2011
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Welcome to the UBC Mech Intranet Portal
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UBC engineering students recognized by Engineering Institute of Canada
Congratulations to Katelyn Currie, a second-year UBC Mechanical Engineering student, for receiving the Engineering Institute of Canada Vancouver Island Branch Scholarship Society scholarship on November 4, 2011. The $2,000 award is supported by the Canadian Society for Senior Engineers (CSSE). The scholarship is awarded to Vancouver Island high school graduates with high academic standing, financial [...]
Engineering Open House 2011
Thinking of changing the world? Start here – UBC Engineering Open House, Saturday, November 26th. The Mechanical Engineering Department will be taking part again this year in the Engineering Open House. Come check out our lab tours, design challenges, presentations, project displays or just meet with some of our students, faculty and staff one-on-one to [...]
$2.5M gift from UBC alumni to create student Engineering Design Centre
The Wayne and William White Engineering Design Centre officially opens today. The facility was made possible by a $2.5 million donation by UBC Mechanical Engineering alumnus William White (BASc ’67), and his twin brother, Wayne White (BASC ’67 Metallurgical Engineering). “We are very grateful to Wayne and William White for their generosity and vision,” says [...]
Dr. Peter Cripton quoted in article about why woodpeckers do not get concussions
An article in the Toronto Star explores the reasons why woodpeckers do not get concussions despite the rapid head movement while pecking wood. Dr. Cripton gives input on using woodpecker studies to try and create safer headgear. The full article can be found here
Dr. Srikantha Phani’s research with Centre for Blood Research colleagues published in UBC reports
An article about Dr. Srikantha Phani’s recent research with colleagues from the Centre for Blood Research was featured In UBC reports. Dr. Phani works with Associate Professor Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu to develop a series of experiments to test new surface coatings for medical implants. Read the full story here
Oct 20 – Engineering students and alumni to compete in UBC entrepreneurship competition
Come out and see Engineering students and alumni affiliated with Aeos Biomedical, Dynamic Monitoring Technology Corporation and RentGeek compete in the UBC’s entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Accelerator Competition! They have made it to the final rounds and will be pitching to become the first recipients of investments between $25k and $100k from the entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Accelerator fund. [...]
UBC innovator receives major Manning Foundation award for green engine technology
Vancouver, Canada—October 6, 2011—University of British Columbia Professor Emeritus Phil Hill has been named the 2011 recipient of the $100,000 Encana Principal Award by the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation. Hill was chosen for his discovery of a technology that enables diesel engines to run on clean-burning natural gas. The high-pressure direct injection (HPDI) technology, [...]
UBC Mechanical Engineering PhD Candidate Farzad Khademolhosseini Receives The Vanier CGS Graduate Scholarship
UBC Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate Farzad Khademolhosseini has received the Vanier CGS graduate scholarship – one of the most pretigious graduate scholarships in Canada. According to the Vanier CGS website, the award is given to doctoral students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the natural [...]
Nov 17 – Research Activities in the UBC Control Engineering Laboratory; Speaker: Dr. Ryozo Nagamune; Early Announcement
Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series 2011-2012 Early Seminar Announcement Thursday November 17, 2011, 12:30-1:30pm CEME 1202 Presenter: Dr. Ryozo Nagamune Title: Research Activities in the UBC Control Engineering Laboratory No abstract available yet
Nov 3 – Liquid Crystals and Their Applications; Speaker: Dr. Dana Grecov; Early Announcement
Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series 2011-2012 Early Seminar Announcement Thursday November 3, 2011, 12:30-1:30pm CEME 1202 Presenter: Dr. Dana Grecov Title: Liquid Crystals and Their Applications No abstract available yet
Oct 20 – What Role Does Mechanics Play in Preventing or Treating Spinal Injury? Speaker: Dr. Tom Oxland; Early Announcement
Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series 2011-2012 Early Seminar Announcement Thursday October 20, 2011, 12:30-1:30pm CEME 1202 Presenter: Dr. Tom Oxland Title: What Role Does Mechanics Play in Preventing or Treating Spinal Injury? No abstract available yet
Sept 29 – Applied Fluid Mechanics: Paper, Sprays, Kayaks; Speaker: Dr. Sheldon Green; Early Announcement
Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series 2011-2012 Early Seminar Announcement Thursday Sept 29, 2011, 12:30-1:30pm CEME 1202 Presenter: Dr. Sheldon Green Title: Applied Fluid Mechanics: Paper, Sprays, Kayaks No abstract available yet
UBC lab welcomes a new “soft touch” mobile robot system
UBC’s Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (CARIS) — led by Mechanical Engineering Prof. Elizabeth Croft – has acquired a new human friendly robot. UBC is the first Canadian university to work with the PR2 model from Willow Garage, a U.S.-based developer of personal robot open source software and hardware. Dubbed Charlie by the [...]
UBC mechanical engineering alumna Parisa Bastani receives Commonwealth Doctoral 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. She is one of two recipients of the scholarship this year; candidates are selected from seventeen Commonwealth countries. Bastani [...]
PACE Conference at UBC
This week, UBC was host to the 2011 PACE Global Annual Forum, a conference with the theme Collaborative Strategies to Address Global Challenges. PACE (Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education) links “GM, Autodesk, HP, Oracle, Siemens PLM Software, and their global operations, to support strategically selected academic institutions worldwide to develop the automotive [...]
Congratulations Grad Class of 2011
The Mechanical Engineering Department would like to congratulate the Mechanical Engineering Grad Class of 2011! Photos from the department’s graduation reception are shown below.
UBC Thunderbots Competing in Turkey for 2011 RoboCup Competition and Conference
The UBC Thunderbots are leaving for Istanbul, Turkey this July 1st to represent UBC and Canada in the International RoboCup Competition and Conference. The team will be competing in the Small Sized League division, where they create autonomous soccer playing robots to play robot soccer against teams from around the world. The team and their [...]
UBC mechanical engineer professor Dr. Altintas receives Engineers Canada’s highest award
UBC Mechanical Engineering professor Dr. Altintas has received the Gold Medal Award from Engineers Canada—the highest recognition of its kind in engineering in Canada—bestowed for his exceptional individual achievement and distinction in the field of machining and machine tools. Dr. Altintas received an NSERC Strategic Networks grant last year, to lead the NSERC Canadian Network [...]
APEGBC Post Secondary Entrance and Transfer Entrance Scholarships – $2,500 – Deadline June 27, 2011
This $2500 scholarhip is for students planning on pursuing a career in geosciences or engineering. Selection is based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities, references, financial need and your written statement outlining reasons for entering the profession. Applications must be received no later than June 27. Download applications here. You can also email Amit Plaha for [...]
UBC Mechanical Engineers win Excellence in Engineering Design Award
Vancouver, Canada—May 16, 2011—UBC Mechanical Engineering students Kevin Lowe, Hengameh Hoseini, Rory Moglove and Andrea Slade have been awarded the 2011 Dr. Jim McEwen Excellence in Engineering Design Award from the ALS Society of British Columbia for their Assistive Reading Device for People Living with ALS. The students are supervised by Professors Antony Hodgson and [...]
UBC Supermileage Team takes 4th Place
The UBC Supermileage Team came home from the 2011 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas late last month. They achieved 4th place with 214 mpg in their urban concept car, the Argo. This year marked the second year that the team competed with their concept car, moving towards a more practical vehicle design after retiring their competition winning [...]
Dr. Frigaard awarded the 2011 CAIMS/MITACS Industrial Mathematics Prize
Mechanical Engineer Professor Dr. Ian Frigaard has been awarded the 2011 CAIMS/MITACS Industrial Mathematics Prize. This award recognizes exceptional research, conducted primarily in Canada, in any branch of industrial mathematics. Dr. Frigaard is being recognized for his distinguished contributions to the theory of the dynamics of non-Newtonian fluids, and for the industrial application of that theory in the context of the [...]
Matthew Pan awarded the Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Mechanical Engineering student Matthew Pan has been selected as a recipient of the 2010/2011 UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. This recognition is given each year to a small number of graduate students who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching and learning at UBC. With over 2000 Teaching Assistants working at the university, winning [...]
Dr. Altintas awarded Killam Teaching Prize
Dr.Yusuf Altintas will be awarded a Killam Teaching Prize in recognition of his outstanding teaching. Not only does Dr. Altintas consistently earn accolades from students for his classroom performance, he has also been very active in curriculum development. Shortly after he joined the Department Dr. Altintas developed the CAA (Computer-aided Automation) Option. Over time this [...]
Mech 2 Design Competition
Remote control vehicle design competition on April 20, 2011 at Riley Park Ice Rink.
Come watch and cheer on the teams!
2011 Capstone Design Celebration
The fourth year Mech students will be showcasing their capstone projects April 21st from 2-4pm in the Fred Kaiser atrium
Dr. James Olson Appointed Pulp and Paper Center Director
Dr. James Olson, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been announced as the new director for UBC’s Pulp and Paper Centre. “He will be taking on the leadership of the center at a very critical time when the industry is at a crossroads,” says Applied Science Dean Tyseer Aboulnasr. “Dr. Olson is committed [...]
Mar 18 – MECH 598/698 BME Seminar, Speaker: Jeff Abeysekera
MECH 598/698 Seminar Friday March 18, 2011, 8-9am Blusson Spinal Cord Centre Lecture Hall Speaker: Jeff Abeysekera Supervisor: Robert Rohling Title: Multi-Source 3D Ultrasound: Improving Image Quality and Parameter Estimation Abstract Pulse-echo ultrasound is widely used technique for anatomical imaging of soft biological tissues. Ultrasound offers advantages in equipment cost, patient safety, and acquisition time [...]
Mar 11 – MECH 598/698 Seminar, Presenter: Robyn Newell
MECH 598/698 Seminar Friday March 11, 2011, 8-9am Blusson Spinal Cord Centre Lecture Hall Presenter: Robyn Newell Supervisor: Peter Cripton Title: Neck posture and muscle activation: a human volunteer study comparing the effect of upright and inverted postures Abstract Despite their relative rarity, spinal cord injuries have devastating and costly consequences for individuals and society. [...]
Mar 4 – MECH 598/698 Seminar, Presenter: Hannah Gustafson
MECH 598/698 Seminar Friday March 4th, 2011, 8-9am Blusson Spinal Cord Centre Lecture Hall Presenter: Hannah Gustafson Supervisor: Peter Cripton Title: Axial Validation of a Human Head and Neck Finite Element Model Abstract Finite element (FE) models of the head and neck have been used to investigate injury of the cervical spine and surrounding tissues due [...]
Mar 9 – Clean energy for the future, Presenters: Professors David Wilkinson and Steven Rogak
Clean energy for the future Wednesday March 9, 6-8pm Vancouver Public Library, Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye rooms Presenters: Professors David Wilkinson and Steven Rogak Title: Clean energy for the future Abstract Join UBC’s Clean Energy Research Centre Director David Wilkinson and Professor Steven Rogak for an evening of insightful discussion. They will provide an [...]
Mar 9 – When it comes to Biomechanics… is injury prevention the best medicine? Presenter: Professor Peter Cripton
When it comes to Biomechanics… is injury prevention the best medicine? Wednesday March 9, Noon-1pm Kaiser 2020/2030, UBC Point Grey Campus Presenter: Professor Peter Cripton Title: “When it comes to Biomechanics… is injury prevention the best medicine?” Abstract Safety devices such as helmets, seatbelts and airbags are designed to prevent injuries by engineers who have [...]
Registration for CSME Student Design Contest Due Today!
The CSME Student Design Competition for 2011 will be held this time during the 23rd Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM) between June 5 and June 9, 2011. CANCAM is a biennial event that is hosted this time by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The competition is [...]
Feb 11 – BME 598/698 Seminar, Presenter: Anwar Madkhali
BME 598/698 Seminar Friday February 11th, 8-9am Blusson Spinal Cord Centre Lecture Hall Presenter: Anwar Madkhali Supervisors: Dr. Dana Grecov & Dr. Ezra Kwok (co-supervisor) Title: “Rheostructural Characterization of Synovial Fluid and Evaluation of Osteoarthritis Treatments” Abstract Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease that affects synovial fluid rheological properties. Treatments such as viscosupplementation, glucosamine sulfate and [...]
MECH 410E & P: Global Engineering Leadership & Optional Practicum in Mexico
Credit courses that count towards your degree.
Application deadline: February 24, 2011.
How Will Your Work Change the World?
“This experience opened my eyes and my interest in greening the transportation system.”
Feb 4 – BME 598/698 Seminar, Presenter: Seth Gilchrist, Ph.D. Candidate, M.A.Sc
BME 598/698 Seminar Friday February 4th 8-9am Blusson Spinal Cord Centre Lecture Hall Presented by: Seth Gilchrist, Ph.D. Candidate, M.A.Sc Advisers: Dr. Peter Cripton and Dr. Pierre Guy Title: Why Hips Fail: Searching for a Mechanical Explanation for Proximal Femur Fracture Abstract Hip fracture is a debilitating injury associated with high morbidity and mortality. As [...]
Jan 14 – BME 598/698 Seminar, Speaker: Carolyn Van Toen
BME 598/698 Seminar Friday January 14th 8-9am Blusson Spinal Cord Centre Lecture Hall Speaker: Carolyn Van Toen Supervisors: Peter Cripton, Tom Oxland Title: Lateral Bending in Head-First Impacts: Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Spine Injuries Abstract Axial compression is a common injury mechanism for the cervical spine resulting from head-first impacts. Neck injury criteria used to [...]
Jan 7 – BME 598/698 Seminar, Presenter: Yuntao (Anthony) An
BME 598/698 Seminar Friday January 7th 8-9am Blusson Spinal Cord Centre Lecture Hall Presenter: Yuntao (Anthony) An Supervisor: Dr. Gary S.Schajer Title: Coarse Resolution CT scanning for Sawmill Logs Sorting and Grading Abstract The successful running of a sawmill critically depends on its ability to recover the highest possible value from the log raw material. [...]
Mechanical Engineering Tours
Interested in mechanical engineering? Join us for a walking tour of the department, our incredible labs, and check out some interesting demos and even find out what our student design teams are up to! Bring your friends and family along too! Next Tour – Not Scheduled, but Stay Posted!
