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Alumnus’ startup helps pharmacies with asymptomatic COVID-19 testing
In the fall of 2018, when Nicholas Hui was taking Applied Science’s New Venture Design course as part of his final undergraduate year in Mechanical Engineering, he had no idea he would co-found a company providing services in response to a global pandemic. The former AeroDesign Team Captain hadn’t considered a startup as his first […]
New Publication on head impacts in American football by Dr. Lyndia Wu
Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Lyndia Wu has co-authored a paper in the Journal of Biomechanics, “Analysis of head acceleration events in collegiate-level American football: A combination of qualitative video analysis and in-vivo head kinematic measurement.” Building off previous work she was involved in at Stanford University, the study looks at head impacts in football, combining […]
Open UBC interview with Dr. Agnes d’Entremont
Dr. Agnes d’Entremont was named one of the 2019 AMS OER Champions for her commitment to accessible education through Open Educational Resources (OER). Learn more about Dr. d’Entremont’s open education projects in Open UBC’s latest interview in their Chatting with Champions series.
Dr. Agnes d’Entremont Wins ASEE Outstanding New Mechanical Engineering Educator Award
Dr. Agnes d’Entremont has been awarded the Outstanding New Mechanical Engineering Educator Award by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The organization’s Mechanical Engineering division selects the winner who is “an individual early in their mechanical engineering education career who has demonstrated the potential, effort and persistence to make sustained and exceptional contributions to […]
New Frontiers in Research: Materials à la carte
Materials à la carte: Accelerating materials discovery with large scale ab-initio simulations and machine learning | Nominated Principal Investigator: Mauricio Ponga, Co-Principal Investigator: Jasmin Jelovica When an engineer designs a new device – whether it’s an airplane or a ballpoint pen – an important consideration they must take into account is the abilities and limitations […]

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August 11, 2020
Alumnus’ startup helps pharmacies with asymptomatic COVID-19 testing
August 7, 2020
New Publication on head impacts in American football by Dr. Lyndia Wu
August 4, 2020
Open UBC interview with Dr. Agnes d’Entremont
July 23, 2020
Dr. Agnes d’Entremont Wins ASEE Outstanding New Mechanical Engineering Educator Award
July 21, 2020
New Frontiers in Research: Materials à la carte

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