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Media Mention: CTV News interviews Professor Steven Rogak on the best materials for homemade masks
CTV News: Could a baby wipe work as a mask filter? B.C. researchers put fabrics to the test. VANCOUVER — As masks become part of our daily attire, many people might be wondering about what the best ones are made from. The simple answer, according to UBC mechanical engineering professor Steve Rogak, is there’s nothing […]
UBC researchers run tests to find best materials and styles for face masks
UBC MEDIA RELATIONS: Lightweight cotton mask with dried baby-wipe filter combines good filter quality and breathability. Most scientists and health authorities support wearing non-medical face masks in public to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. A team of UBC researchers led by Steven Rogak, a professor of mechanical engineering who studies aerosols, and Dr. Jane Wang, a […]
Welcome to the new term!
This week is the beginning of the fall term, and with classes held virtually across campus, it will be a new experience for students, faculty, and staff. Despite the change of format, our faculty members have been working tirelessly to craft an educational experience that meets the same standards of academic excellence that our in-person […]
MECH PhD student wins Mitacs Outstanding Entrepreneur Award
Outstanding Entrepreneur: Miayan Yeremi, 31, a Mitacs PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, and co-founder of Vancouver-based BarrelWise Technologies. Yeremi’s company has invented a breakthrough technology that provides winemakers with unprecedented automated information that lets them know exactly what’s going on inside each oak barrel in a […]
NAME Professor teaches course on machine learning techniques at international marine conference
On August 15th and 16th Dr. Rajeev Jaiman offered a successful short course, “Physics-Based Data-Driven Modeling and Machine Learning: Application to Marine/Offshore Engineering” at OMAE, the international conference on ocean, offshore and arctic engineering.

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September 15, 2020
Media Mention: CTV News interviews Professor Steven Rogak on the best materials for homemade masks
September 14, 2020
UBC researchers run tests to find best materials and styles for face masks
September 8, 2020
Welcome to the new term!
September 3, 2020
MECH PhD student wins Mitacs Outstanding Entrepreneur Award
September 1, 2020
NAME Professor teaches course on machine learning techniques at international marine conference

February 21, 2020
3 Minute Thesis Heat – February 27, 2020
January 24, 2020
Mech 2 Design Competition: ROVER Mission – Jan 31, 2020
December 19, 2019
First Year Networking Event – February 6, 2020
April 12, 2019
Mech 2 Hovercraft Design Competition – April 16, 2019
January 17, 2019
Options Info Session: Biomedical – February 6, 2019

Industrial Symbiosis: A Key Plank in a Circular Economy – Oct 20, 2020 – Timo Makinen

COVID-19 Building Operations and Future Codes – Oct 6, 2020 – Larry Schoen

On Buildings, Energy, and Health in a Changing Climate – Sept 22, 2020 – Dr. Holly Samuelson

Building Sustainable Futures – March 11, 2020 – Mikhail Chester

Fluids Seminar – February 24, 2020 – Professor Tim Colonius

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Call for Applications: Musqueam First Nation Scholarship – Deadline: September 30, 2020

Call for Applications: IODE War Memorial Scholarships – Deadline: Oct 1 & Nov 1, 2020

Call for Applications: DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) Scholarships and Research Grants – Deadline: October 16, 2020

Call for Applications: CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC CGS Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements – Deadline: September 11, 2020

Call for Applications: Google PhD Fellowship – Deadline: September 7, 2020

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