada’s Entrepreneurship Conference, February 8th–10th at the Sheraton Hotel in...
View ArticleUBC “Entrepreneurial Powerhouse” students win at BMO Apex Business Plan...
Two student teams from UBC’s New Venture Design course travelled to Fredericton, New Brunswick to compete at the BMO Apex Business Plan Competition, January 23-25. They returned with first and second...
View ArticleAPSC 461 & 462: Global Engineering Leadership & Optional Practicum in Mexico
APSC 461: Global Engineering Leadership APSC 462: Global Engineering Leadership Practicum (Optional) Global Engineering Leadership is designed to introduce upper-year students to concepts, theory and...
View ArticleSpring Department Lab Tours
The Mechanical Engineering Department hosts annually a couple of guided lab tours for high school students, first year students, or anyone interested in mechanical engineering, to show them what the...
View ArticleUBC innovation and industry collaboration earns national accolades
UBC Mechanical Engineering professor Yusuf Altintas and industry partner Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) have won a Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research...
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