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Media Mention: Virtual Reality Video Games Make Rehab Fun For Younger Patients
Magnifying mistakes leads to more meaningful motor learning. Experts commonly advise that the best exercise is exercise you enjoy doing—that way you’ll keep doing it. The same holds true for rehabilitation exercise, especially when it comes to younger patients. Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute scientists recently tested gaming devices equipped with immersive virtual reality (VR) […]
New Publication: Active Particles in Viscosity Gradients
UBC Mech Department Professor Gwynn Elfring and recently graduated MECH Ph.D. student Charu Datt have published an article in the prestigious physics journal Physical Review Letters on ‘Active particles in viscosity gradients’. In this work they show how one can understand and model the viscotaxis observed in biological microorganisms swimming in fluids with viscosity gradients. In the […]
Hongshen Ma Receives Support from Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Hongshen Ma, a UBC mechanical engineering professor, has received funding support from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) to develop technology that may bring protein-based medicines to market more quickly and cost-effectively. The support comes through the MSFHR’s Innovation to Commercialization (I2C) Program, which was established three years ago “to help researchers advance […]
2019 Summer Research Recap
The 2019 Summer Terms featured a number of noteworthy research-related achievements in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. New Canada Research Chairs The department received the addition of two new Canada Research Chairs (CRC): Xiaoliang Jin CRC in Advanced Manufacturing, Tier 2 Naomi Zimmerman CRC in Sustainability, Tier 2 The Canada Research Chairs Program designed Tier […]
Department Statement on Climate Change
Climate change is a defining issue of our time. Scientists in Canada and internationally have reached consensus that human-caused global warming will have disastrous impacts on our ecosystems, including human and animal life, if not addressed quickly. In response to the scientific consensus, the Government of Canada has declared a climate emergency. The department joins […]

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Media Mention: Virtual Reality Video Games Make Rehab Fun For Younger Patients

New Publication: Active Particles in Viscosity Gradients
October 7, 2019
Hongshen Ma Receives Support from Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
October 1, 2019
Media Mention: Tyee interview’s Dr. Agnes D’Entremont “on Engineering, Gender, Teaching and More”

Media Mention: Globe & Mail discusses Emissions from Trucking Industry with Dr. Walter Merida

April 12, 2019
Mech 2 Hovercraft Design Competition – April 16, 2019
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Options Info Session: Biomedical – February 6, 2019

Options Info Session: Thermofluids – February 5, 2019

Options Info Session: Mechatronics – February 4, 2019
January 10, 2019
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Fluids Seminar – October 21, 2019 – Dr. Thomasina Ball

Distinguished Colloquium- September 17, 2019 – Prof. Norman A. Fleck

Bionics Seminar – August 14, 2019 – Hyun-Joong Chung

Fluids Seminar – July 15, 2019 – Dr. Shima Abadi

Fluids Seminar – May 27, 2019 – Dr. Frédérick P. Gosselin

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Scholarships Info Session: CGS-M Masters – October 28, 2019

Call for Applications: Google PhD Fellowship – Deadline: November 6, 2019

Competition Announcement: SWAAC Graduate Student Award of Merit – Deadline: November 1, 2019

Call to Faculty for Letters of Intent: 2019 Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) Program – Deadline: October 11, 2019

Call for Applications: PEO scholarships – Deadline: Nov 20 and Dec 15, 2019

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